Braintree Council employees take on Peak District challenge for charity
Braintree Council workers took on the Public Sector Challenge in the Peak District for Cancer Resarch UK and the British Heart Foundation.
'Biblical' 100kph winds lash Spain with palm trees snapping in half in Alicante and roads turning into rivers in Majorca - as Med braces for 'hazardous' thunderstorms and 'extreme' flooding
Dramatic video footage shows palm trees snapping in half in Alicante and roads turning to rivers in Majorca as the Med braces for 'hazardous' thunderstorms and 'extreme' flooding.
Should I hold my £8,000 of bitcoin on a trading platform or in a crypto wallet?
I have about £8,000 in bitcoin that I hold on an investing and trading app that offers crypto. A friend told me that I should hold it in a crypto wallet instead.
Interiors experts reveal how to choose the perfect rug for any room - plus the former trend that's going out of style
Decorating your home involves a lot of decision-making, with endless paint swatches plastered over every wall and numerous trips back and forth to furniture shops (or three-hour IKEA hikes) to pick the perfect furniture. But one thing I've always found particularly tricky is rugs.
Do you see straight or curved lines? 'Irritating' optical illusion tricks your brain into seeing a warped grid
An image posted on Reddit shows grey bricks met with green lines that intersect to create a grid - but weirdly the lines appear to be moving.
Car park near busy train station in 'poor state' set for revamp to make it safer
The works could be completed before the end of the year
Myleene Klass breaks down in tears as she prepares to send her daughter Ava to University - and emotionally admits she even cried in front of her optician
Myleene Klass broke down in tears in an Instagram video on Tuesday as she prepares to send her daughter Ava off to University.
Southend car park closed for four days as 'film crews' spotted in Essex city
Pictures shared on social media appeared to show large trucks, often associated with film crews, parked in the car park
British pair accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali are paraded handcuffed together as they face possible death penalty
Kial Robinson, 29, and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, 48, both from Chichester, in West Sussex, were photographed at a press conference today at the National Narcotics Agency office in Denpasar.
Essex parents urged to get children vaccinated ahead of flu season
Parents in mid and south Essex are being urged to get their children vaccinated as flu season approaches.
Channel 5 boss announced as the new CEO of William and Kate's Royal Foundation - after Harry and Meghan hired Netflix manager
A Channel 5 boss has been revealed as the CEO of William and Kate's Royal Foundation. At the helm of the Prince and Princess of Wales's organisation is Sarah Rose,
Jude Bellingham packs on the PDA with bikini-clad girlfriend Ashlyn Castro as injured footballer lives it up on holiday while his England teammates prepare to take on Serbia
His England teammates have been hard at work in training as they prepare to face Serbia on Tuesday night in a tense clash.
I'm 6ft 9in and my husband is 5ft 4in - people smirk and stare at us but I don't care
Towering over most, Brazilian influencer Elisane da Cruz Silva has always been one of the tallest people in the room - being well above the nation's average for both men and women.
No Alpha Left in Public Markets
Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok, writing in a blog post There are fewer public companies to invest in, and firms that decide to do an IPO are getting older and older.
In 1999, the median age of IPOs was five years. In 2022, it was eight years, and today, the median age of IPOs has increased to 14 years.
The rise in the age of companies going public is not only a result of the Fed raising interest rates in 2022, but also the consequence of more companies wanting to stay private for longer to avoid the burdens of being public.
Combined with the domination of passive investing, failure of active managers and high correlation in public markets, and high concentration in a few stocks, the reality is that there is no alpha left in public markets.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
England star is AXED entirely by Thomas Tuchel from his squad to face Serbia - despite starting against Andorra
Boss Thomas Tuchel had 24 players at his disposal but, as per UEFA rules, he could only name 23 and the Arsenal full back has been omitted.
Recycling rates drop in area where weekly bin collections were introduced
The council is going to keep an eye on the figures
The expert guide to wide-leg trousers... whatever your size: Tall and curvy SOPHIE DEARDEN-HOWELL and petite JESSICA CARROLL reveal their top tips to make the style of the season work for you
Can a wide-leg cut trousers suit all shapes? Believe it, say tall and curvy Sophie Dearden-Howell and perfectly petite Jessica Carroll, who bring you their top tips and picks.
New business park near A127 set to create 1.8k jobs could be approved this week
The huge project would take more than two years to build
Driving instructor slams 'not good enough' driving test backlog that's an 'ongoing problem'
It's been claimed a 'black market' for driving tests has emerged - with some slots sold for "up to £400"
John Cleese rages that 'British people deserve better than the BBC' as he claims the channel is too easily influenced by the 'nastiness of the extremely woke'
John Cleese has lashed out at the BBC in a candid new interview, raging: 'British people deserve better' than the channel.