• AMR26 car will not run until Thursday and Friday

• Williams unable to take to the track at all in Spain

The Aston Martin team have admitted they are to miss at least one day of their allotted three at Formula One’s first pre-season test in Barcelona and will not run their car before Thursday at the earliest. They are the second team to fail to take full advantage of the opening test after Williams also announced they would be unable to take to the track at all in Spain.

Testing is taking place from Monday to Friday this week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with teams able to use three of the five days to assess their cars. They have been designed to entirely new regulations and with new engines this season and consequently three full pre-season tests are being held. But as the track running began, Aston Martin conceded they would not be there at the off and issued a statement.

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Party spokesperson apologises for statement on former home secretary who has defected to Reform UK

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The Conservatives have withdrawn a claim that Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform UK on Monday was connected to her mental health after criticism from across the political spectrum.

Earlier, in an official statement it now says was “sent out in error”, the party said: “It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect. The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy.”

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Aston Martin have confirmed that they will join the Barcelona Shakedown later in the week, with the squad intending to run on Thursday and Friday.

Valtteri Bottas has given an insight into the type of team he has found during his early experiences of working with the new Cadillac outfit, having gained some mileage in their 2026 car at the Barcelona Shakedown.

The independent coffee shops and quirky boutiques that make neighborhoods like Hayes Valley in San Francisco or Williamsburg in Brooklyn desirable are caught in a frustrating economic trap: they create value that ends up in the pockets of nearby homeowners rather than their own cash registers.

An essay in Works in Progress magazine argues that when an interesting new store or restaurant opens, commercial and residential property values rise in the surrounding area, but the retailer itself captures only a fraction of that value through its actual sales. Almost half of stores in one San Francisco shopping district shuttered within four years even as the neighborhood thrived and rents climbed.

The authors propose several fixes drawn from historical and international practice. Shopping malls and mixed-use developments solve this through unified ownership, allowing a single entity to cross-subsidize interesting tenants. Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway buys land around new stations before building begins, making it one of the few profitable transit systems in the world. Business Improvement Districts let businesses tax themselves for shared amenities, though they currently don't capture value that spills over to nearby residents.

The essay suggests creating hybrid institutions -- something between homeowners' associations and business improvement districts -- that could levy hyperlocal taxes to keep valued retail alive.

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Het leek een onzalig plan, een dure oorlogsvoorstelling met zingende Engelandvaarders. Maar Soldaat van Oranje groeide uit tot de succesvolste musical in Nederland. De voorstelling stopt op 12 juli. Wat verklaart het succes?

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️

Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 3.1°C (Bewolkt)
Windsnelheid: 2.2 km/u (0.6 m/s), richting: → 288°

Luchtkwaliteit:

• AQI: 82 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 25.1 μg/m³
• PM10: 30.6 μg/m³

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• maandag 26 januari: Min -1.0°, Max 3.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↓ 355°
• dinsdag 27 januari: Min 0.8°, Max 4.0° (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 8.8, Kans op neerslag 41%, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s), richting: ← 111°
• woensdag 28 januari: Min 4.1°, Max 6.6° (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1, Kans op neerslag 6%, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
• donderdag 29 januari: Min -1.2°, Max 4.7° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, Windsnelheid: 15.7 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ← 111°
• vrijdag 30 januari: Min 1.5°, Max 4.2° (Lichte sneeuw) ❄️, Neerslag 2.1, Kans op neerslag 24%, Windsnelheid: 16.1 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ← 90°
• zaterdag 31 januari: Min 0.5°, Max 3.5° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 19%, Windsnelheid: 12.8 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↙ 49°
• zondag 01 februari: Min -0.2°, Max 7.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 24%, Windsnelheid: 11.6 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 148°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 3.0° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 4.3 km/u (1.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 207°
• 21:00: 2.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 4.3 km/u (1.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 207°
• 22:00: 2.6° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 155°
• 23:00: 2.2° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 145°
• 00:00: 2.0° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ← 110°
• 01:00: 1.5° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ← 101°
• 02:00: 1.1° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ← 92°
• 03:00: 1.1° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ← 106°
• 04:00: 0.9° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ← 111°
• 05:00: 0.9° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 16.6 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ← 111°
• 06:00: 0.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↖ 113°
• 07:00: 0.8° (Bewolkt) ☁️, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ← 108°

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In Bornerbroek (gemeente Almelo, provincie Overijssel) is vogelgriep vastgesteld op een vleeskuikenouderdierenbedrijf. Om verspreiding van het virus te voorkomen, worden de circa 70.000 dieren op de locatie geruimd door de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA).