Day: March 10, 2017

Custody court cases set for axe in Burnley

ANOTHER major shake-up of the magistrates courts system in East Lancashire has been criticised by a senior county councillor and a former MP. Ministry of Justice bosses have confirmed Burnley, Pendle and Magistrates Court will no longer take custody cases from May 1. Remand hearings and sentencings potentially involving prison terms will then take place at Blackburn, according to the HM Courts Service.

Leafs, Osprey open major midget final Saturday

The St. John’s Maple Leafs will look to make it three provincial championships in a row when the Newfoundland and Labrador Major Midget Hockey League kicks off its best-of-seven final Saturday night in Mount Pearl. The Leafs and Tri-Pen Osprey open Game 1 7:30 p.m. at The Glacier.

Growing Consensus that Time Has Come for Unity

There have been vocal and widespread calls for Irish reunification in the face of the British government’s determination to leave the European Union and a historic election result last week which has delivered unprecedented political strength for nationalism and Sinn Fein. Speaking on the Falls Road in west Belfast, flanked by senior party representatives, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams pointed to the significance of the fact that the unionist majority at Stormont has been ended by last week’s election.

Liberals respond to Gonski claims

The Federal Liberal Party has responded swiftly to claims made by an “I Give a Gonski” campaign in Naracoorte this week. The Federal Liberal Party has responded swiftly to claims made by an “I Give a Gonski” campaign in Naracoorte this week.

Trump’s new immigration order, still more of the same

This week the administration finally released the newest version of the Trump administration’s travel ban. The new order entitled, Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States executive order does not include the controversial religious litmus test that prioritizes Christian refugees over Muslims and eliminates the indefinite suspension of the Syrian refugee resettlement program.

Panel Rules Venezuela Won’t Have to Pay $1.4B to ExxonMobil

A World Bank arbitration panel has determined that Venezuela will not have to pay $1.4 billion to ExxonMobil for confiscating company assets during a wave of nationalizations. ExxonMobil asked the bank’s investment dispute panel for $12 billion for the seizure of its Cerro Negro facilities in the Orinoco Basin under then-President Hugo Chavez.

Triple Crown tribulations at Twickenham: the ones that got away

THERE was a time when Scotland regularly went down to Twickenham in search of a Triple Crown – or at least, more regularly than has been the case these past couple of decades. When there was no need to count up the years since they had last tasted victory there, because you could have done it on the fingers of one hand.

Could Pedro Caixinha do a Stephen Kenny and swap the Celtic Park stand for the dressing room?

Now in charge of Dundalk, where he oversaw a record-breaking stint for an Irish club in the Europa League last season, Kenny was the man to whom Dunfermline Athletic turned to in an attempt to salvage their 2006-07 season. Okay, so it ultimately proved to be unsuccessful, as the Pars – who also reached the Scottish Cup final that season – tumbled into the second tier, but his first match in charge was something to behold.

Asylum case likely to set precedent for Cubans, following end to wet foot, dry foot policy

An elderly Cuban couple is expected to remain in detention while a judge who presided over their asylum hearing Friday makes a final determination on their fate. Aquilino Caraballo and Georgina HernA ndez, 67 and 64, have been held in separate facilities since they were taken into custody on Jan. 13 at Miami International Airport, a day after the former Obama administration announced an end to the immigration policy known as “wet foot, dry foot.”

United Nations warns world faces largest humanitarian crisis since 1945

The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the UN humanitarian chief has said. The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the UN humanitarian chief has said.

Cycle infrastructure ‘risks reinforcing health inequalities’, report warns

CYCLE infrastructure risks exacerbating health inequalities in Glasgow unless more effort is made to target routes and bike hire schemes to the most deprived communities, public health experts have warned. A series of reports by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, due to be published next week, highlight that segregated cycle ways to the west and south-west of the city are leading more people to commute by bike, but that the increase has been concentrated among better off households who are more likely to own bikes or live near a segregated cycle route.

Global Data Cables Industry 2017 Top Vendors : Leoni, Nexans,…

This report presents a detailed overview and technical outline of global Data Cables market along with an overview of the key factors that are critical in enhancing.its market applications The report provides data that could help in providing key details about the market, enlightening the readers on prime factors that are essential drivers or restraints of Data Cables market. This research report resents a detailed overview and technical outline of the global Data Cables market along with an overview of the key factors that are critical in forming a holistic outline of the market.

Racing mourns peerless world champion Surtees

JOHN Surtees, a Formula One great who won the 1964 championship with Ferrari and remains the only man to win world titles on two wheels and four, has died at the age of 83, his family said in a statement. The Briton won his four 500cc and three 350cc motorcycling world titles with Italian marque MV Agusta between 1956 and 1960.

Hammers furious as Payet trashes ex-club

WEST Ham are bemused by Dimitri Payet’s comments that was “bored” with the team’s negative style of play and believe the player should get on with his life, Sky sources understand. Payet told French newspaper L’Equipe that one of the main reasons he left the Hammers in January was the team’s defensiveness and poor form, and said his career risked regressing if he had stayed.

Golf Capsules

Adam Hadwin started the back nine with five straight birdies and posted a 7-under 64 to build a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Valspar Championship. It was another low round for Hadwin – not a 59 like the score the Canadian shot in the California desert this year, but enough to surge past Jim Herman and into the lead on a warm and occasionally blustery Friday afternoon at Innisbrook.

Advocates doubt Trump administration will act to stem flow of migrants across Canada-U.S. border

The crossing of migrants into Canada that has now become a thorny issue on the U.S.’s northern frontier was certainly not on horizon until recently. As the new administration trumpeted its new ironfisted approach toward immigrants and refugees, the public and media attention focused on the wall to be built between the United States and Mexico, as well as the executive orders to keep Muslims out.

Amarinder Singh to turn 75 on poll result day6 min ago

Chandigarh, Mar 10 Congress leader and former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will turn 75 tomorrow, the day when the results of Punjab Assembly elections, which witnessed an intense triangular contest, will be declared. It remains to be seen what gift is in store for the state Congress chief tomorrow, who has already announced that this was his last election.

Stewart and Assayas find a groove in the shadow of celebrity

Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York.

3,500-yr-old mass burial ground discovered by Tirupati varsity1 hour ago

Tirupati, Mar 10 A 3,500-year-old colossal mass burial ground, believed to be of the Megalithic period, has been unearthed by a research team of the city-based Sri Venkateswara University. The mass burial ground is spread over 100 acres with over a dozen ‘cist burials’, each measuring 30 feet by 27 feet, in Raakasi Mitta area, around 60 km from here, Professor at the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Dr V Sakuntalamma, said.

Bill addresses ‘toxic relationship between US and Pakistan

Entitled “Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Act of 2015,” a bill introduced by Rep. Ted Poe would designate Pakistan one of the world’s originators of globalized state-sponsored terrorism. Poe said upon introducing the bill on Thursday, “Not only is Pakistan an untrustworthy ally, Islamabad has also aided and abetted enemies of the United States for years,” Poe is the chairman of Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the House Foreign Relations Committee.

Aquarium association calls Vancouver vote to ban cetacean captivity ‘troubling’

An aquarium and zoo industry group says a park board vote to ban cetacean captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium is “troubling” and it will work with the facility to influence the policy. Dan Ashe of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums says if the board prohibits whales, dolphins and porpoises at the facility it will hinder scientific research supporting conservation and deprive visitors from the opportunity to see marine mammals up close.

Security Group Calls on Kosovo to Continue Talks with Serbia

Kosovo’s leaders must continue European Union-facilitated talks aimed at normalizing ties with Serbia, a European security official said Friday amid rising tensions between the two countries. The head of the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe met with senior officials and political leaders in Pristina to express concern about the situation.

Palestinian leader invited to White House in Trump call

In this Feb. 23, 2017 file photo, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas listens to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun address a speech, at the presidential palace, in Baabda east Beirut, Lebanon. Abbas will speak by telephone with U.S President Donald Trump in the first contact between the two leaders since Trump took office.

7 reported held after unsanctioned Belarus protest

A Belarusian human rights organization says seven opposition activists have been detained by police after an unsanctioned protest by more 1,000 people in a provincial city. The Friday demonstration in Maladzyechna, a city of about 100,000 people 75 kilometers north of the capital Minsk, came a day after President Alexander Lukashenko suspended the collection of fines from unemployed people.

Albania opposition parties threaten to boycott June election

Albania’s opposition parties have threatened to boycott a June parliamentary election unless the current coalition government agrees to create a caretaker cabinet to run the country until then. The opposition political parties said in a statement Friday that they would not register with the Central Election Commission without “achieving a political agreement that would secure free and fair elections.”

China eyes to close military gap with US

China has put into service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, as senior naval officers said the country was building a “first class” navy and developing a marine corps. Chinese President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping modernisation of the country’s armed forces, the largest in the world, including anti-satellite missiles and advanced submarines, seeking to project power far from its shores.

Matara Hurricane a Mohammedan man

He was one of the pioneers that revolutionised ODI cricket in the 1990s and early 2000s, at one point holding the records for the fastest fifty and fastest century. He was the scourge of opening bowlers the world over.

China’s Wanda Scraps $1 Billion Deal to Buy Hollywood’s Dick Clark Productions

Eldridge Industries, the U.S. owner of Dick Clark Productions Inc., said on Friday that one of its affiliates terminated an agreement to sell off the TV production company to Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group. Eldridge, which also owns magazines such as the Billboard and the Hollywood Reporter, said the affiliate terminated the agreement after Wanda failed to honor contractual obligations.

Where things stand in the Volkswagen emissions scandal

Volkswagen pleaded guilty Friday to three criminal counts for a scheme to get around U.S. pollution rules. If a federal judge agrees to the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation, the scandal will end up costing the company more than $20 billion in the U.S. alone, not counting lost sales and brand value.