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Hull City provided the shock of the weekend, as they cruised past Manchester United two-nil upon their return to the Premier League.
After the result, United gaffer Michael Carrick has told everyone to stay calm! Which I’d argue is one of those things you don’t want to have to hear your manager saying on week one.
Continue reading...Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them
Ten years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people’s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room in London planning an air pollution campaign. “My phone started buzzing,” he said. “I took the call, and then told the room I needed to leave immediately.
“I had to get to UCLH [one of London’s major hospitals]. My own child was headed there in a blue-lit ambulance because she was struggling to breathe London’s toxic air.”
Continue reading...Britons report that EES digital entry and exit system has led to frustration, visa mix-ups and long queues
On top of fears about extreme heat and possible jet fuel shortages, Britons planning summer holidays in the EU this year had another thing to worry about – long queues and waiting times caused by the bloc’s new border checks.
The EU digital entry and exit system (EES), which requires non-EU citizens to register and be photographed and fingerprinted on arrival and departure from the Schengen zone, has been technically in full force since April after launching last autumn, but has been beset by teething problems.
Continue reading...Whether you love a traditional spritz or tend towards a wilder libation, this August there are bubbly and sophisticated drinks to suit every taste
This summer, UK web searches for “Hugo spritz”, an elderflower-flavoured aperitif, overtook searches for “Aperol spritz” for the first time. As the spritz craze shows no sign of slowing down, pub chains are taking wild liberties, calling anything fizzy and served in a large glass over ice a spritz – and charging £10-plus for it. Echo Falls blue raspberry spritz? Pink gin spritz (Slug & Lettuce)? Raspberry vodka and honey spritz (Young’s)? Malibu cranberry spritz (Stonegate)? Mamma mia!
Traditionally, the spritz is an Italian cocktail made from prosecco, a bitter aperitif or liqueur, and a splash of soda water to keep things steady. While Venetian bartenders are more likely to judge it by eye, there is a simple 3-2-1 formula for making a spritz at home: three parts prosecco, two parts liqueur and one part soda water. I’ve gone with 75ml/50ml/25ml – keep the same ratios to make a smaller (60ml/40ml/20ml) or larger (90ml/60ml/30ml) drink. Of course, you can then adjust it to make it stronger or weaker (I have been known to leave out the soda …).
Continue reading...People in Amatrice left infuriated after reconstruction efforts delayed by change in government and pandemic
As people gather in Amatrice on Monday for a mass to mark the 10th anniversary of the earthquake that struck the hilltop town and several neighbouring communities, killing 303 and leaving thousands homeless, politicians and other public figures will pay tribute.
But for many, their words will offer little comfort: 10 years on, much of Amatrice, whose historic centre was wiped out by the 6.0 magnitude quake, is still being rebuilt and more than half of its roughly 2,100 residents continue to live in temporary housing.
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020 slaat een nieuwe slag in de war on rolkoffers en dronken Engelsen op de Wallen en doet dat met de enige linkse oplossing voor ieder probleem ooit: meer meer meer belasting. De toeristenbelasting is er al tantoe hoog, maar wordt de komende jaren door PRO en D66 opgeschroefd naar 20 PROCENT. Daarmee doet onze hoofstad qua toeristenbelasting straks, net als bij matchazaken per inwoner en explosies per m2, mee met de allergrootste jongens. Als je de BTW erbij optelt betaal je in 2031 als niet-Amsterdammer dus 41 PROCENT belasting over een nachtje in een hotel. Amsterdam, de stad waar wonen, koffie drinken en overnachten in een hotel slechts is weggelegd voor de elite en dan het liefst de culturele elite. Lekker gewerkt Zita Pels. Nu de prijs van een huurfiets nog vertienvoudigen aub.
