Spain is at a turning level within the environmental transition throughout power, transport, water, waste and different key sectors wherein the nation aspires to be on the forefront of sustainable innovation in Europe and internationally.

With our presence throughout 23 international locations worldwide, Ricardo’s new Madrid workplace launched in Spring 2024 with greater than 50 consultants working throughout Spain.

We plan to proceed constructing our workforce within the nation to supply our built-in sustainability options, uniquely positioned on the intersection of the mobility (see this text in Spanish), power and environmental agendas. 

Marking the launch of the brand new workplace, Lorenzo Casullo, one in every of our Administrators based mostly in Madrid, stated “Spain is transitioning in direction of a extra sustainable financial and social mannequin, and we’ll proceed to advise native and multinational organisations of their quest for greener merchandise and existence, whether or not they’re producers, infrastructure managers or innovation start-ups”. Graham Ritchie, CEO, added that “Ricardo’s consultants are recognised for his or her skill to handle multidisciplinary challenges and their skill to deliver options to our prospects”.

That is the place our European and worldwide advisory expertise is available in. Most technological options to enhance environmental sustainability are already accessible, and our technical consultants have been concerned within the growth of many of those options. Nonetheless, the gradual implementation of key laws and monetary mechanisms is holding again progress.

In our work with the European Fee and different legislators, we’re serving to to form the legislations that promote innovation and sustainability. For instance, Ricardo consultants supplied recommendation to the European Fee of their revision of legislations such because the Industrial Emissions Directive to finalise the implementation of the Inexperienced Deal (see this text in Spanish).

Our workforce is now concerned within the implementation of key devices to make the change occur. As an illustration, we’re supporting creation of the first-ever European SAF Clearing Home: a one-stop store for brand new sustainable aviation fuels throughout Europe, accelerating their testing and certifying their sustainability credentials to scale-up the decarbonisation of the aviation sector. Now we have additionally supplied technical and regulatory assist to chemical sector firms as they work in direction of merchandise which can be Protected and Sustainable by Design and a round and decrease carbon economic system, with decrease (eco)toxicological dangers.

Throughout our workplace launch, our consultants and key prospects mentioned the challenges the Spanish economic system faces within the decarbonisation of floor, air and maritime transport; regulatory framework and market wants in a context of local weather change and water shortage; distribution networks, power storage and power effectivity; industrial transition in direction of extra sustainable manufacturing within the EU; and railway certifications – all areas which Ricardo is already serving to prospects deal with worldwide.

Having spoken to over 50 main organisations throughout Spain in latest weeks, we perceive their wants even higher. We’re able to step up our assist to Spanish firms and associations throughout totally different sectors that share related issues on the potential impacts of European, nationwide and native laws associated to air high quality, transport emissions and industrial emissions, amongst others – to make sure that they continue to be aggressive in a low-carbon economic system, creating jobs and alternatives linked to the inexperienced transition.

Australian fortunate loser Aleksandar Vukic superior to the second spherical of the Eastbourne Open by defeating Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-4 on the Devonshire Park Garden Tennis Membership.

Vukic, ranked No 81, will play No 3 seed Alexander Bublik subsequent.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This summer season, quite a few Belmont student-athletes spent a while abroad collaborating in Belmont’s Examine Overseas Program.   

All through the summer season, Belmont Athletics will spotlight the experiences of our student-athletes as they encounter and have interaction with new landscapes, cultures, and peoples.

Our first reflection is by Eliza Paisley, a rising junior ladies’s soccer participant from Franklin, Tennessee.  Throughout the Maymester, Eliza went to France with different Belmont college students. 
 
The place did you research overseas this summer season?
France (Paris and Good)
 
What lessons did you’re taking? 
Pictures, Third 12 months Writing & Faith
 
What was your favourite reminiscence?
Spending the entire day exploring and mountaineering in Antibes, appreciating its magnificence and tradition.  Antibes is positioned on the Mediterranean Sea close to Good. 
 
Is there a selected place that you’d return and go to?  If that’s the case, the place and why?
Parc Floral de Paris.  It is without doubt one of the 4 botanical gardens of Paris and is positioned southeast of Paris’ metropolis middle.  It’s identified for its azaleas, rhododendrons, and irises. 
 
What was the factor that stunned you essentially the most concerning the tradition and environment? 
French individuals aren’t as standoffish and “imply” and folks say they’re. Everybody there may be SO keen about what they do and beloved attending to share their tradition with us!
 
How was the meals?  What was your favourite meal? 
The meals was superb. My favourite meal was the baguette sandwiches. I most likely bought one each different day. I additionally favored the hen salad, solar dried tomatoes, arugula, and capers. I nonetheless give it some thought typically, haha. 
 
After being abroad for this time period, what did you miss most about “residence” (U.S.)?
I did miss a few of my independence. As an example, driving. Taking metros and counting on others for issues was positively an adjustment, however I feel that was simply because I used to be in a brand new place.
 
 

Trieste has no stand-out sights, no must-see sights. Its enchantment is subtler, extra discreet. The journey author Jan Morris captured its cryptic aura in her melancholy memoir, Trieste and the That means of Nowhere. James Joyce, who spent a decade right here, relished its understated allure.

The positioning that sums up Trieste’s moody atmosphere is Miramare, a fairy-tale fortress on a rocky promontory, battered by the stressed sea. It was constructed by Maximilian, child brother of the Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph, however he barely spent a yr right here earlier than he was whisked away to turn out to be the Emperor of Mexico. His quixotic empire was overthrown, and the republican rebels had him shot by firing squad. Right this moment his forsaken folly is a museum, a monument to Habsburg hubris. It’s imagined to be dangerous luck to spend the evening right here. A number of subsequent inhabitants additionally met violent ends.

I completed up again the place I’d begun, on Mount Giusto, excessive above the town. Most vacationers make the hike to see the fortress and the cathedral, however I’d come to see the mausoleum of Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), the daddy of contemporary archaeology. Winckelmann wasn’t from Trieste – he’d merely come right here to catch a ship to Rome – however whereas he was right here, he befriended a younger man referred to as Francesco Arcangeli who murdered him (for what motive, no-one is aware of). Winckelmann was buried within the cathedral throughout the street. Arcangeli was damaged on the wheel within the metropolis sq. under.

This sinister story encapsulates what I like about Trieste. In all places you go on this elusive metropolis, you’re stepping on layer upon layer of historical past – a few of it recorded, a lot of it unknown. As I walked again to the harbour, previous the Roman amphitheatre, I recalled one thing Jan Morris wrote in Trieste and the That means of Nowhere: “Right here, greater than wherever, I bear in mind misplaced instances, misplaced possibilities, misplaced pals.” Because the night ferry carried me away, and Trieste shrank into the ocean, her phrases had been nonetheless ringing in my ears.

The place to remain

I used to be a visitor of Tivoli Portopiccolo Sistiana (www.tivolihotels.com). Doubles from €300 per evening, together with breakfast. The room charge contains use of the stylish seashore membership. The home type is worldwide somewhat than Italian. Your entire resort is car-free (there’s a big underground storage). There are a number of eating places on web site, within the resort and the encompassing improvement. One of the best meals I ate by far was within the seashore membership restaurant. It’s a great spot if you need seclusion, or when you’re travelling with kids.

A convicted violent offender deliberate to kidnap, rape and homicide Holly Willoughby however was thwarted by an undercover officer primarily based within the US, a courtroom has heard.

Gavin Plumb, 37, was obsessive about the tv presenter, amassing greater than 10,000 pictures of her on his telephone together with deepfake pornography. He had fastidiously deliberate how one can abduct her from her residence, take her to his residence in Harlow, Essex, and homicide her in an deserted constructing, Chelmsford crown courtroom heard.

Plumb has earlier convictions for tried kidnap and false imprisonment, the jury was informed. He had tried to pressure two ladies off a practice with a faux gun and threatening be aware in 2006 earlier than trying to tie up two teenage women in a Woolworths inventory room in 2008.

The safety guard had purchased cable ties and a folding knife, and appeared to have sourced chloroform for his assault on Willoughby. He had additionally engaged in graphic and sexually motivated discussions in regards to the deliberate assault on-line, the prosecution stated.

The daddy of 1 was unaware that one of many folks with whom he was speaking was an undercover police officer primarily based within the Owatonna police division in Minnesota, who alerted UK authorities, triggering Plumb’s arrest on 4 October 2023.

Plumb has been charged with soliciting homicide, encouraging or helping the fee of kidnap, and inspiring or helping the fee of rape. He denies all fees.

Opening the case, the prosecutor Alison Morgan KC informed the jury: “The defendant’s plans as to what he would do to Holly Willoughby had been graphic and had been clearly sexually motivated.

“They had been actual to him and had been primarily based on an obsession with Ms Willoughby that had developed over a lot of years.

“It was not simply the ramblings of a fantasist,” she added.

Plumb had gathered details about Willoughby on social media and adopted her actions and actions, Morgan stated. He additionally had “real-life expertise of violence in the direction of ladies”, the prosecutor stated.

The courtroom heard how, on 14 August 2006, the defendant approached a girl on a practice and confirmed her a graphic and threatening be aware.

Two days later, the courtroom heard, he tried an analogous strategy with an imitation firearm however the sufferer refused to get off the practice with him. Plumb was arrested and located to be in possession of an imitation firearm, ropes and varied notes.

Two years later, in November 2008, Plumb was working at a Woolworths in Harlow, the place he compelled two 16-year-olds into the inventory room at knife-point and tied the arms of one of many women earlier than the opposite escaped and raised the alarm.

“These had been actual offences, dedicated in opposition to actual ladies, involving this defendant threatening them and making an attempt to manage and detain them,” Morgan informed the jury.

Plumb had been planning an assault on Willoughby for a while, Morgan stated.

“For a while, the defendant’s sexual obsession with Holly Willoughby is obvious from the graphic nature of his communications with others,” she stated, including that Plumb “expresses himself with such a darkish depravity”.

In December 2021, Plumb had already recognized the place Willoughby lived and shared pictures of her residence with somebody on-line known as “Marc”.

Among the many conversations with Marc, Plumb mentioned utilizing the lane working alongside Willoughby’s home as a “good ambush level”, the jury was informed.

“All through their exchanges, Marc and the defendant shared graphic pictures of Willoughby,” Morgan informed the jury.

Plumb shared pictures of Willoughby’s tackle and mentioned “a house invasion” whereas sporting masks, and he mentioned the structure of the property, gates, CCTV and the alley to the aspect.

“Getting her has been my final fantasy for method too lengthy. I’m now on the level that fantasy isn’t sufficient any extra. I would like the true factor,” Plumb informed Marc. He additionally purchased a pack of 100 metallic cable ties on Amazon.

Plumb mentioned figuring out “deserted locations” exterior London, making an attempt to get on a tour of the ITV studios and utilizing his coaching as a safety officer to get employment with Willoughby.

The jury was performed a voice be aware despatched by Plumb during which he defined his “plan of motion”, which included choosing “outfits of hers that we like”.

He researched the place he may supply chloroform and despatched pictures to Marc that steered he had made among the chemical, the courtroom heard. A bottle of what was presupposed to be chloroform would later be discovered on the defendant’s residence tackle, the jury was informed.

In one other voice be aware performed to the courtroom, he mentioned an “deserted constructing”, including: “We’re gonna go and do stakeout and bang job achieved, shit’s happening because it stands.”

In 2023, a US police officer primarily based inside the Owatonna police division was engaged in conducting covert on-line investigations throughout a number of types of social media and functions.

On 3 October 2023, he was monitoring conversations in a gaggle known as “Abduct lovers”, which actively talks in regards to the abduction of others, their torture and homicide.

Underneath the id “BigBear”, Plumb posted footage of Willoughby, then not recognised by the officer, and boasted about her safety preparations. The detailed nature of the defendant’s messages involved the officer, the courtroom heard.

The courtroom heard he went on to explain raping Willoughby at his residence tackle earlier than “getting rid” of her physique.

The defendant had shared a video with the officer displaying gadgets laid out on a mattress, together with fetish paraphernalia. The gadgets would later be discovered on the defendant’s residence tackle, the courtroom heard.

On 4 October final 12 months, on account of these exchanges, the officer contacted officers inside the FBI and the Metropolitan police and Plumb was arrested that day.

The courtroom heard that when the costs had been defined to him he responded: “I’m not gonna lie. She is a fantasy of mine.”

The trial continues.

Nation Music legend Willie Nelson is on the highway once more however didn’t carry out at Friday night time’s Outlaw Music Pageant in Georgia.

Nelson missed the primary star-studded Outlaw Music Pageant Tour present due to an sickness.

A submit on Nelson’s Instagram web page mentioned he was ‘not feeling properly’ and had been informed to relaxation for the following 4 days.

“We remorse to tell you that Willie Nelson shouldn’t be feeling properly and, per physician’s orders, has been suggested to relaxation for the following 4 days,” the assertion learn. “He’s anticipated to make a fast restoration and be part of the Outlaw Music Pageant tour subsequent week.”

In a present of help, Lukas Nelson and the household band stepped in, performing a set that includes notable basic information from Willie Nelson’s discography.

Nelson, 91, is the headliner for the Outlaw Music Pageant Tour. Different artists embrace Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, and Alison Krauss.

In line with the assertion, Nelson is anticipated to rejoin the tour as quickly as subsequent week.

For extra data on the tour, click on right here.

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‘Catastrophic violence’

If anybody thought singing “Karma is the man on the Chiefs” was as public as Taylor Swift was going to go together with her all-star boyfriend, Travis Kelce, assume once more.

On Sunday evening, on the third of her London Eras Tour reveals this weekend, Kelce graced the famed diamond walkway at Wembley Stadium in his first-ever onstage look. He carried out alongside Swift in the course of the intro for “I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart” within the newly added “Tortured Poets” period of the present.

As Swift transitions into the final music of the period, she usually acts out a brief skit with two of her dancers, after she seems to “drop useless” in the course of the penultimate music within the set, “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.”

One of many dancers carries her to a heart-shaped sofa, they usually then seem to revive a dull Swift, altering her costume from a white robe to a two-piece sequin set and making use of her make-up to get her prepared for the remainder of the present so she will be able to, nicely, do it with a damaged coronary heart.

Kelce proved to be a fearless lover Sunday, becoming a member of the trio onstage in full costume, displaying off his appearing chops as if he had been auditioning to be a mainstay for the remainder of the tour.

Movies posted to social media confirmed Kelce first carrying Swift to the sofa, then brushing her face with a make-up brush as soon as she was up once more. He confirmed off some dance strikes, too, all with a giant, goofy smile plastered to his face.

The observe, an upbeat pop banger on Swift’s newest album, seems to be concerning the Eras Tour itself and the way Swift has been in a position to placed on one of many greatest and most profitable live performance runs of all time amid a breakup with longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn final 12 months, shortly after the tour started.

Swift herself gave excessive reward to her beau’s efficiency, saying in a Monday submit to Instagram that she was “nonetheless cracking up/swooning over” Kelce’s stage debut on the Eras Tour.

It had already been a giant Eras weekend for Kelce, who was in any respect three London reveals. Swift posted a selfie on Instagram that includes Kelce alongside Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who attended the Friday evening present.

Kelce and Swift have been linked for practically a 12 months now, as rumors swirled final summer season a couple of potential relationship after Kelce boldly declared on his podcast, “New Heights,” that he tried (and failed) to offer Swift a friendship bracelet together with his quantity on it at one among her Kansas Metropolis reveals.

They went public with their relationship in September when Swift attended a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs sport towards the Chicago Bears, they usually have been caught supporting one another and their very public careers ever since.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Grey Information) – Identified for his straight-talking buddy characters in “Hawaii 5-0” and “Magnum P.I.,” Hawaii’s Taylor Wily has died.

The 56-year-old was greatest identified for his function as Kamekona on the reboot of “Hawaii 5-0.”

He was additionally on “Magnum P.I.” and within the film “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”

Wily was additionally identified for his philanthropy and visiting kids at Shriner’s hospital.

“He’s most likely essentially the most memorable particular person to stroll within the door there from Hawaii 5-0 and essentially the most liked simply due to how private he was with everybody,” stated Angela Eager, a pal of Wily.

“He had a coronary heart of gold and by no means met a stranger.”

The actor’s household confirmed that he handed away Wednesday evening, although the circumstances haven’t been revealed.

Earlier than he began performing, Wily was a sumo wrestler and UFC 1 fighter. He was the primary knockout sufferer in UFC historical past in 1993 when a kick from opponent Gerard Gordeau knocked a tooth out of Wily’s mouth, ending the struggle after simply 26 seconds.

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There was a really particular visitor at Taylor Swift’s most up-to-date London present – the singer’s boyfriend Travis Kelce.

Wearing a high hat and tails, The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant joined the singer on stage for I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart as a dancer.

In the course of the routine, Kelce carried Swift on stage, and likewise utilized make-up to her face with a brush.

It is the primary time Kelce has joined her on stage in the course of the Eras tour.

Kelce regarded blissful to be performing, and plenty of followers shared a video of the athlete kicking his heels whereas dancing.

The looks shocked and delighted followers, with many expressing their disbelief on social media.

“For those who would’ve advised me a 12 months in the past that Travis Kelce could be on stage with Taylor Swift, I wouldn’t have believed you,” one fan wrote on X.

Many followers, presumably unfamiliar with American soccer, additionally expressed their shock over Kelce’s substantial top – 6ft 5in.

Later within the present, Swift was additionally joined by singer Gracie Abrams, for the primary dwell efficiency of their duet, Us, which was launched final week.

That wasn’t the one shock tune – as Swift carried out a mash up of Out of the Woods, Is It Over Now? and Clear.

Celebrities have been flocking to look at Swift as her Eras tour reaches London’s Wembley stadium – and Sunday’s present was watched by Sir Paul McCartney, who was seen dancing and accepting friendship bracelets from followers.

Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott have been additionally noticed within the crowd.

Hugh Grant has additionally been to see the Eras tour, and later gave Kelce a shout out on social media.

“Pricey @taylorswift13, You might have an unbelievable present, a tremendous and v hospitable group and glorious if gigantic boyfriend,” he posted on X.

Foo Fighters additionally performed in London this weekend with frontman Dave Grohl referencing Swift from the stage.

He joked that his band prefer to name their tour “the errors tour” – a reference to Swift’s Eras tour.

Talking at London Stadium on Saturday, Grohl appeared to take a swipe at Swift, commenting that the Foo Fighters “truly play dwell”.

On Saturday, Swift posted a photograph with Kelce, Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who had been VIP friends on Friday.

The royal selfie was additionally the primary time Swift had posted an image along with her boyfriend on social media.

However the pair have been removed from personal about their relationship.

Kelce and Swift went public with their romance in September final 12 months, with Swift attending her first Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation.

Swift has been taking her Eras Tour throughout the UK with exhibits in Edinburgh, Liverpool and Cardiff, taking followers by her catalogue of hits, together with from albums 1989, Crimson and Midnights.

The singer will return to Wembley in August, for 5 extra dates.