Figures suggest if £500,000 limit set for Great Britain 30 years ago was adjusted for inflation the maximum would be more than £1mA 30-year freeze on compensation for victims of crime should be lif...
Figures suggest if £500,000 limit set for Great Britain 30 years ago was adjusted for inflation the maximum would be more than £1mA 30-year freeze on compensation for victims of crime should be lifted, campaigners have said, adding that the maximum of £500,000 is insufficient to plan for a lifetime.The current highest rate, set in April 1996 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), is paid to victims of crime in England, Scotland and Wales who have suffered severe life-changing injuries, including brain damage and paralysis. Continue reading...
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How to watch the spring constellation defined in ancient Babylon, where it was associated with the god EnlilSeveral weeks past the equinox, the northern spring constellation of Boötes, the herdsman...
How to watch the spring constellation defined in ancient Babylon, where it was associated with the god EnlilSeveral weeks past the equinox, the northern spring constellation of Boötes, the herdsman, is rising to prominence in the eastern sky after dusk.The chart shows the view looking east from London at 21.00 BST on 6 April, although the view will be essentially unchanged all week. By this time, the darkness will be complete and the constellation’s brightest star, Arcturus, will be shining brightly. Continue reading...
Italy’s first female director made 60 features depicting the gritty squalor of early 20th-century Naples. Most were lost to Mussolini’s censorship and she died in obscurity – but now a new document...
Italy’s first female director made 60 features depicting the gritty squalor of early 20th-century Naples. Most were lost to Mussolini’s censorship and she died in obscurity – but now a new documentary gives her a voice againThe seething Neapolitan melodrama È piccerella (1922), written and directed by Elvira Notari, follows the fraught relationship between the manipulative Margaretella and her morbidly besotted suitor, Tore, who steals from his elderly mother to buy expensive gifts for his reluctant inamorata, despite her roving eye.The movie opens with documentary shots of middle-class pilgrims, including Margaretella and her shabbily genteel mother, arriving in carriages and cars at Naples’s Candelora festival – an “orgiastic pandemonium of Bacchantes,” notes an intertitle. Challenging the camera’s gaze as much as the smouldering femme fatale, an obese drinker quaffs exultantly from a pint glass of wine; in another scene, an unshaven little pauper gleefully drops his jaw to display his two remaining teeth. Continue reading...
Ignorance and arrogance were his drivers. The idea that the regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to himFive weeks. We are now five weeks in and entering the sixth wee...
Ignorance and arrogance were his drivers. The idea that the regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to himFive weeks. We are now five weeks in and entering the sixth week of the war on Iran. What was supposed to be a “precise, overwhelming military campaign” to eliminate “an imminent nuclear threat” and urge the Iranian people to “take over” their government is now anything but precise or overwhelming. Gulf countries are seized up with retaliatory Iranian attacks, the strait of Hormuz is shut, and there is no sign of regime collapse either through military degradation or popular takeover. The recovery of two downed US aircrew is celebrated beyond the facts of the matter because nothing else is going to plan. The mistake, as ever, is a combination of hubris and ignorance, flaws made even more serious by the particularities of the Iranian regime.There is a mental lag at the start of wars. A cognitive delay that means you can’t quite adjust to the fact that dangerous conflict cannot be swiftly contained. That mental lag is even longer when the United States is involved. Because it remains inconceivable to some that a superior military power would not swiftly achieve its objectives. That an inferior power would not immediately succumb. That allies would not fall into line and rally behind the US. Inconceivable that the fallout of a military campaign would not be limited to the territories and peoples targeted. Continue reading...
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В природном парке "Птичья гавань" прошла семейная экологическая акция, приуроченная к Международному дню птиц. Волонтеры компании "Газпромнефть - смазочные материалы" вместе с детьми установили скв...
В природном парке "Птичья гавань" прошла семейная экологическая акция, приуроченная к Международному дню птиц. Волонтеры компании "Газпромнефть - смазочные материалы" вместе с детьми установили скворечники для перелетных птиц, возвращающихся с зимовки. В мероприятии приняли участие около ста человек.
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Not so long ago, e-ink devices were rare and fairly pricey. As they have become more common and cheaper, some cool form-factor devices have emerged that suffer from subpar software. …read more
Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) is poised to report a loss of over HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) for March this week, its worst monthly loss in dollar terms since its inception 25 yea...
Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) is poised to report a loss of over HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) for March this week, its worst monthly loss in dollar terms since its inception 25 years ago.
The sharp fall in global stock markets last month hit the MPF hard, while the uncertainties ahead stemming from the Middle East conflict have led the pension regulator and analysts to urge the 4.8 million members to adopt a diversified approach.
The 378 MPF investment funds suffered a HK$103.3...
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A beloved WWE star, who hasn't wrestled in a while, has seen his stature grow backstage in the company, so much so that Triple H relies on him to get things running smoothly.
The 2026 Formula One season is barely a handful of rounds old, yet the storylines competing for attention are already enough to sustain an entire campaign. Two teams, two internal battles, and acc...
The 2026 Formula One season is barely a handful of rounds old, yet the storylines competing for attention are already enough to sustain an entire campaign. Two teams, two internal battles, and according to former Formula One driver Robert Doornbos,... More »
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