Time to cancel all of your plans and punctiliously choose your prime 5 pals: Glastonbury Day is on the horizon. Glastonbury Day, in fact, being the dreaded day of disappointment for many, and joyous celebration for others.

Glastonbury Pageant 2025 is about to happen from June 25-29 subsequent yr, and it was confirmed on socials this night (October 10) that tickets will go on sale on Thursday, November 14 for coach and ticket packages, and Sunday, November 17 for normal tickets. That leaves us with simply over a month to organize and relating to Glasto: fail to organize, put together to fail. Annually I see some severely elaborate spreadsheets glittered with postcodes and registration numbers, and I’m fairly positive that’s aided peoples’ possibilities at success*.

The pageant is taking a yr off in 2026, so competitors is more likely to be fierce for 2025. I can not stress this sufficient: be prepared.

Methods to get tickets for Glastonbury 2025

Solely See Tickets are authorised to promote tickets, and all tickets might be personalised to the person ticket holder. As with yearly, it is necessary that each one hopeful attendees (over the age of 13) are registered earlier than tickets go on sale. You’ll be able to register right here, or test if you’re already registered right here. If you’re not pre-registered, you will be unable to buy tickets in November. Registration doesn’t assure you’ll get a ticket, only a place within the race.

Tickets that embrace coach packages will go on sale at 6pm on Thursday November 14, and normal admission tickets will go on sale at 9am on Sunday November 17, 2024. Tickets will solely be obtainable from this hyperlink.

Everyone seems to be restricted to 6 tickets per transaction, and also you’ll must pay a deposit of £75 per individual on the day of buy (plus a coach fare in case you’re selecting a journey package deal). The remaining steadiness might be due within the first week of April (April 1 to April 7). On this similar week, it is possible for you to to add-on automobile parking passes and cancellation safety, in addition to paying a postage and packing price of £10.25 per order (not per ticket).

You will have to have everyone’s registration quantity and registered postcodes prepared, and a gradual hand – if any particulars are entered incorrectly, your transaction will fail. The tickets are strictly non-transferable too, so ensure you’re completely satisfied along with your group of six. Additionally, you will want a legitimate debit (UK solely) or bank card (with enough funds!). Be sure to have speedy entry to all the small print of that card (lengthy card quantity, expiry date, CVC), in addition to your financial institution’s chosen authentication technique.

For those who’re reserving a ticket with coach journey, be aware that the coach journey is obligatory with a purpose to obtain your ticket. So no dishonest the system simply to get a ticket earlier than everybody else! You’ll want to choose your departure city from an inventory of choices on November 14, and it have to be the identical for everybody in your reserving, so make certain the route is a possible choice for you and your pals.

The finest advise Glastonbury give for buying tickets is to keep away from utilizing multiple machine or browser tab, as this could intervene with the method, usually inflicting it to fail.

How a lot are Glastonbury tickets?

Normal Admission full weekend tickets (legitimate from Wednesday twenty fifth June to Sunday twenty ninth June) for Glastonbury 2025 value £373.50 + a £5 reserving price. You’ll solely be required to pay a £75 deposit per ticket on November 17, or £75 per ticket plus coach fare per ticket on November 14.

Tickets embrace entry to the pageant (obvs) with entry to over 4,000 performances, as much as 5 nights onsite tenting, plus extras like free cellphone charging amenities, a pageant programme, firewood, and extra.

Additional details about shopping for tickets for Glastonbury Pageant may be discovered over on the pageant web site.

*completely not confirmed, however a spreadsheet can solely be factor, proper?

The excellence of Shohei Ohtani could possibly be summed by in a single sentence: he could not pitch in 2024, so he determined to steal practically 60 bases. 

Ohtani has flashed slightly little bit of pace all through his profession, nevertheless it is not a coincidence that he recorded 59 stolen bases this season to shatter his earlier excessive of 26. The previous and future MVP evidently made a acutely aware effort to wreak havoc on the basepaths, and the uptick in steals cannot simply be attributed to MLB rule adjustments — he solely stole 20 bases in 2023, when the adjustments have been carried out.

The shift in strategy made Ohtani the primary participant in MLB historical past to put up a 50-50 season, placing him on observe for his third MVP award and first within the Nationwide League.

Simply how briskly is Ohtani? This is the info on his pace and the way it stacks up in opposition to MLB’s quickest gamers.

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How briskly is Shohei Ohtani?

Ohtani averaged a dash pace of 28.1 mph this season, rating 152nd out of 488 gamers with a minimum of 25 aggressive runs, in accordance with Baseball Savant.

The Dodgers star has above-average pace, all issues thought of, nevertheless it’s not the type of pace one would anticipate from somebody with 59 stolen bases. Ohtani would not rival the 30 mph dash pace of stolen base chief Elly De La Cruz; the truth is, he is nearer to the league common of 27 mph than he’s to De La Cruz or Bobby Witt Jr.

Nonetheless, Ohtani has taken benefit of his alternatives on the basepaths. He walks usually sufficient to have extra probabilities than most gamers, and his top provides him a little bit of a bonus on the subject of getting from one base to the following. On the identical time, top may also sluggish a participant down. Ohtani (6-4) and De La Cruz (6-5) have damaged that mildew with their success on the basepaths.

“You don’t anticipate a man to be constructed like that to have the ability to transfer how he does,” teammate Gavin Lux stated in Could, summing up the expertise of watching Ohtani run the bases.

Having a really feel for the second, together with what sort of result in take and when to run, is a crucial ability as properly, and Ohtani’s 93.7 p.c success charge on stolen base makes an attempt speaks to how properly he does in these classes. 

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Quickest MLB gamers in 2024

Listed below are the 12 quickest common dash speeds from the 2024 MLB season, in accordance with Baseball Savant, amongst gamers with a minimum of 25 aggressive runs:

Participant	Dash pace (mph)	Group	SB
Bobby Witt Jr.	30.5	Royals	31
Johan Rojas	30.1	Phillies	25
Elly De La Cruz	30.0	Reds	67
Tyler Fitzgerald	30.0	Giants	17
Pete Crow-Armstrong	30.0	Cubs	27
Victor Scott II	30.0	Cardinals	5
Jorge Mateo	29.9	Orioles	13
Jose Siri	29.9	Rays	14
Garrett Hampson	29.8	Royals	7
Jeremy Pena	29.8	Astros	20
Johnny DeLuca	29.8	Rays	16
Wyatt Langford	29.8	Rangers	19

Ohtani can run, however he is not near the highest of the leaderboard at 28.1 mph. Dash pace would not instantly correlate to stolen base whole, although.

Lots of the quickest gamers are part-time gamers, together with Victor Scott II and Johnny DeLuca, as a result of pace alone would not justify placing a participant within the lineup on daily basis. Others simply do not take as many probabilities, and a few stars, together with Witt, are cautious to not take too many harm dangers.

De La Cruz and Ohtani performed a model of baseball this season that was constructed on creating havoc on the basepaths. That Ohtani was in a position to rack up 59 stolen bases with out blazing pace would possibly make his achievement that rather more outstanding. 

Former Liverpool midfielder Peter Cormack has died on the age of 78.

The Scotland worldwide gained two league titles, the UEFA Cup and FA Cup throughout a four-year spell at Anfield between 1972 and 1976, after being signed by supervisor Invoice Shankly from Nottingham Forest.

Cormack was a key determine within the closing years of the legendary Liverpool supervisor, and was an everyday below his successor, Bob Paisley, till a knee harm curtailed his profession at Anfield.

Departing with 26 objectives in 178 appearances, Cormack signed for Bristol Metropolis earlier than returning to Hibernian, the membership he started his profession with, for a second spell.

Cormack went on to handle Partick, Cowdenbeath and Greenock Morton and had a brief spell as a global supervisor for Botswana.

Friday eleventh October, 2024 at 4:29pm

Following information of the passing of Peter Cormack, the membership gives the next tribute to our former player-manager from 1980 to 1984, a gentleman of the sport.

In the beginning, we’d prefer to reiterate that the ideas of everybody related to Partick Thistle are with the household, shut associates and family members of Peter at this troublesome time.

The Partick Thistle males’s first group will put on black armbands throughout tomorrow’s fixture towards Falkirk whereas supporters and all in attendance will likely be invited to hitch in a minute’s applause in reminiscence of Peter previous to kick-off.

Peter arrived at Firhill in 1980, appointed as player-manager, though that’s a considerably deceptive title given his matches served as Jags supervisor outnumbered these he spent in pink and yellow on the pitch, by 182 to at least one respectively.

He took up his first managerial position with an impressive pedigree as a participant, most notably with Hibernian and Nottingham Forest then particularly with Liverpool, the place he would win First Division titles, an FA Cup and a UEFA Cup. Additionally capped 9 occasions for Scotland, with a debut in 1966 towards Pele’s Brazil, he travelled to the 1974 World Cup Finals in West Germany albeit was unused.

His process within the dugout at Firhill was an unenviable one, not solely having to reside as much as the problem of changing Bertie Auld however seeking to start a brand new period of success following essentially the most celebrated decade within the membership’s historical past. All this on the age of simply 34.

Cormack’s footballing philosophy was certainly one of entertaining and attacking soccer, in distinction to a extra cautious method by the earlier administration which the gamers he inherited had been used to, and so the general report card of his tenure would conclude that the sought-after success was not achieved.

A reputable sixth-placed top-flight end on the finish of season one (for which he was in cost from December) was adopted 12 months later by relegation from the 10-team First Division. ‘Undertaking promotion’ was instantly reactivated however successive fourth and third-placed finishes within the second tier had been pretty much as good because it acquired because the Jags simply didn’t make it again up underneath Cormack’s steering.

Nonetheless, it wasn’t all doom and gloom, removed from it. The primary half-season introduced silverware as successive 1-0 victories over Rangers within the semi-final and Celtic within the closing (an Iain Jardine winner in entrance of 5,000 at Firhill) introduced the Glasgow Cup to Maryhill.

After which got here Maurice Johnston. Probably the most talked about Scottish footballers of his era, teenager Mojo would blossom underneath Cormack, following up his breakthrough season, throughout which a purpose in a 2-0 win at Ibrox was a spotlight, with a shocking 34-goal return in season 1982/83 just for Thistle to fall simply 5 factors in need of promotion (earned by Clydebank and Hearts).

The identical margin denied Cormack’s squad in season 1983/84, regardless of a membership file seven straight league wins to kick off the marketing campaign, with the membership pressured to promote Johnston to Watford mid-season amidst monetary pressures. Because the marketing campaign faltered, Cormack provided his resignation lengthy earlier than the ultimate fixture of the season though he did stay in put up till its finish, a season which additionally marked his solely look as a participant in a defeat away to Brechin Metropolis.

Cormack’s size of steady time in control of Thistle’s males’s group has solely been bettered by John Lambie, Ian McCall and Alan Archibald since. He would go on to handle overseas in addition to having fun with quick spells at Cowdenbeath and Morton.

Tributes throughout Scottish and English soccer right this moment display simply how extremely Peter Cormack was regarded and, setting apart any views on his file within the Firhill dugout, the unanimous sentiment throughout the membership from those that knew him was that he was a tremendous man, a gentleman and a very nice soccer man, who will likely be sorely missed.

Peter Cormack – relaxation in peace. As soon as a Jag, all the time a Jag.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Coldplay has added a second day to its live performance held on the Solar Bowl subsequent summer season in 2025.

Live performance dates at the moment are June 13 and June 14 at 6 p.m.

The band will convey its Music of The Spheres World Tour to North America in Could, June, and July 2025.

El Paso is the one Texas location the place the band will maintain a live performance.

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In keeping with Reside Nation, followers can join the Artist Presale now by way of Thursday, October 10, at 10 a.m. ET HERE for first entry to tickets.

The artist presale begins on Friday, October 11, at 9 a.m. native time. The final on-sale begins Friday, October 11, at 12 p.m. native time at ticketmaster.com.

To purchase tickets go to Ticketmaster.

Coldplay has additionally confirmed they are going to make a restricted variety of Infinity Tickets obtainable for the reveals at midday native time on Friday, November 22.

Infinity Tickets are launched for each Coldplay present to make the Music Of The Spheres World Tour accessible to followers for an inexpensive value. They’ll value USD 20/20 CAD per ticket. They’re restricted to a most of two tickets per purchaser, and should be purchased in pairs (which will probably be situated subsequent to one another). Areas will probably be revealed when followers choose up their tickets in individual on the field workplace on the day of the present and could be all through the venue from the ground to the higher ranges, aspect view seats and in all places in between.

El Pasoans informed KFOX14/CBS4 they have been pleasantly stunned the band added a second present.

“Properly, I used to be attempting to get on-line and I could not. So, after which they opened up one other present. So I stated, possibly I will have the ability to get tickets for the second present standing right here in line,” Roy Lopez stated.

Pleasure is constructing amongst El Pasoans for the financial affect the live shows can have on the Solar Metropolis.

“Oh, heck yeah. It is a good financial increase,” a person named Frank informed KFOX14. “That is a number of resorts, a number of ingesting, a number of bars, some huge cash so that you can I believe it’s going to achieve success.”

“They’re coming two days and a present of that magnitude, it’s going to convey hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to El Paso,” Lopez stated.

The Star on the Mountain will probably be illuminated in a colourful rainbow sample to have fun the band coming to El Paso.

Everybody can seize the magic of the star stay at: https://www.elpaso.org/starlighters/

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Cheshire East is refusing to debate measures to assist weak pensioners stripped of their winter gas allowance by the federal government, when the total council meets subsequent week.

The Conservatives have tabled a discover of movement (NoM) calling for the council’s political group leaders to put in writing collectively to the federal government ‘expressing this council’s deep issues concerning the influence of this determination on Cheshire East’s most weak residents and asking that the winter gas allowance is reinstated with instant impact’.

It additionally calls on the Labour/Impartial-controlled council to deliver ahead an consciousness marketing campaign to encourage these eligible for pension credit score to use for it.

The Tories are livid Cheshire East’s mayor has determined the matter will not be mentioned at Wednesday’s assembly – particularly as she is permitting a NoM to be mentioned in regards to the council’s governance.

Conservative group chief Janet Clowes mentioned: “As temperatures fall, and weak residents make determined selections to ‘warmth or eat’, let’s put aside celebration politics to deal with concerted efforts to assist these in gas poverty to say the advantages to which they’re entitled.

“That is much more necessary than slavish adherence to the structure or celebration dogma, that is an pressing and basic responsibility of council.”

Cllr Clowes mentioned the Conservative group is ‘shocked and deeply dissatisfied’ by the mayor’s stance.

“Underneath the structure, NoM course of is in the end the choice of the mayor, whose phrase is remaining – and the mayor has mentioned no,” she mentioned.

Cheshire East mayor Marilyn Houston (Lab) confirmed to the Native Democracy Reporting Service she had refused to let the discover of movement be debated subsequent week and would as a substitute be referring it to committee for dialogue subsequent month.

An offended Cllr Clowes mentioned: “The pressing actions recognized within the NoM will likely be kicked into the lengthy grass and will not be heard by committees till mid-November.

“Consequently, any alternative for Cheshire East Council to then ship an efficient pension credit score eligibility consciousness marketing campaign and utility help for weak pensioners, earlier than the ultimate date for purposes on December 21, will likely be misplaced.

“The DWP have already said it’s unlikely they may have the ability to ‘seize’ all these eligible on this time-frame.

“Even when the date is prolonged within the funds, till April, winter will successfully be over and of little consolation to pensioners who could have spent the intervening months within the chilly.”

The Tories say 80,692 pensioners in Cheshire East will lose their winter gas allowance.

Cllr Clowes mentioned: “Of those, many are eligible for pension credit score and this quantity has elevated because the elimination of the ten per cent vitality cap on October 1.”

Labour-led Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) is holding its full council assembly the day after Cheshire East.

Two notices of movement on the winter gas cost have been put ahead for that day and they’re anticipated to be debated by CWAC at that assembly.

Cllr Clowes mentioned: “The refusal to allow debate and dedication of this difficulty in Cheshire East has the potential to ship the mistaken message to Cheshire East residents – that this Labour-led council doesn’t care.”

Cheshire East’s full council assembly takes place at 11am on Wednesday, October 16, on the SKA Observatory, Jodrell Financial institution.

A movement about elevating consciousness of pension credit score and asking the federal government to evaluate the choice to means-test the winter gasoline fee for pensioners turned chaotic at a council assembly final night time (October 10).

The movement was introduced ahead by Conservative councillor Phil Fellows who represents Birchington.

However points over when a Labour modification ought to have been added, what that modification contained, whether or not officers had been appropriate so as to add it earlier than the assembly and squabbling over the political background to the brand new authorities’s coverage ended when a closure movement was put ahead and the amended model was voted by.

Confusion started when officers added a Labour modification to Cllr Fellow’s movement earlier than the assembly, resulting in questions over why he would learn out one thing that had been modified by an opposing political group.

Conservative chief Reece Pugh mentioned it was ‘nonsense’ and council chief Rick Everitt mentioned Democratic Companies had ‘made a mistake,’ and Cllr Fellows “should have the best to introduce his movement” with the modification happening as a part of the next debate.

Cllr Fellows lastly learn out his movement, first saying: “The Labour Authorities’s not too long ago determined to limit the Winter Gas Fee to solely pensioners in receipt of means-tested advantages like Pension Credit score.

“In Thanet alone 26,648 pensioners will lose the winter gasoline allowance. In my village 60% of our residents are retired so that is one thing that I’m involved about.”

The movement was:

• Requests to convey ahead a council-led native consciousness marketing campaign utilizing TDCs communication channels and social media platforms to alert these eligible of Pension Credit score which in some respects will assist entry to the Winter Gas Fee for these most in want.
• Requests that the Council Chief write to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, urging a evaluate of the choice to means-test the Winter Gas Fee and asking the federal government to make sure that susceptible pensioners, notably those that don’t declare Pension Credit score, are shielded from gasoline poverty.
• Commit this Council to signing the ‘Save the Winter Gas Fee for Struggling Pensioners’ petition being run by Age UK and write to all council members providing them the chance to signal the petition themselves.
• Encourage native efforts to advertise Pension Credit score uptake by this council’s partnerships with native charities and group organisations to make sure that all eligible pensioners in Thanet are supported in claiming their entitlement.

On the assembly, council chief Rick Everitt responded, saying: “This can be a matter of real public concern and we within the Labour group share that concern.

“Our aged residents ought to be capable to put their heating on all through the winter no matter their monetary circumstances and the council will do what we will to make sure that’s potential.

“We’re already working, and proceed to work, to boost consciousness of pension credit score in order many individuals as potential can obtain it and the winter gasoline fee.”

Cllr Everitt mentioned there was additionally work to make houses power environment friendly and the council would foyer authorities to verify there was safety for pensioners who wanted it.

However, he added: “I can not say means testing the winter gasoline fee is improper as a result of everyone knows there are some pensioners who don’t want it and have by no means wanted it.”

He went on to say: “We have now a document variety of dad and mom counting on meals banks to feed their younger households. There are 4.3m youngsters residing in poverty within the UK and Thanet has the third highest proportion of kids residing in absolute low revenue households within the south east. There may be an pressing must rebalance priorities in our society.”

He added that the choice by the Labour authorities had been made as a result of the earlier authorities ‘made no effort’ to steadiness the books, forsaking ‘a monetary black gap.’

He mentioned a report on the state of affairs for Thanet can be delivered to Cupboard members in November.

Helen Whitehead

Cllr Helen Whitehead put ahead a Labour modification which retained the request to put in writing to the Chancellor about reviewing the means testing coverage and inspiring native efforts to advertise pension credit score eligibility. As a substitute of committing to signal Age UK’s petition the modification mentioned council would acknowledge it and council members would have the chance to signal it.

One other change was to say the council will ‘proceed’ to make use of communication platforms and social media to boost consciousness of pension credit score moderately than ‘convey ahead’ a marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, three adjustments to the modification have led to accusations of political hijacking and level scoring.

These had been so as to add that the outgoing Conservative authorities had left billions of kilos price of spending commitments unfunded which means Labour has to steadiness the books; that Conservative coverage since 2010 has discriminated towards individuals under pension age forcing tens of millions to make use of meals banks and driving youngsters into poverty; and that winter gasoline funds to the wealthiest pensioners should not justified when youngsters are going hungry.

Extra disturbance was created when Cllr Kristian Brilliant spoke to say there must be context within the modification about why the means-testing was launched attributable to a “huge £22bn hole” in public spending as a result of earlier authorities ‘ignoring issues.’

He added: “Let’s all acknowledge the utter neglect of this nation’s younger individuals over the past 14 years since 2010.

“In 2010 when the Labor authorities left officer there have been 35 meals banks on this nation. As of February this 12 months there are 2,800 foo banks on this nation, utilized by 3.1m individuals. That’s a sign of how profitable your occasion (Conservative) was in destroying the material of our nation.

“The Conservatives failed our youngsters to such an extent that as European friends had been rising ours are actually shrinking attributable to poor diets and NHS cuts.

“When our modification talks concerning the social justice of giving money by way of the winter gasoline fee to individuals who don’t want it just like the Rolex carrying chap within the newest Conservative assault advert, I feel we will all agree that our new authorities of service must be extra focused with the restricted funds they’ve inherited.”

Following this Labour councillor Will Scobie famous Cllr Fellows had introduced the movement for good causes however it was a really political concern and the monetary straits had been highlighted by points reminiscent of £6.4bn for asylum wanted however not funded and £9bn wanted for public sector raises which had additionally not been budgeted for by the earlier authorities.

He then proposed a closure movement of the talk in order that councillors may transfer on to the next movement on Millmead Youngsters’s Centre.

The amended movement was agreed regardless of some anger, with Cllr Becky Wing interrupting to say: “A few of us had palms up earlier than that time of order. Once more our occasion has sat right here quietly and tried to not get entangled in what’s principally a white man’s bear pit down there and now a movement is offered that stifles the talk of different individuals on this room and it’s totally unfair.”

Cllr Wing was requested to observe her “phrasing” by the chair however was shut down when she tried to reference an earlier insult which was not disciplined.

Chairperson Cllr Debra Owen-Hughes then instructed the chamber “we’re voting on a closure movement, the query shall be put.” A vote agreeing the modification adopted after a summing up by Cllr Fellows the place he requested members to not convey their political feedback into his movement.

‘Hijacked’

Following the assembly Cllr Fellows mentioned he was upset that the movement had been ‘hijacked.’

He mentioned: “I purchased the movement to council as I’ve a excessive proportion of retired residents in my village. I’m involved that the withdrawal of the winter gasoline allowance will depart many susceptible residents struggling because the climate turns colder.

“I simply wished TDC to convey a marketing campaign of consciousness of Pension Credit score and the assistance that’s on the market for these which can be severely affected by the lack of the Winter Gas Allowance. However the Labour administration hijacked my movement and used it for some political level scoring by attacking the Conservatives which was completely pointless when all I need to do is assist our older susceptible residents.”

Labour chief Cllr Everitt mentioned: “The Labour group was largely supportive of the unique movement and is respectful of the seriousness of this concern for some older residents, however the wording didn’t replicate what the council is already doing or reference why the choice was taken by authorities. I don’t suppose that’s being political, I feel it’s solely honest.”

MP Polly Billington

East Thanet MP Polly Billington says she shall be organising a drop-in specializing in pension credit score assist for pensioners.

She mentioned: “I proceed to have interaction with constituents concerning the assist that’s out there for pensioners this winter and am at the moment within the technique of organising a drop-in surgical procedure in assist of the federal government’s marketing campaign to get all eligible pensioners signed up for pension credit score.

“I might urge anybody who believes they could be eligible to verify on-line at https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility or to name the Pension Credit score Declare Line at 0800 99 1234, Monday – Friday 8am-6pm.”

Winter Gas Allowance

In September, Parliament  voted to chop the winter gasoline funds for many who should not claiming pension credit score or different means-tested advantages.

The controversial coverage was supported by 348 MPs with an opposition movement to dam the minimize receiving 228 votes. Fifty-two MPs didn’t vote, though the explanation why should not given.

Previous to the vote the fee to assist with gasoline payments was out there to anybody over the age of 66 no matter revenue ranges, which means rich households had been additionally entitled to the sum.  The fee is £200, rising to £300 for these over 80.

The minimize will save the federal government about £1.5bn a 12 months because it makes an attempt to fill a claimed “black gap” in funds of £22bn.

The variety of winter fee recipients will drop from 10.8 million to 1.5 million.

Thanet, with roughly 33,686 over 65s, has one of many highest proportions of aged individuals in Kent.

The Boston Bruins have been the primary American staff established by the Nationwide Hockey League, and are actually the primary to have fun 100 seasons. The staff’s first proprietor, Charles Adams, was awarded the Bruins franchise in 1924 for the sum of $15,000. The staff performed its first sport in December 1924, and the 2023-2024 season marks the staff’s centennial season.Based in 1977 and now housed on the TD Backyard, The Sports activities Museum encompasses a half-mile of reveals celebrating the historical past of Boston sports activities. Museum curators Rusty Sullivan and Richard Johnson are the authors of a brand new, commemorative e book, “Blood, Sweat, and 100 Years,” which celebrates the Boston Bruins’ centennial season.

A video is being shared on social media with false claims it reveals a HAARP analysis facility positioned “completely” off the coast of Florida which was “activated” forward of Hurricane Milton.

Not less than 16 individuals have been killed and tens of millions have been left with out energy after it made landfall in Florida as a Class 3 hurricane.

The video that’s circulating on-line seems to be a recording of somebody utilizing Google Maps or Google Earth to zoom in on an space of the Atlantic Ocean subsequent to Florida. It then masses underwater photos of the seabed, the place frame-like buildings could be seen, together with divers engaged on them. Textual content overlaid on it says: “What’s hiding beneath the water in Florida”.

Captions being shared with the clip on X (previously Twitter) and Fb say: “HAARP is positioned completely proper round Florida. It does appear to be activated as the entire state of Florida appears to be needing to organize for what’s to come back.” 

The video itself seems to originate from TikTok and was first shared on 5 October.

Nevertheless, the world of ocean and equipment that may be seen within the video just isn’t associated to the HAARP mission. Full Truth has matched the positioning recognized within the clip with an space off Key Largo in Florida known as Snapper Ledge Reef. 

The video really depicts an underwater coral nursery, which is certainly one of many across the Florida Keys archipelago geared toward coral restoration in response to coral bleaching. 

Small fragments of staghorn and elkhorn corals are grown on synthetic ‘bushes’ which produce colonies that may be transplanted again into the reef months later.

What’s HAARP, and will it trigger hurricanes?

HAARP, which stands for ‘Excessive-frequency Lively Auroral Analysis Program’, is a high-frequency transmitter which is used to review the ionosphere and the thermosphere, layers of the Earth’s ambiance, starting from round 60 km altitude.

The power’s most important instrument is plenty of antennas unfold throughout 33 acres based mostly in Gakona, Alaska.

These are designed to transmit radio waves into the ionosphere to trigger electrons to maneuver in waves to review how the ionosphere reacts to altering situations. We now have beforehand truth checked false claims that HAARP may cause the Northern Lights and peculiar clouds.

The radio waves from HAARP’s experiments wouldn’t trigger or create hurricanes, which don’t kind in these larger ranges of the ambiance. 

Professor Chris Scott, Professor in House and Atmospherics on the College of Studying instructed Full Indisputable fact that “HAARP just isn’t accountable for inflicting Hurricane Milton or some other kind of storm”.

“The know-how to artificially create storms—particularly Class 5 storms—doesn’t exist. It’s pure science fiction to counsel now we have the technological prowess to develop lethal hurricanes,” he stated by way of electronic mail.

“Hurricanes kind naturally over heat tropical oceans. Rising heat air creates an space of low strain. Surrounding air rushes in, creating wind. The Earth’s rotation causes the system to spin. Because it grows, it feeds on heat ocean water, intensifying wind speeds and forming the attribute spiral construction of a hurricane. A rise within the depth of such storms is predicted to end result from local weather change.”

Dr Ciaran Beggan on the British Geological Society additionally instructed us that HAARP makes use of “tiny” quantities of energy to transmit radio waves into the ambiance, which might be a fraction of that wanted to artificially create a hurricane.

HAARP Director Jessica Matthews stated, in response to a question from Full Truth on whether or not it will possibly have an effect on hurricanes: “The analysis gear on the HAARP facility just isn’t able to producing or amplifying such occasions.”

Throughout vital climate occasions and pure disasters we regularly see misinformation, steadily within the type of miscaptioned movies, being shared on-line. We now have beforehand debunked plenty of false claims about climate manipulation and geoengineering, together with chemtrails theories.

Amol Rajan upped out of his seat and pretended to stroll off set, jokily claiming to have been placed on the flawed present, as he hosted Have I Obtained Information For You for the primary time this night.

The BBC presenter welcomed panellists Dame Andrea Jenkyns and actor and comic Miles Jupp onto the model new episode as they joined workforce captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. As all the time the contestants participated in a comedy quiz present the place they needed to reply questions based mostly on the week’s prime tales and information.

At one level former Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood, Andrea, admitted that she “did not suppose it was over” for Boris Johnson – who served as Prime Minister of the UK and Chief of the Conservative Occasion from 2019 to 2022.

She added: “I nonetheless suppose Boris was certainly one of our higher Prime Ministers.” In response, the studio viewers let loose a loud noise of disagreement.

Addressing the present’s host, Andrea took a bit dig saying: “I see you’ve got chosen the viewers. You realize, the individuals who don’t love Boris or Conservatives.”

However Ian hit again saying: “You possibly can’t simply say ‘you’ve got chosen the viewers’. You’ve got obtained no proof for that, no proof. It is simply b****cks.” Taking a swipe at a rival information present, he added: “This is not GB Information!”

Amol then requested jokingly: “Grasp on, this is not GB Information?” He jumped out of his seat and went to stroll away as he mentioned: “I believed I used to be on GB Information… I am within the flawed place altogether!”

He then determined to take a seat again down and crack on with the present because the viewers erupted in laughter.

Followers on Twitter had been break up over the comical second, with one writing: “Typical #BBC… yet one more lefty viewers that may’t resist booing Boris. True to kind, steadiness appears to be the very last thing on the BBC menu. Effectively carried out @andreajenkyns! Boris will probably be again, everyone knows it! #HIGNFY quick changing into outdated hat however #GBNews is the place the expansion is. #BBCBias.”

One other added: “One of many solely three applications i watch on TV lately – @haveigotnews, @Channel4News, College Problem – moments like this are why I nonetheless do.”

Whereas a 3rd mentioned: “This combination of politicians and journalists is so jolly it makes me very uncomfortable.”