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Tanya GuptaBBC News, West MidlandsBBCKevin Braddock said the question for many was how to startA gym set up with a focus on the wellbeing of body and mind has been awarded a £14,000 lottery grant to develop its work.The Soma Space in Oswestry was established two years ago by Kevin Braddock, a psychotherapist and fitness instructor, and Jo Hazell-Watkins, a personal trainer and trauma-informed strength coach.It offers combined strength training and psychotherapy, and prospective clients can refer themselves or be referred by social care workers and GPs.Mr Braddock said the gym was there to help people start exercising, know what…

Censorship in Russia is as old as the nation’s mass media.Imperial censors banned or cut Leo Tolstoy’s books and imprisoned Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Siberia when the writers questioned the czar’s authority. After the Revolution, an army of bureaucrats vetted everything that was published or shown in the country for signs of capitalist heresy.More recently, President Vladimir V. Putin has rolled back the freedom of expression that briefly flourished after the Soviet Union’s collapse and created a more subtle system of cultural control.Since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, Russians have been seeking respite from the upheaval of war on their…

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentGwyndaf Hughes/BBCScientists have developed a honeybee “superfood” that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change and habitat loss.Bee colonies that ate the supplement during trials had up to 15 times more baby bees that grew to adulthood.Honeybees are a vital part of food production and contribute to pollinating 70% of leading global crops.”This technological breakthrough provides all the nutrients bees need to survive, meaning we can continue to feed them even when there’s not enough pollen,” senior author Professor Geraldine Wright at the University of Oxford told BBC News.”It really is a huge…

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – One hour away from the place that made him famous, Scott Cochran gets the news from his athletic trainer that it’s too hot to wear pads at practice today. It’s an unfortunate reality of the blazing Alabama sun this morning, but he has no choice but to adapt and move on. He knows it won’t go over well with his young staff — full of former Alabama stars like Blake Sims, O.J. Howard and Bo Scarbrough. They are eager for another opportunity to improve with the season opener looming. Cochran was once the same — ringleader of those…

LDV Hospitality, behind NYC Italian restaurant Scarpetta, has reimagined East Hampton, New York’s historic Maidstone hotel into a year-round boutique retreat. The resort has plenty of amenities—bikes included—and curated pop-ups such as partnerships with brands like Sézane and Ginori. For elegant, coastal getaways in New York’s summer and shoulder seasons, East Hampton is always a good idea. The Maidstone—an 1840s tannery and lodge turned boutique inn on Main Street—is now adding a dash of Italian la dolce vita to the haute hamlet, thanks to new owners LDV Hospitality. Operating year-round, LDV at The Maidstone is the first hotel project from…

$The CEO of Target is stepping down, as the embattled retail giant seeks to turn around its fortunes amid an ongoing customer boycott over its scaling back of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.Brian Cornell will be replaced next year by Michael Fiddelke, Target’s chief operating officer, the company said on Wednesday.Cornell helped re-energize the company when he became CEO in 2014, but has struggled to turn around weak sales in a more competitive retail landscape since the Covid pandemic.Sales at Target, which has almost 2,000 stores across the US, fell more than expected in the first quarter of 2025,…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETGet more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers.Remember The Clapper? The plug-in staple may have made for a catchy jingle in the 1980s, but it could also be considered as a primitive ancestor of today’s smart plug — that is, if you can say anything from a few decades ago is primitive. Smart plugs offer greater convenience than The Clapper ever did, letting you control your devices from an app on your phone, your voice, or a schedule.Also: Unplugging these 7 common household devices greatly reduced my electricity billThere are many…

August 19, 20254 min readThese Tiny Disks Will Sail on Sunlight into Earth’s Mysterious ‘Ignorosphere’With no fuel or engines, tiny explorers will surf sun-warmed air alone to explore high in the skies of Earth and MarsBy Payal Dhar edited by Lee BillingsThis artist’s impression shows multiple small devices soaring on sunlight at the edges of Earth’s atmosphere. Schafer et al. Nature (2025)Scientists have devised tiny featherweight disks that could float on sunlight in Earth’s mesosphere or the thin air of Mars, theoretically even while carrying payloads. Extending about 50 to 85 kilometers above Earth’s surface, the mesosphere is too high…

A shiny new stadium brings with it the hope of instigating a new chapter in a club’s history. Excitement abounds as something rundown is replaced with a state-of-the-art arena As Everton prepare for their first competitive game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium against Brighton on Sunday, we take a look at how other Premier League clubs got on in their domestic debuts at a new home.Sunderland 3-1 Manchester City, 15 August 1997The Stadium of Light was named in honour of the local coal-mining community and the Davy lamp used by miners. It was, therefore, suitable that the first match came…

This neighborhood guide is curated by one of our New York City-based editors who calls it home.I have long said that out-of-towners looking to explore the outer boroughs should head to Carroll Gardens. This, according to me, is the real Brooklyn: soulful with its old architecture; neighborhood-y and community-oriented; historical yet relevant. The streets are lined with protected Brownstones and shady trees; in winter, the same streets are dusted with snow, which creates a whole different type of charm. The two main commercial streets, Smith Street and Court Street are packed with designer restaurants and old-time bars, with high-end retail…