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How leaseholds bought at cost, with mortgages, are still tenancies – and why that should change
The UK government has promised to ban new houses being sold as leaseholds. K303 | Shutterstock Long leasehold is a prominent feature of the property market in England and in Wales. Homes owned under leasehold in each country number around 4.6m and 235,000 respectively. (Scotland has a completely different lawContinue Reading
F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix LIVE REACTION: Mercedes protests REJECTED latest, Verstappen WINS controversial world title
MERCEDES TO APPEAL HIGHER Mercedes are set to appeal against F1 bosses’ decision to REJECT their protests over the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Merc star Lewis Hamilton was pipped to the title by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen following a controversial safety car decision on the final lapContinue Reading
No additional Covid restrictions expected before Christmas, Minister says
The Government Chief Whip says that he does not foresee any additional Covid restrictions between now and Christmas. As the Irish Examiner reports, Jack Chambers told Claire Byrne on RTÉ Radio that he does not see any restrictions being added to those already in place. He said that the GovernmentContinue Reading
Barcelona drawn to Napoli in Europa League last-16 while Rangers face Dortmund
BARCELONA have been drawn against Napoli for their first Europa League clash in 17 years. It is Xavi’s first Europa League match as manager too and he will welcome the Serie A side to the Nou Camp for the first leg in February. Getty Xavi will have to navigate aContinue Reading
The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people in the UK: what the research says
SB Arts Media/Shutterstock COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of children and young people beyond recognition. Throughout the pandemic, research has been underway to assess the impact on young people’s mental health, but much research is poor quality and so potentially misleading. For example, a global, collaborative and constantly updated project,Continue Reading
Upside Foods Sues an Ex-Employee Over Secret Lab-Grown Meat Tech
A three-person team within the startup was tasked with developing top-secret tech. When a cofounder was fired, things started to fall apart.Continue Reading
‘Dias’ to turn on the Hannon magic!
Acceptance is negative and fact is indisputable carries my thought process with horse-racing and betting/selections but I’m convinced that four placed losers last Friday/Saturday will all win next time. All my fancies are products of time-handicap computation, which is definitive; knowing selections have marks capable of making profit subsequently, isContinue Reading
Veterans Breakfast Club Christmas Lunch
It has been a challenging year for the Veterans Breakfast Club – Covid restrictions preventing any meet-ups, then a gradual relaxation of the rules followed by further curtailment. However, in September of this year we were finally able to start meeting again in a fairly normal manner. Despite all theContinue Reading
Luke calls on South West Tory MPs to Remove Boris Johnson
Luke Pollard, the Labour and Co-operative MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has called for Conservative MPs to remove Boris Johnson as their leader and as Prime Minister. In an open letter to all Tory MPs for the South West, Luke states that Johnson’s is “unfit for office” after revelations this week suggestContinue Reading
Cabaret review: Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley dazzle in a transformative show
Review at a glance Wow. Rebecca Frecknall’s new revival of Kander and Ebb’s musical set in interwar Berlin is a stunning, breathlessly exciting theatrical happening. It feels loyal to the 1966 original yet astonishingly contemporary, and properly immersive. The Playhouse Theatre has been reconfigured by the designer Tom Scutt asContinue Reading