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Reply | Mumbles tram. A long term no brainer?
at 15:14 9 Jun 2024
... "Last discussed 10 years ago. £50m- £100m or so probably."
You really should read what you place on here, before passing comment on the costing!! ...
.. "the creation of a light rail network around Swansea Bay, which would take in the old Mumbles line, at an estimated cost of some £235 million."
Plus we never had a "TRAM" |
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Reply | Israel/Hamas ceasefire
at 16:39 4 Jun 2024
"After acknowledging Hamas builds tunnels to protect fighters but not civilians, Abu Marzouk ventured that it is the job of the United Nations, not Hamas, to protect civilians."
"The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), whose mission is to provide relief for Palestinians, has repeatedly found stores of Hamas rockets hidden in tunnels beneath its schools."
"Eyad al-Bozom, a spokesman for Hamas’ interior ministry, encouraged Gaza’s residents to “stay put in your homes and your places.” |
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Reply | Israel/Hamas ceasefire
at 11:09 4 Jun 2024
An interviewer recently posed a logical question to Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of the Hamas politburo: “Since you have built 500 kilometers of tunnels, why haven’t you built bomb shelters where civilians can hide during bombardments?”
Abu Marzouk said the tunnels are “meant to protect us” from Israeli aircraft and facilitate attacks on Israeli targets. |
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Reply | Rob Barrow
at 18:25 3 Jun 2024
Documentary on tonight - on BBC1 20.30 pm ...
"There's Only One Rob Burrow" |
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Reply | Nigel Farage
at 17:25 3 Jun 2024
"Nigel Farage has announced he has taken over as Reform leader and will run as a candidate at the 4 July general election."
Farage at a press conference in London on Monday said he had agreed to take over the role of leader from Richard Tice. He then said he would run as a candidate in Clacton, which according to recent polling he is in a strong position to win. The seat is being defended by Conservative candidate Giles Watling."
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/nigel-farage-run-parliament-reform-lea |
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Reply | 5 v 5 Fight Night ...
at 01:35 2 Jun 2024
Big Bang Zhang knocks Wilder into the middle of next week!! [Post edited 2 Jun 1:36]
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Reply | 5 v 5 Fight Night ...
at 22:37 1 Jun 2024
$3 million side stake between Hearn and Warren on the result of the 5 v 5. |
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Reply | 5 v 5 Fight Night ...
at 21:51 1 Jun 2024
Richards lost on points to Dmitry Bivol in 2021. 2 judges had it a close fight, but the 3rd was ridiculous scoring!! |
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Reply | 5 v 5 Fight Night ...
at 21:45 1 Jun 2024
Tremendous fight between Ball and Ford and could have gone either way.
Well done Nick Ball on becoming the new WBA World Featherweight Champion. |
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Thread | 5 v 5 Fight Night ...
at 19:45 1 Jun 2024
Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 card in full -
plus Bivol vs Zinad
Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang
Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic
Hamzah Sheeraz vs Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams
Willy Hutchinson vs Craig Richards
Nick Ball vs Raymond Ford
Dmitry Bivol vs Malik Zinad
There are two points awarded for a knockout win and one for a victory on the cards, with double points on offer to respective team captains Wilder and Sheeraz.
Dmitry Bivol also defends his WBA light-heavyweight title tonight against Malik Zinad after the postponement of his undisputed meeting with Artur Beterbiev. [Post edited 1 Jun 19:50]
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Reply | Diane Abbott barred from standing as an MP
at 14:39 31 May 2024
"Labour leader Keir Starmer says Diane Abbott is "free to go forward as a Labour candidate", after days of speculation about her political future" |
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Thread | P.L.was asked to investigate ‘tapping up’ claim over Russell Martin
at 10:03 31 May 2024
""Southampton obtained confidential contract details about Russell Martin to secure a cut-price £1.25 million deal to recruit him last summer, court documents allege.
A High Court claim lodged by Swansea City, Martin’s former club, reveals the Premier League were asked to launch a “tapping up” investigation into the circumstances of the move last summer. “To the best of Swansea City’s knowledge”, the league’s “regulatory team is presently investigating the matter”, the papers filed last month say. Telegraph Sport understands, however, that England’s top tier is not pursuing the case.
Nevertheless, Swansea are pressing ahead with suing Martin, alleging he or representatives helped Southampton avoid paying a full £2 million release clause. In addition to speaking to Southampton without Swansea’s “written consent”, the Welsh club claim he passed on confidential terms which helped keep costs down.
The south coast club paid £1.25 million, the compensation fee applicable for a Championship club, rather than the £2 million fee they would have owed as a Premier League team.
Swansea allege that Southampton would have approached and effectively secured a deal with Martin prior to their relegation to the Championship last year. Detailing breach of contract allegations, the claim says “Mr Martin, and/or his agent acting on his behalf communicated with another football club that made an approach for his services whether directly or indirectly, without receiving permission in writing by the CEO” and “revealed to a third party confidential information namely the Release Sums and/or details of the Resigning Employees.”
The Premier League had first been alerted to complaints in June last year, according to the claim filed just weeks before Southampton secured their return to the top tier via the Championship play-offs.
Martin “did not act, whether through his own actions and/or those of an agent acting on his behalf, in the best interests of Swansea City”, the claim adds.
Southampton announced Martin as head coach a week after the Premier League’s AGM was held and the team’s top tier shares were transferred to Burnley, one of the newly promoted sides
“By reason of the factual foregoing, it is to be reasonably inferred that.... Without Swansea City’s knowledge or permission, Southampton FC approached Mr. Martin or persons acting on his behalf, such as his intermediary or agent, in order to induce him to leave his employment with Swansea City,” the claim says.
It first emerged last month that Swansea were set to file a High Court case suing Martin for “breach of contract” following his defection to then Championship rivals Southampton last summer.
Swansea warned last summer that they would pursue “full compensation” for Russell, who they said had more than a year remaining on his contract.
“Martin had a little over 12 months remaining on the three-year deal he signed upon arriving at the Swansea.com Stadium in August 2021,” the club said last summer.
“The club also stands firm in our belief that we are owed full compensation for Russell, and we will continue working diligently and strategically to protect the best interests of the club.”
Former Scotland defender Martin, 38, replaced Rubén Sellés as Southampton manager on a three-year contract.
Henrik Kraft, the Southampton chairman, said Martin had been the “stand-out candidate”, while the new manager added: “It’s a privilege to accept this opportunity at Southampton, a club with such a long and rich history”.
Swansea appointed Barnsley’s Michael Duff to replace Martin but he was sacked in December.
Both clubs and Martin’s representatives have been contacted for comment."
https://sports.yahoo.com/premier-league-asked-investigate-tapping-171940851.html [Post edited 31 May 10:05]
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