You might have heard of cold water swimming before, but you’ve probably never seen it like this. The Santa Splash is a festive-themed cold dip that sees groups of swimmers dive head-first into the water dressed up in their silliest Santa costumes. The …
Demands for Michael Gove to end controversial £2.5bn London Resort project on Swanscombe Peninsula
The final dagger through the heart of plans for a £2.5 billion Disneyland-style theme park and entertainment resort in Kent could be set to be delivered. Dartford council is now calling on the government to strip the London Resort project of its status…
Plans to turn Invicta Park Barracks in Maidstone into 1,300 homes could be scuppered by school proposal
Plans to turn an Army barracks into a site for 1,300 houses may have hit a serious obstacle. Invicta Park Barracks is due to be shut in order to convert around 100 acres of Ministry of Defence land into homes. But Kent County Council (KCC) has flagged …
Shettima inaugurates committee to tackle malnutrition in Nigeria
Shettima implored the committee to work hard and change Nigeria’s narrative on nutrition. Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Friday, inaugurated the Nutrition Core Working Committee to adopt a strategy to bring down the prevalence of malnutrition in th…
Amid BJP protests over Belagavi parading incident, dy CM Shivakumar says all culprits arrested
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 16 (ANI): Amid the BJP planning a nationwide protest over the stripping and parading incident at Belagavi, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday said all culprits involved in the incident have be…
Tesla Adjusts Foundation Series Cybertruck Delivery Timeline: New Cyberbeast Orders Expected After Mid-2024
EV giant Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) delayed its timeline for delivering the Cybertruck Foundation series. What Happened: While the estimated delivery time for new orders of the Cyberbeast is now mid-late 2024, that for the All Wheel Drive (AWD) version is…
Trump should be ‘very, very concerned’ that Jack Smith has his phone data: Jan. 6 adviser
Jack Smith might be able to do what the Jan. 6 Committee couldn’t: “Blow this case wide open!” Former Virginia congressman Denver Riggleman discussed the revelation that Special Counsel Jack Smith was able to pull data directly from former President Do…
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Judge sentences mother of Virginia school shooter to 2 years, exceeding prosecution requestNEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The mother of the 6-year-old student who shot his first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School was sentenced Friday to two years behind …
NYC suspends engineer for work at Bronx building collapse site
NEW YORK — The administration of New York Mayor Eric Adams suspended an engineer Friday for failing to properly identify a support beam at the Bronx building that collapsed this week, but officials have yet to issue an official cause for the disaster. …
Introducing Jung Hoo Lee, SF Giants finally have a reason to celebrate
SAN FRANCISCO — It had been so long since the Giants had hosted one of these that Farhan Zaidi found himself wondering Friday morning the last time he wore a tie. Devoid of postseason baseball for all but five games in 2021, absent any marquee acquisit…