Adam Mugridge was a 13-year-old boy from Lubenham who was killed cycling to school in Market Harborough in 2006. In his memory, the old railway between the two places has recently been opened as a footpath and will one day become a cycle path - it is already surfaced at the Harborough end. This memorial is the result of intensive fund raising by Adam's family and the wider community. You can follow developments on the AdamSmile website. I walked to Lubenham yesterday. The new path runs through lovely country - there were buttercups in the fields - and includes a ...
I guess that Keir Starmer must be regretting that beer and curry in the office of Mary Foy, Labour MP for Durham City and former member of Gateshead Council. While not on the level of the Downing Street party factory, the fact it happened does not read well for Labour. Starmer has been forced to make a virtue out of necessity. If he is fined, there was no way he could remain at the top of Labour
It's been a lighter week for new voting intention polls, with only four with fieldwork since the last round-up. But they continue the picture of different pollsters, with differing methodologies, all painting a similar picture: Labour on 36-40%, Conservatives on 31-34%, Lib Dems on 10-14% and Greens on 5-8%. Worth noting that within that picture of similarity, Opinium was the one most different from the pack (and with the lowest Labour lead, at 3%). This might be a return to the previous pattern of Opinium showing different figures from most other pollsters, or it might be just a blip. Hold ...
Embed from Getty ImagesToday a County Select XI, made up of promising young England-qualified players, beat the world test champions New Zealand by seven wickets. Yesterday, in New Zealand's second innings, they reduced the visitors to 18-6 at one point. The match did not have first-class status: these days, because of the lack of warm-up games they are granted, visiting teams like to be able to give more than 11 players a chance to bat or bowl in the games they do play. This robbed Ben Compton, who completed his fifth century of the season today, of the accolade of ...
Belle and Sebastian found alive! Americana UK explains the video: Group therapy in Glasgow keeps the music moving in Belle and Sebastian's new video, 'Unnecessary Drama'. The band returns to form with this barn-burner of a song from their first full-length album in seven years titled 'A Bit of Previous'. Under the watchful eye of a therapist, the members of the group are seen struggling through rehearsal and a number of trust-building exercises until they finally align and bring it all home during the final chorus. (Some additional harmonica-related therapy may be needed.) That last comment is odd: it's the ...
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The 27 EU heads of government are meeting in Brussels next week to supposedly confirm plans to stop imports of Russian oil and gas. It may not happen. Decisions have to be unanimous. Hungary's Viktor Orban has signalled that he will block the move. Hungary is dependent on Russian fossil fuels for 100 percent of its energy needs. These can only be delivered by pipelines because Hungary is landlocked. All the pipelines run from Russia. The other EU countries have offered to give Hungary a two-year grace period to find alternative sources. But Orban maintains that he has no alternatives ...
Former Labour culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has called for Labour voters to vote Lib Dem in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election on 23 June. Well, he almost did. In a carefully worded message on Westminster Hour and reported in the Independent, Bradshaw says: "I think there are very good prospects of a Lib Dem victory." He says the only way to give the government "a kicking" is to vote Lib Dem: "What some Labour members and activists don't always appreciate is that a lot of Conservative voters, if they want to give the government a kicking will vote Liberal Democrat ...
From the Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee : World View - Travelling the Globe through Art & DesignLamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of DundeeRunning now until 22nd July 2022Monday to Friday 9.30am-7pm Over the past two years the pandemic has prevented most of us from travelling. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental impact of travel. This exhibition presents an opportunity to see the world remotely through the creative eyes of previous travellers over the past 200 years - artists who used different cultural experiences as inspiration for their work, though ...
