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Germany’s struggling economy needs urgent action to boost its competitiveness, Deutsche Bank’s DBKGd.DE CEO said on Wednesday as he called for structural reforms, less regulation and lower taxes on companies. “Germany needs to adjust its business model,” Christian Sewing told the FT Global Banking Summit in London. “It is urgent we take action,” he said, flagging the likelihood of further job losses in Germany’s auto industry and adding that February’s snap election could provide the opportunity for a reset. The German economy has been dogged by intensifying competition from abroad, weak demand and an industrial slowdown. To boot, a budget row brought down the country’s three-way coalition last month, leaving Europe’s largest economy in political limbo until a snap election on Feb. 23. The OECD on Wednesday cut its forecast for German economic growth next year. Sewing, who has headed Deutsche Bank since 2018, said via video that the company would invest 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) annually to increase automation as it tries to keep a lid on costs and improve its technology. Deutsche’s 2010 acquisition of Postbank resulted in glitches that locked customers out of their accounts, and a long-running tech integration only concluded last year. The Frankfurt-based lender has seen its shares gain 35% in 2024, outperforming a European banking index .SX7P, after a run of quarterly profits and a rebound in its investment banking business. But its stock remains below levels hit after the global financial crisis in 2008-2009, and the lender has forecast higher bad loan provisions as the domestic economy weakens. Deutsche’s rival Commerzbank CBKG.DE has been at the centre of speculation about a return of European banking consolidation after Italy’s UniCredit CRDI.MI snapped up a stake, triggering widespread opposition in Germany to any hostile takeover. Sewing said his lender was “staying out” of the Commerzbank-UniCredit situation and was focused solely on itself, given Deutsche had “only actually seen 60% to 65% of our potential”. Banking consolidation in Europe was “a logical trend”, he said, but the lack of a banking union remained a hindrance to dealmaking. “I do believe before the real wave starts we need further foundations met,” he said, adding it remained “very hard” for Deutsche Bank to shift liquidity from one country to another in Europe despite being in 14-15 markets. Bankers have repeatedly called for euro zone-wide capital and deposit rules to replace national requirements. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Editing by Sinead Cruise and Christina Fincher)
The latest season of Drag Race Down Under has been packed with talent, drama, and jaw-dropping moments, but sadly, one queen had to sashay away this week. After what was arguably one of the most impressive design challenges this week, which saw Mandy Moobs take out the win, New Zealand queen Lucina Innocence faced off in a lip sync for her life against Brisbane queen Freya Armani. Sadly it was Lucinas time to sashay away, she sat down to chat with Michael James about her time on the show, her greatest challenges and proudest moments. Lucina, darling, welcome! It’s such a pleasure to have you here, though it’s always bittersweet since it means you’ve left the competition. You had an impressive run on Drag Race Down Under. How do you feel looking back on your time on the show? “Well, you know, it could have gotten better, but, i t was great to even be there and be a part of this show. It was a great experience overall.” You really pushed through after those first two episodes and got back up there. It felt like you were you were confident going into the sewing challenge. How was that that challenge for you? “I had seen the season three sewing challenge and so I thought you know I can do this, like I’m not a scientist by any means, but and I can sew simple things.” So I was aiming for safe again. I don’t think I was g onna be on the bottom, then obviously that didn’t work out!” We haven’t seen a sewing challenge on pretty much any season where the quality from everyone has been so good, you would have easily landed safe in any other season. “ Yes, that’s what I was thinking as well.” Did you practice sewing before the show? “I did I made an outfit for one of my future runways that hasn’t been seen, because you know the we’re running out of resources down in Auckland. So yeah, I had a little bit of practice. I was glad that the basic material I used had some stretch to it though.” What was the biggest thing you felt you needed to prepare for going into the show and where did you think you would excel? “I definitely knew I would struggle a bit with any choreography or dance related challenge, so me and my friend went to one dance class. Didn’t go too well, but you know, I did what I could. The challenges I was excited for would have been like a makeover or like an acting challenge or something. If we had had, like, a Rusical that was more singing focused then I think I would have done well in that as well.” Now when we came into this episode, there was a a feeling that things were starting to get to you, particularly when you got into the workroom, how was it by the time you got those critiques and you’re on the couch and you’re like, ‘this could be me’. “Yeah, I think it definitely h it me at that point because like I said, I’d kind of thought I would do fine in the sewing challenge, and even after doing the runways, I still don’t think I should have lip synced. I felt just disappointed in myself and that I hadn’t really had a ny sort of shining moments where I had gotten to show something that I’m r eally good at. And that’s not really what I’d hoped for going into the competition.” You said you didn’t think you should have been lip syncing. Who should have been lip syncing in your place? “I would say my lovely sweet sister, Miss Brenda Bressed.” It was an interesting lip sync choice. How did you feel when you saw that that was the song? “I t hought it must have been some sort of cruel joke!” “It was actually used in one of the past auditions for one of the past down under audition tapes. S o I had done that before and that time I took it more of like a silly, goofy sort of route. So I probably would have done it more like that had I not been in my feelings at the time, but when it when it came time to lip sync I just, you know, I was angry, I knew was going home s o I kind of let myself throw it all out there.” Snatch Game is always a beast, and you held your own this season, you managed to come out safe! How did you feel about your performance? “I felt pretty good about it, I think being up against Brenda, Mandy and Vybe, even Lazy, like all these Queens are more at home with that stuff. That was something I knew I wasn’t going to win, so to be safe, I definitely felt like that was quite the achievement.” Did you have any other characters in mind for Snatch Game? I was considering Anna Faris, inspired by Scary Movie , or even Supernanny, with a sexy twist. Looking back, if you could change one thing about your time on the show, what would it be? “I would probably just not have touched those pink roses at all and try to make something more interesting out of the black fabric because that was kind of my gut feeling. After the walkthrough with Michelle and Isis, that kind of made me change my mind and I wish I’d just gone with my original idea.” And your proudest moment on Drag Race Down Under? “Probably just b eing able to continue pushing through all the pressure and all the, being kicked down kind of moments. Because I definitely felt after being in the bottom of the first two episodes, I was like, ‘do I just walk out and leave?’ But I’m very glad I didn’t . And yeah , I did what I could in those trying times.” Outside of the competition, did you form any strong bonds with the other queens? “Absolutely. I got closer with Nikita since we knew each other a bit before the show, and also with Max, Mandy, and Karna. I could go through the whole cast, it’s really cool having a group of Queens that all just want the best for e ach other, we talk all the time and it’s fabulous.” That’s so heartwarming to hear. And now that the show is behind you, what’s next for Lucina Innocence? ‘I’ve just moved to Melbourne, so I’ll be performing more in Australia, and I’m working on releasing music soon.” A singing queen! We love to see it. Lucina, it’s been such a pleasure chatting with you. Thank you for sharing your journey on Drag Race Down Under, and we can’t wait to see what’s next. What the full interview with Lucina Innocence from Drag Race Down Under season four below. 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Shiffrin confirms she'll miss Beaver Creek World Cup racesVibrant urban neighbourhoods, a bustling new food hall, and a £40m skills training centre were among the new additions to Bolton in a year that saw the borough’s regeneration come to life. After years of planning, preparation and investment, 2024 marked the first time that residents and visitors could see, feel and experience the benefits of redevelopment. Not only was this the year that major projects were completed, but a number of exciting plans were also confirmed for 2025 and beyond. The year started with the official reopening of Bolton Central Library in January, following a £4.43m renovation to provide an expanded children’s area, improved social spaces, updated digital facilities and the brand-new Café Crescent. Bolton Council Leader Cllr Nick Peel and Deputy Leader Cllr Akhtar Zaman visit the newly opened homes at the Moor Lane development (Image: Bolton Council) Time kept ticking on, and in February the council intervened to repair and restore the clock tower at Bolton Train Station. While regeneration and new developments are vital, the move was said to have underscored a commitment to protecting and enhancing the borough’s many great heritage assets. Cllr Hamid Khurram, Cabinet Member responsible for Transport, with the newly restored train station clock tower (Image: Bolton Council) Elsewhere in the borough, the council is working with Heritage England, investors and other partners to bring historic buildings like Hall i’ th’ Wood, Number 1 Newport Street, and Rock Hall back into public use. In March, then Mayor of Bolton Cllr Mohammed Ayub cut the ribbon at Elizabeth Park, the town centre’s first new green space in over a century. Featuring a central lawn, broad flower beds, a rain garden, generous seating and a public performance space, the park would go on to win “Project of the Year” at the regional Civil Engineering Contractors Association awards. Regeneration is happening right across the borough, with Farnworth among the district centres benefiting from significant investment. Farnworth has previously secured funding from the Future High Street Fund and the Greater Manchester Investment Fund. This had already seen the Leisure Centre being upgraded, new homes , shops, and a community hub at Farnworth Green, as well as streetscape improvements which started in April. In May, residents were consulted on a new long term plan for Farnworth which will see £20m invested in the town, spread over the next ten years with projects and priority areas decided by local people. Bolton Market Food Hall (Image: Paul Heyes) Regeneration goes far beyond just new buildings and major investment, but also means creating vibrant communities and building a sense of pride in where people live. Bolton has a well-deserved reputation for its performing arts, major events, and cultural scene and this plays a vital role in attracting people to live, work , visit, study and invest locally. Once again, Bolton took centre stage when it was declared this year’s Greater Manchester Town of Culture in May. Announcing his decision, the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said: "I'm confident that we'll see the very best of Bolton over the next 12 months and that people will come from far and wide to see what this brilliant town has to offer." During the summer, work to build the £40m first of its kind, Bolton Institute of Medical Sciences was also completed ahead of welcoming its first students for the new term. (Image: Adrian Greenhalgh) Subject to approval, the Institute will become a medical school (pictured above )with the first cohort of student doctors expected in September 2025. June was a big month for food lovers as the traders at the Bolton Market Food Hall opened for businesses, just in time for live screenings of UEFA European Football Championship. Part of the wider £5.9m market transformation, the hall offers cuisine from around the world and has proved a massive hit with customers. Bolton Market offers fresh, locally sourced produce at reasonable prices, making it the ideal shopping destination for the many new residents who are expected to move to the town centre as part of the regeneration masterplan. This took a major step forward in July when local developers Watson secured land at Church Wharf to deliver a £75m project to include a hotel and 400 new homes. Watson continued to invest in the community as headline sponsors of August’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival. READ MORE: Multi-million pound development of Bolton Library Bolton's Primark store's opening day sees 500 shoppers queue The highlight of the annual event calendar, the festival showcases the very best of Bolton to a national and international audience. Food and Drink Festival (Image: Paul Heyes) After Storm Lilian put the event in doubt, council staff, local businesses and volunteers worked through the night to ensure the festival could go ahead. Major events are a key part of Bolton’s Visitor Economy Strategy, a plan to drive footfall, enhance the quality of life of residents and boost the economy. Off the back of the strategy, Bolton was chosen in September as a pilot area for the Greater Manchester Visitor Economy Accelerator Programme. The aim of the programme is to foster growth and increase collaboration within the tourism and hospitality sectors through masterclasses, workshops and one-to-one support. Wellsprings Innovation Hub (Image: Bolton Council) September also gave residents their first look at the Wellsprings Innovation Hub backed by £6.9m from the Towns Fund and a further £1.4m from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Since then, entrepreneurs and business start-ups from the creative and technology sectors have been applying for office spaces at the facility which opens in early 2025. The Wellsprings offers co-working space and meeting rooms, call pods, bike storage and kitchen facilities. October brought one of the year’s most significant announcements with news that the demolition of Crompton Place is due to start in 2025 with work already underway to appoint a developer for the site. Bolton Council Leader, Cllr Nick Peel, said: “The redevelopment of Crompton Place is a once in a generation opportunity to replace and reimagine an underused and unappealing building with something everyone in Bolton can be proud of. “It also gives us the opportunity to enhance Victoria Square and open up a direct link to Bradshawgate, with various buildings and open spaces on the site, rather than the single large building we have at present. “This will be our flagship redevelopment project, signalling to the private sector that Bolton Council is serious about regeneration and thereby attracting even more commercial investment.” The announcement followed years of work by Bolton Council to support existing tenants to relocate to other areas of the town centre, as part of a plan to consolidate a quality retail offer around the Market Place. This culminated in November with the grand opening of the shopping centre’s new Primark. Store Manager, Caroline Wood, said: “We’ve been in the heart of Bolton now for 48 years so this is an important move for us, and we’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response already from shoppers who’ve joined us today.” In December, attention turned to the enormous potential of some of the town centre’s other buildings. During a business event, property owners and potential investors were given advice and information about converting existing buildings for residential use in the centre. This followed a similar successful event focused on the hospitality sector, and a planned event in February focusing on buildings with potential to be used as office space. The year ended with even more exciting news, as the first residents moved into their new homes at Moor Lane. Bolton at Home and Step Places have jointly developed the 214-home Neighbourhood Moor Lane development in partnership with Bolton Council. Deansgate Gardens (Image: Bolton Council) Developments like Moor Lane and the nearby Deansgate Gardens, among others, are expected to bring an additional 5,000 people to live in the town centre, creating vibrant urban neighbourhoods and supporting local businesses. Reflecting back on the year, Bolton Council’s Deputy Leader, Cllr Akhtar Zaman, said: “In January, I said that 2024 would be the year that Bolton residents would first see and feel the tangible benefits of regeneration. “As we come to the end of the year, we can already see the positive impact that projects like the new Food Hall and renovated library are having. “As Moor Lane and Deansgate Gardens welcome their first residents, this will boost the town centre economy and build market confidence to attract more inward investment. “Now is the time to build on this success and we look forward to more exciting announcements in 2025.”
East Carolina wins 71-64 over StetsonThe Apprentice star also argued that a lack of clarity from the Government on the ownership test is causing “significant uncertainty” for potential investors. This came as the House of Lords continued its scrutiny of the Football Governance Bill, which seeks to establish an independent regulator for the top five tiers of the men’s game. In the upper chamber, Baroness Brady said: “We are creating legislation which will profoundly affect 160 quite unique institutions, from Premier League clubs through to the National League community clubs, but it is important for everyone to understand that the consultation with these affected businesses by the current Government has been remarkably limited, almost unbelievably so. “Just seven Premier League clubs, I was one of them, was granted a brief half-hour meeting with the Secretary of State over the summer. “And following this cursory engagement, significant decisions were made that could fundamentally affect the future of English football, most notably with the inclusion of parachute payments within the backstop mechanism. “This is particularly concerning given that fundamental issues still remained unresolved, we still lack any clarity on Uefa’s position on state interference, for example, this clearly creates profound uncertainty for clubs competing in or aspiring to European competition, as well as our national teams.” “We don’t know what the ownership test will look like, this causes significant uncertainty for potential investors as to whether they are able to own a club,” she added. Lady Brady continued: “I have spoken to many of my colleagues across all of the football pyramid, we are all alarmed about and puzzled by the lack of discussion on the Bill with ministers. “Would the minister agree that we all want to get the detail of this Bill right? And can she see any downsides to providing meaningful opportunities to hear from all clubs across the football pyramid affected by the legislation?” Prior to this, Tory shadow sports minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay had tabled an amendment which he said would allow clubs to “make their views known on this legislation” by including specific competitions on the face of the Bill. Labour frontbencher Baroness Twycross told the upper chamber: “I don’t think the leagues are confused either on which leagues this legislation will apply to.” She added: “This power is both reasonable and the result of evidence-based consultation with all key stakeholders in the industry. “This power ensures that the competitions in scope can be amended in a timely manner and ensures the scope of the regime remains relevant.” The peer later said: “Over the past three years there have been countless opportunities for all affected and interested parties to make representations.” Lady Brady also raised concerns about the financial distribution backstop, which she said is “clearly designed as a mechanism to gain direct access to, and apportionate Premier League revenue, and no-one else’s”. “I might add the backstop will allow the IFR (Independent Football Regulator) to do this even if it was against the Premier League clubs’ will, or even without the clubs’ agreement, even if it was to have a detrimental effect on the clubs and the overall competition it removes revenue from,” she added. The backstop would allow the new IFR to intervene in the distribution of Premier League broadcast revenue down the leagues as a last resort. It could be triggered by the Premier League, English Football League (EFL) or National League to mediate the fair financial distribution of this revenue if they are not able to come to an agreement. Conservative peers later raised concerns over the cost implications to clubs of establishing the regulator, although they faced claims of “filibustering” – wasting time by making overlong speeches in a bid to delay progress. Watching opposition benches blatantly filibustering to destroy the Football Governance Bill is nothing short of sporting vandalism.Football is broken. Clubs are struggling. Now those seats have been lost, do they no longer care about likes of Reading or Southend? @FairGameUK — Niall Couper (@NiallCouper) December 4, 2024 Labour peer Lord Watson of Invergowrie questioned why Lord Parkinson was showing “confected outrage” at the Bill when the former culture minister would have been defending a similar proposal had the Tories remained in power. Lord Parkinson, in his reply, said: “We want to see this regulator established, we want to see it doing its work and doing so effectively, but we also see before us a Bill that is different because of the election that was called and the result that happened, and we’re interrogating particularly closely the changes that the Government have made to the Bill – of which there are many. “And we have more concerns on these benches than we did before the election from my colleagues behind me about the way we do it.” The Tory peer pointed to Labour frontbenchers fulfilling their duties to “properly scrutinise” then-government legislation when they were on the opposition benches. Lady Twycross, in an intervention, said: “While I agree that (Lord Parkinson) is correct that I would scrutinise legislation when I was sitting on those (opposition) benches, I have never sought to filibuster a Bill to which my party had committed, which my party had laid before Parliament, and intended to filibuster it to the point of getting us stuck in treacle.” Lord Parkinson replied: “That is not what we’re doing.” Niall Couper, chief executive of the campaign group Fair Game, wrote on social media site X: “Watching opposition benches blatantly filibustering to destroy the Football Governance Bill is nothing short of sporting vandalism.”
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Germany’s struggling economy needs urgent action to boost its competitiveness, Deutsche Bank’s DBKGd.DE CEO said on Wednesday as he called for structural reforms, less regulation and lower taxes on companies. “Germany needs to adjust its business model,” Christian Sewing told the FT Global Banking Summit in London. “It is urgent we take action,” he said, flagging the likelihood of further job losses in Germany’s auto industry and adding that February’s snap election could provide the opportunity for a reset. The German economy has been dogged by intensifying competition from abroad, weak demand and an industrial slowdown. To boot, a budget row brought down the country’s three-way coalition last month, leaving Europe’s largest economy in political limbo until a snap election on Feb. 23. The OECD on Wednesday cut its forecast for German economic growth next year. Sewing, who has headed Deutsche Bank since 2018, said via video that the company would invest 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) annually to increase automation as it tries to keep a lid on costs and improve its technology. Deutsche’s 2010 acquisition of Postbank resulted in glitches that locked customers out of their accounts, and a long-running tech integration only concluded last year. The Frankfurt-based lender has seen its shares gain 35% in 2024, outperforming a European banking index .SX7P, after a run of quarterly profits and a rebound in its investment banking business. But its stock remains below levels hit after the global financial crisis in 2008-2009, and the lender has forecast higher bad loan provisions as the domestic economy weakens. Deutsche’s rival Commerzbank CBKG.DE has been at the centre of speculation about a return of European banking consolidation after Italy’s UniCredit CRDI.MI snapped up a stake, triggering widespread opposition in Germany to any hostile takeover. Sewing said his lender was “staying out” of the Commerzbank-UniCredit situation and was focused solely on itself, given Deutsche had “only actually seen 60% to 65% of our potential”. Banking consolidation in Europe was “a logical trend”, he said, but the lack of a banking union remained a hindrance to dealmaking. “I do believe before the real wave starts we need further foundations met,” he said, adding it remained “very hard” for Deutsche Bank to shift liquidity from one country to another in Europe despite being in 14-15 markets. Bankers have repeatedly called for euro zone-wide capital and deposit rules to replace national requirements. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Editing by Sinead Cruise and Christina Fincher)
The latest season of Drag Race Down Under has been packed with talent, drama, and jaw-dropping moments, but sadly, one queen had to sashay away this week. After what was arguably one of the most impressive design challenges this week, which saw Mandy Moobs take out the win, New Zealand queen Lucina Innocence faced off in a lip sync for her life against Brisbane queen Freya Armani. Sadly it was Lucinas time to sashay away, she sat down to chat with Michael James about her time on the show, her greatest challenges and proudest moments. Lucina, darling, welcome! It’s such a pleasure to have you here, though it’s always bittersweet since it means you’ve left the competition. You had an impressive run on Drag Race Down Under. How do you feel looking back on your time on the show? “Well, you know, it could have gotten better, but, i t was great to even be there and be a part of this show. It was a great experience overall.” You really pushed through after those first two episodes and got back up there. It felt like you were you were confident going into the sewing challenge. How was that that challenge for you? “I had seen the season three sewing challenge and so I thought you know I can do this, like I’m not a scientist by any means, but and I can sew simple things.” So I was aiming for safe again. I don’t think I was g onna be on the bottom, then obviously that didn’t work out!” We haven’t seen a sewing challenge on pretty much any season where the quality from everyone has been so good, you would have easily landed safe in any other season. “ Yes, that’s what I was thinking as well.” Did you practice sewing before the show? “I did I made an outfit for one of my future runways that hasn’t been seen, because you know the we’re running out of resources down in Auckland. So yeah, I had a little bit of practice. I was glad that the basic material I used had some stretch to it though.” What was the biggest thing you felt you needed to prepare for going into the show and where did you think you would excel? “I definitely knew I would struggle a bit with any choreography or dance related challenge, so me and my friend went to one dance class. Didn’t go too well, but you know, I did what I could. The challenges I was excited for would have been like a makeover or like an acting challenge or something. If we had had, like, a Rusical that was more singing focused then I think I would have done well in that as well.” Now when we came into this episode, there was a a feeling that things were starting to get to you, particularly when you got into the workroom, how was it by the time you got those critiques and you’re on the couch and you’re like, ‘this could be me’. “Yeah, I think it definitely h it me at that point because like I said, I’d kind of thought I would do fine in the sewing challenge, and even after doing the runways, I still don’t think I should have lip synced. I felt just disappointed in myself and that I hadn’t really had a ny sort of shining moments where I had gotten to show something that I’m r eally good at. And that’s not really what I’d hoped for going into the competition.” You said you didn’t think you should have been lip syncing. Who should have been lip syncing in your place? “I would say my lovely sweet sister, Miss Brenda Bressed.” It was an interesting lip sync choice. How did you feel when you saw that that was the song? “I t hought it must have been some sort of cruel joke!” “It was actually used in one of the past auditions for one of the past down under audition tapes. S o I had done that before and that time I took it more of like a silly, goofy sort of route. So I probably would have done it more like that had I not been in my feelings at the time, but when it when it came time to lip sync I just, you know, I was angry, I knew was going home s o I kind of let myself throw it all out there.” Snatch Game is always a beast, and you held your own this season, you managed to come out safe! How did you feel about your performance? “I felt pretty good about it, I think being up against Brenda, Mandy and Vybe, even Lazy, like all these Queens are more at home with that stuff. That was something I knew I wasn’t going to win, so to be safe, I definitely felt like that was quite the achievement.” Did you have any other characters in mind for Snatch Game? I was considering Anna Faris, inspired by Scary Movie , or even Supernanny, with a sexy twist. Looking back, if you could change one thing about your time on the show, what would it be? “I would probably just not have touched those pink roses at all and try to make something more interesting out of the black fabric because that was kind of my gut feeling. After the walkthrough with Michelle and Isis, that kind of made me change my mind and I wish I’d just gone with my original idea.” And your proudest moment on Drag Race Down Under? “Probably just b eing able to continue pushing through all the pressure and all the, being kicked down kind of moments. Because I definitely felt after being in the bottom of the first two episodes, I was like, ‘do I just walk out and leave?’ But I’m very glad I didn’t . And yeah , I did what I could in those trying times.” Outside of the competition, did you form any strong bonds with the other queens? “Absolutely. I got closer with Nikita since we knew each other a bit before the show, and also with Max, Mandy, and Karna. I could go through the whole cast, it’s really cool having a group of Queens that all just want the best for e ach other, we talk all the time and it’s fabulous.” That’s so heartwarming to hear. And now that the show is behind you, what’s next for Lucina Innocence? ‘I’ve just moved to Melbourne, so I’ll be performing more in Australia, and I’m working on releasing music soon.” A singing queen! We love to see it. Lucina, it’s been such a pleasure chatting with you. Thank you for sharing your journey on Drag Race Down Under, and we can’t wait to see what’s next. What the full interview with Lucina Innocence from Drag Race Down Under season four below. 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Shiffrin confirms she'll miss Beaver Creek World Cup racesVibrant urban neighbourhoods, a bustling new food hall, and a £40m skills training centre were among the new additions to Bolton in a year that saw the borough’s regeneration come to life. After years of planning, preparation and investment, 2024 marked the first time that residents and visitors could see, feel and experience the benefits of redevelopment. Not only was this the year that major projects were completed, but a number of exciting plans were also confirmed for 2025 and beyond. The year started with the official reopening of Bolton Central Library in January, following a £4.43m renovation to provide an expanded children’s area, improved social spaces, updated digital facilities and the brand-new Café Crescent. Bolton Council Leader Cllr Nick Peel and Deputy Leader Cllr Akhtar Zaman visit the newly opened homes at the Moor Lane development (Image: Bolton Council) Time kept ticking on, and in February the council intervened to repair and restore the clock tower at Bolton Train Station. While regeneration and new developments are vital, the move was said to have underscored a commitment to protecting and enhancing the borough’s many great heritage assets. Cllr Hamid Khurram, Cabinet Member responsible for Transport, with the newly restored train station clock tower (Image: Bolton Council) Elsewhere in the borough, the council is working with Heritage England, investors and other partners to bring historic buildings like Hall i’ th’ Wood, Number 1 Newport Street, and Rock Hall back into public use. In March, then Mayor of Bolton Cllr Mohammed Ayub cut the ribbon at Elizabeth Park, the town centre’s first new green space in over a century. Featuring a central lawn, broad flower beds, a rain garden, generous seating and a public performance space, the park would go on to win “Project of the Year” at the regional Civil Engineering Contractors Association awards. Regeneration is happening right across the borough, with Farnworth among the district centres benefiting from significant investment. Farnworth has previously secured funding from the Future High Street Fund and the Greater Manchester Investment Fund. This had already seen the Leisure Centre being upgraded, new homes , shops, and a community hub at Farnworth Green, as well as streetscape improvements which started in April. In May, residents were consulted on a new long term plan for Farnworth which will see £20m invested in the town, spread over the next ten years with projects and priority areas decided by local people. Bolton Market Food Hall (Image: Paul Heyes) Regeneration goes far beyond just new buildings and major investment, but also means creating vibrant communities and building a sense of pride in where people live. Bolton has a well-deserved reputation for its performing arts, major events, and cultural scene and this plays a vital role in attracting people to live, work , visit, study and invest locally. Once again, Bolton took centre stage when it was declared this year’s Greater Manchester Town of Culture in May. Announcing his decision, the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said: "I'm confident that we'll see the very best of Bolton over the next 12 months and that people will come from far and wide to see what this brilliant town has to offer." During the summer, work to build the £40m first of its kind, Bolton Institute of Medical Sciences was also completed ahead of welcoming its first students for the new term. (Image: Adrian Greenhalgh) Subject to approval, the Institute will become a medical school (pictured above )with the first cohort of student doctors expected in September 2025. June was a big month for food lovers as the traders at the Bolton Market Food Hall opened for businesses, just in time for live screenings of UEFA European Football Championship. Part of the wider £5.9m market transformation, the hall offers cuisine from around the world and has proved a massive hit with customers. Bolton Market offers fresh, locally sourced produce at reasonable prices, making it the ideal shopping destination for the many new residents who are expected to move to the town centre as part of the regeneration masterplan. This took a major step forward in July when local developers Watson secured land at Church Wharf to deliver a £75m project to include a hotel and 400 new homes. Watson continued to invest in the community as headline sponsors of August’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival. READ MORE: Multi-million pound development of Bolton Library Bolton's Primark store's opening day sees 500 shoppers queue The highlight of the annual event calendar, the festival showcases the very best of Bolton to a national and international audience. Food and Drink Festival (Image: Paul Heyes) After Storm Lilian put the event in doubt, council staff, local businesses and volunteers worked through the night to ensure the festival could go ahead. Major events are a key part of Bolton’s Visitor Economy Strategy, a plan to drive footfall, enhance the quality of life of residents and boost the economy. Off the back of the strategy, Bolton was chosen in September as a pilot area for the Greater Manchester Visitor Economy Accelerator Programme. The aim of the programme is to foster growth and increase collaboration within the tourism and hospitality sectors through masterclasses, workshops and one-to-one support. Wellsprings Innovation Hub (Image: Bolton Council) September also gave residents their first look at the Wellsprings Innovation Hub backed by £6.9m from the Towns Fund and a further £1.4m from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Since then, entrepreneurs and business start-ups from the creative and technology sectors have been applying for office spaces at the facility which opens in early 2025. The Wellsprings offers co-working space and meeting rooms, call pods, bike storage and kitchen facilities. October brought one of the year’s most significant announcements with news that the demolition of Crompton Place is due to start in 2025 with work already underway to appoint a developer for the site. Bolton Council Leader, Cllr Nick Peel, said: “The redevelopment of Crompton Place is a once in a generation opportunity to replace and reimagine an underused and unappealing building with something everyone in Bolton can be proud of. “It also gives us the opportunity to enhance Victoria Square and open up a direct link to Bradshawgate, with various buildings and open spaces on the site, rather than the single large building we have at present. “This will be our flagship redevelopment project, signalling to the private sector that Bolton Council is serious about regeneration and thereby attracting even more commercial investment.” The announcement followed years of work by Bolton Council to support existing tenants to relocate to other areas of the town centre, as part of a plan to consolidate a quality retail offer around the Market Place. This culminated in November with the grand opening of the shopping centre’s new Primark. Store Manager, Caroline Wood, said: “We’ve been in the heart of Bolton now for 48 years so this is an important move for us, and we’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response already from shoppers who’ve joined us today.” In December, attention turned to the enormous potential of some of the town centre’s other buildings. During a business event, property owners and potential investors were given advice and information about converting existing buildings for residential use in the centre. This followed a similar successful event focused on the hospitality sector, and a planned event in February focusing on buildings with potential to be used as office space. The year ended with even more exciting news, as the first residents moved into their new homes at Moor Lane. Bolton at Home and Step Places have jointly developed the 214-home Neighbourhood Moor Lane development in partnership with Bolton Council. Deansgate Gardens (Image: Bolton Council) Developments like Moor Lane and the nearby Deansgate Gardens, among others, are expected to bring an additional 5,000 people to live in the town centre, creating vibrant urban neighbourhoods and supporting local businesses. Reflecting back on the year, Bolton Council’s Deputy Leader, Cllr Akhtar Zaman, said: “In January, I said that 2024 would be the year that Bolton residents would first see and feel the tangible benefits of regeneration. “As we come to the end of the year, we can already see the positive impact that projects like the new Food Hall and renovated library are having. “As Moor Lane and Deansgate Gardens welcome their first residents, this will boost the town centre economy and build market confidence to attract more inward investment. “Now is the time to build on this success and we look forward to more exciting announcements in 2025.”
East Carolina wins 71-64 over StetsonThe Apprentice star also argued that a lack of clarity from the Government on the ownership test is causing “significant uncertainty” for potential investors. This came as the House of Lords continued its scrutiny of the Football Governance Bill, which seeks to establish an independent regulator for the top five tiers of the men’s game. In the upper chamber, Baroness Brady said: “We are creating legislation which will profoundly affect 160 quite unique institutions, from Premier League clubs through to the National League community clubs, but it is important for everyone to understand that the consultation with these affected businesses by the current Government has been remarkably limited, almost unbelievably so. “Just seven Premier League clubs, I was one of them, was granted a brief half-hour meeting with the Secretary of State over the summer. “And following this cursory engagement, significant decisions were made that could fundamentally affect the future of English football, most notably with the inclusion of parachute payments within the backstop mechanism. “This is particularly concerning given that fundamental issues still remained unresolved, we still lack any clarity on Uefa’s position on state interference, for example, this clearly creates profound uncertainty for clubs competing in or aspiring to European competition, as well as our national teams.” “We don’t know what the ownership test will look like, this causes significant uncertainty for potential investors as to whether they are able to own a club,” she added. Lady Brady continued: “I have spoken to many of my colleagues across all of the football pyramid, we are all alarmed about and puzzled by the lack of discussion on the Bill with ministers. “Would the minister agree that we all want to get the detail of this Bill right? And can she see any downsides to providing meaningful opportunities to hear from all clubs across the football pyramid affected by the legislation?” Prior to this, Tory shadow sports minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay had tabled an amendment which he said would allow clubs to “make their views known on this legislation” by including specific competitions on the face of the Bill. Labour frontbencher Baroness Twycross told the upper chamber: “I don’t think the leagues are confused either on which leagues this legislation will apply to.” She added: “This power is both reasonable and the result of evidence-based consultation with all key stakeholders in the industry. “This power ensures that the competitions in scope can be amended in a timely manner and ensures the scope of the regime remains relevant.” The peer later said: “Over the past three years there have been countless opportunities for all affected and interested parties to make representations.” Lady Brady also raised concerns about the financial distribution backstop, which she said is “clearly designed as a mechanism to gain direct access to, and apportionate Premier League revenue, and no-one else’s”. “I might add the backstop will allow the IFR (Independent Football Regulator) to do this even if it was against the Premier League clubs’ will, or even without the clubs’ agreement, even if it was to have a detrimental effect on the clubs and the overall competition it removes revenue from,” she added. The backstop would allow the new IFR to intervene in the distribution of Premier League broadcast revenue down the leagues as a last resort. It could be triggered by the Premier League, English Football League (EFL) or National League to mediate the fair financial distribution of this revenue if they are not able to come to an agreement. Conservative peers later raised concerns over the cost implications to clubs of establishing the regulator, although they faced claims of “filibustering” – wasting time by making overlong speeches in a bid to delay progress. Watching opposition benches blatantly filibustering to destroy the Football Governance Bill is nothing short of sporting vandalism.Football is broken. Clubs are struggling. Now those seats have been lost, do they no longer care about likes of Reading or Southend? @FairGameUK — Niall Couper (@NiallCouper) December 4, 2024 Labour peer Lord Watson of Invergowrie questioned why Lord Parkinson was showing “confected outrage” at the Bill when the former culture minister would have been defending a similar proposal had the Tories remained in power. Lord Parkinson, in his reply, said: “We want to see this regulator established, we want to see it doing its work and doing so effectively, but we also see before us a Bill that is different because of the election that was called and the result that happened, and we’re interrogating particularly closely the changes that the Government have made to the Bill – of which there are many. “And we have more concerns on these benches than we did before the election from my colleagues behind me about the way we do it.” The Tory peer pointed to Labour frontbenchers fulfilling their duties to “properly scrutinise” then-government legislation when they were on the opposition benches. Lady Twycross, in an intervention, said: “While I agree that (Lord Parkinson) is correct that I would scrutinise legislation when I was sitting on those (opposition) benches, I have never sought to filibuster a Bill to which my party had committed, which my party had laid before Parliament, and intended to filibuster it to the point of getting us stuck in treacle.” Lord Parkinson replied: “That is not what we’re doing.” Niall Couper, chief executive of the campaign group Fair Game, wrote on social media site X: “Watching opposition benches blatantly filibustering to destroy the Football Governance Bill is nothing short of sporting vandalism.”
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