Category: United Kingdom

City Seeks Space For Its Virtual Reality Hub

The city’s Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment are planning to create the nation’s first publicly-funded virtual reality and augmented reality lab, announcing Monday a request for proposals for a space that will include $6 million in public and private funding. The city is looking for bidders who will be able to provide space for VR and AR entrepreneurs with affordable, shared access to tools and technologies and gather academic, start-up and business communities to increase the talent pipeline and funding opportunities, as DNAinfo previously reported.

New York City plans to open 90 new homeless shelters

New York plans to open 90 new shelters as city officials struggle to get a handle on homelessness, which has risen over the past few decades to its highest level in almost a century, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday. The move is intended to ease crowding in current shelters and allow the city to move away from housing people in so-called “cluster sites,” which have been criticized as expensive and unsafe.

‘Mr. Big’ drugs dealer is jailed

Police have welcomed the jail sentence imposed on a man who is described as a major figure in illegal drugs supply in Coleraine and Ballymena. Mark Dunford , of Ballylagan Lane, Coleraine has already been behind bars for 7 months and today at Dungannon Crown Court was sentenced to an additional 4.5 years, half of which will be spent in custody and the other half on licence after admitting supplying amphetamines.

Laura Carmichael enjoys less-than-glamourous role in A United Kingdom

Laura Carmichael arrived 20 minutes late, apologetic but otherwise unruffled by the flood of black SUVs transporting talent for the Toronto Film Festival and clogging the streets, the sticky heat, or the noisy clatter of lunch patrons in the downtown eatery where we meet. The actress was in full glamour mode, dolled up for a photo shoot taking place after our interview.

Man from Banbury reported missing

Keith Michael Jervis, 53, was last seen on February 16 at the caravan park, Corner Meadow, Farnborough Road, Mollington, near Banbury. He may have been in the Milton Keynes and Newport Pagnell area and is known to have links to Pembroke Dock in South West Wales.

In the Courts – latest update

Magistrates imposed a community order with 20 days of rehabilitation activities and a year-long restraining order. He must pay A 100 compensation, an A 85 victim surcharge and A 200 prosecution costs.

Melvyn Bragg gives wife huge pay-off but NO divorce

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Lord Melvin Bragg gives his wife a huge pay-off… but NO divorce: Broadcaster said to have bought her a house as part of their ‘amicable settlement’ When the distinguished broadcaster Melvyn Bragg confirmed to me last June that he had separated after 43 years from his wife, author Cate Haste, many of his friends assumed divorce proceedings would soon follow. However, I can disclose that the Labour peer, 77, who presented ITV’s flagship arts programme The South Bank Show for more than 30 years, has agreed a huge financial settlement with Lady Bragg, 71, that will, unusually, involve the couple remaining man and wife.

Shameful: Would-be Tesco store lies empty eight years on from college closure

Councillor Susan McDonnell has wrote an open letter to Tesco’s CEO about the eyesore in Peterlee after the supermarket giant pulled its plans An abandoned and derelict building still stands at the heart of a County Durham town, two years after Tesco pulled out of plans to build a supermarket. Standing empty for eight years, the former East Durham and Houghall site was set to be transformed into a new store providing more than 400 jobs to a deprived community.

Nominate your top business in East Lindsey

As we countdown to the inaugural East Lindsey Business Awards, we take a closer look at three of the honours set to be given out on the evening as well as the sponsors behind them. The Excellence in Digital Innovation award gives recognition to businesses that have identified and developed digital solutions to aid business growth or competitiveness.

Scottish nationalism is same as racism, London mayor claims

The Labour mayor of London has likened Scottish nationalism to racism, insisting that there is “no difference” between them and those who try to “divide us on the basis of our background, race or religion”. He wrote in the Daily Record newspaper: “The last thing we need now is to pit different parts of our country or sections of our society against each other – or to further fuel division or seek separation.”

Locally produced food and drink on the menu at new Holiday Inn restaurant

BENNETT’S ice cream from Worcester and ales from the Wye Valley Brewery near Bromyard are just two of the local products to be found at the newly opened Cow on the Hill restaurant at Bromsgrove’s Holiday Inn hotel. The new restaurant offers a steak and grill menu with the emphasis on provenance of ingredients – all the steaks are from beef matured and grass fed on organic pastures in Northern Ireland’s Glenarm Estate.

Standing while eating could eventually make you fat

That’s what nutritionists and doctors say about eating big meals upright – that shameless habit you have of feasting on takeout over your kitchen counter, or at trendy new standing-only restaurants. At Ikinari Steak, a Japanese joint that opened its first U.S. location in the East Village last week, customers eat the steakhouse’s grub standing up.

ACP wants continued strong relations with UK after Brexit

BRUSSELS, Belgium Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific Dr Patrick I Gomes says while the grouping is supportive of a strong Europe, it has no desire of neglecting its relationship with the United Kingdom following its decision to leave the EU. Speaking at the launch of the book Brexit Securing ACP Economic Interests, in London last week, the Guyanese-born diplomat noted that eight months have passed since the British voted in a referendum to leave the European Union.

Nigel Farage Says 2016 Was Victory Over Globalists

Nigel Farage, the member of European Parliament and U.K.Independence Party co-founder who assisted Donald Trump in his presidential campaign, called 2016 “the beginning of a global political revolution” that was going to “roll out across the rest of the West” at his CPAC speech this afternoon. Farage addressed Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, connecting it to President Trump’s victory, saying the U.K. should “reach out and make our own deals with our real friends,” which he described as countries that “speak English, have common law, and support us in crises.”

Residents face 3.44% council tax rise after budget approved

Residents face an increase of 3.44% with total revenue collected from council tax expected to rise from A 6.1 million in 2016/17 to over A 6.365 million. Executive Leader for Fareham Borough Council, Sean Woodward said: “The increase is one of the lowest in Hampshire, giving Fareham residents good value for money and we are delighted.