Plans for a towering ‘pavilion’ structure and exhibition space in the heart of Sunderland city centre have been submitted to council development chiefs. Sunderland City Council’s planning department has received an application for a new focal point at Keel Square featuring a giant screen. The ‘Sunderland Pavilion’ is described as a contemporary exhibition and immersive space and centrepiece for Expo Sunderland, a series of events celebrating “innovation and ambition” in the city taking place up...
The couple views the magazine “as an uplifting and unifying voice in a chaotic media landscape”—one that has been decimated by layoffs and plummeting revenues.
Test prep startup Physics Wallah will open “as many offline centres as it can” in FY25 even if it erodes profits, founder and chief executive Alakh Pandey told ET.The Noida-based company’s aggressive approach to opening offline centres has not been dampened by the sharp drop in its net profit to Rs 16 crore in FY23 from Rs 98 crore in the previous year.Physics Wallah, which was valued at more than $1 billion after a funding round in 2022, operates 130 offline coaching centres in 105 cities, of...
Residential heating with wood or coal can lead to significant air pollution, even in rural communities, researchers sayIn autumn 2018, a shipping container full of air pollution measurement equipment arrived in the centre of the small German village of Melpitz.Dr Dominik van Pinxteren of the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research explained the reason for their investigation: “We were concerned that wood burning could be an important source of particle pollution in small villages, but these...
Have you ever wanted to ride a Pokémon? How about legendary motorcycle Pokémon Miraidon?
California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin's death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by summer. The move comes five years after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that imposed a moratorium on the death penalty and closed the prison's execution chamber. It coincides with his broader initiative to transform San Quentin into a Scandinavian-style prison with a focus on rehabilitation, education and job training. The condemned...
Model and investor husband's company Bedford Media to bring photography
The pro-life movement must go on the offensive, and it starts with parents taking an active role in the formation of their children - including and especially on sex and parenthood.
Chef Amaury Guichon creating magic again.
Stretching across the Himalayas, the 3000km Sino-Indian frontier is the ‘longest disputed border in the world’ with both India and China laying claims on Arunachal Pradesh
The remarkable thing about the North Cornish coast - where Doc Martin, bottom right, was filmed - is how most of it remains unspoiled, writes Robert Hardman. That, though, could be about to change.
Aquarists at Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre have been sprucing up the attraction using specialist kit this week. Cleaning and maintenance actually happens year-round and is not seasonal, with staff at centres across the country spending over 36,000 hours per year keeping animal habitats, including 756 glass windows, in tip-top condition for 16,700 creatures. Back in January, aquarists at Sea Life London conducted its annual “count and clean”. Wearing wetsuits and armed with a range of...