An EA spokesperson said: “The source of the pollution has been identified as a leak from a foul sewer into a surface water drain and South West Water are completing repairs. “We will remove our advice against bathing 24 hours after we have confirmation that the pollution has stopped.” FORT said it reported the issue…
Boxing kingpin, Daniel Kinahan, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. The Irish fight manager rose from the regional scene to become a power player by building an extraordinary roster of talent on an advisory, if not management, basis. Big-name athletes such as Tyson Fury and Terence Crawford were linked to Kinahan. There is…
Sarbvir Singh, joint Group CEO of PB Fintech, said in a statement that the data pointed to broader structural changes. “Bharat is leading India’s insurance growth, both in scale and in behaviour,” Singh said. “The gap between urban and rural insurance penetration is slowly closing. Our goal now is to build for this customer—simpler products,…
The survey was conducted in February and March and received roughly 478,000 responses, in which people picked their favourite term among 13 options to describe the hottest day. Japan already has terms for days over 25C, 30C and 35C. The new term for even hotter weather comes after record-breaking heat hit Japan last year. Summer…
Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul during a practice session in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: When KL Rahul walked into the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday evening, it was with his usual swagger — but also a quiet sense of homecoming. From security personnel to ground staff, familiar faces paused to greet the homegrown star, who acknowledged…
TOKYO: Tens of thousands of excited fans gathered at a landmark Tokyo stadium Friday to watch K-pop megastars BTS, in concert outside South Korea for the first time on their new world tour. The seven-member group – widely regarded as the world’s biggest boy band – took to the stage together for the first time…
Dame Helen Ghosh has been named as the preferred candidate to succeed Dame Glenys Stacey as Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection,. Dame Helen has been selected by the Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds and by Andrew Muir, Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) following a rigorous process conducted in accordance with the Governance Code on…
Speaking about Ranveer Singh’s physical transformation in Dhurandhar, Manav Gohil revealed that there was a significant gap in the shooting schedule during which Ranveer and Deepika Padukone welcomed their baby. Opening up about working with R Madhavan, Manav described the experience as enriching and comforting. Manav also had high praise for director Aditya Dhar, describing…
Few places evoke a sense of wonder quite like South America’s tepuis. These enormous, flat-topped mountains rise hundreds and sometimes even thousands of metres from the steaming forest floor into the sky. Often surrounded by a swamp of cloud, they look as if they are floating. These vast, solid structures comprise some of the oldest rocks…
Charities risk losing credibility if they fail to anchor community engagement in lived experience amid a changing political environment, the chief executive of the social justice charity Nacro has warned. Speaking at the Good Agency’s inaugural summit in London yesterday, chief executives said the voluntary sector must improve how it responds to a changing world,…
