Alabama Republicans pushed through a new congressional map on Friday that will test the bounds of a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black district in the state or something “close to it,” incensing plaintiffs in the court case and Democrats who predicted the plan would never pass muster with …
Read More »‘It’s not a race, it’s a journey’: why a two-day, 75km trail run is a brilliant way to see the Peak District
Some trips lend themselves to the last minute and others do not. Peak Divide, a two-day, supported 75km “ultra fun run” from Manchester to Sheffield is one that is best planned ahead. When I tell a friend I’m taking a spare spot with two days’ notice and almost no training, …
Read More »Ahmed Lawan wins Yobe North Senatorial district election
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan won the Senatorial election in Yobe Northheld on Saturday, February 25. According to the Returning Officer of the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Lawan polled a total of 91,318 votes to defeat his rival of the …
Read More »Cumbria on a plate: 10 best restaurants in and around the Lake District
Gilpin, Windermere One of the most welcoming hotels in the Lakes, the Gilpin combines flawless service with a warm informal feel. This extends to Gilpin, the hotel’s Michelin-starred restaurant, helmed by Ollie Bridgewater, formerly of Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck. The cooking is note-perfect, from charcoal-roasted cauliflower steak with black garlic …
Read More »Insecurity: Katsina Emirate dismisses top district head over alleged ties with terrorists
The Katsina Emirate Council has announced the dismissal of the District Head of Bakori, the Makaman Katsina, Idris Sule Idris, for allegedly aiding terrorism in his domain. In a letter translated by the Premium Times and dated 19, January 2023, the Kauran Katsina, who is the district head of …
Read More »Dreams of escape: island adventures in the Lake District
The idea at first was to find a bunk hole, a hideaway, a place to weather out the pandemic – or would it be a nuclear exchange courtesy of a disgruntled Russia? Whatever the catastrophe, it was looming. I grew up watching The War Game, The Day of the Triffids, …
Read More »Michigan Parents File Lawsuit Against School District Over Sexually Explicit Books
As more and more parents are pushing back against local school boards for liberal curriculums including Critical Race Theory and extreme gender ideology, a group of parents in Michigan is taking it one step further. Parents who have children in the Dearborn Public Schools have filed a lawsuit against the …
Read More »I climbed a mountain in the Lake District – to mark a two-minute silence with strangers
On the mountaintop, everyone is insisting the weather is fine. It’s at least fabulously clear up here, as it has been all morning on 11 November 2021. At dawn, I had wiped the frost from the inside of my windscreen to see Windermere silvered with a filigree of mist. Around …
Read More »A wild Peak District walk to a great pub: The Three Horseshoes, Staffordshire
The Peak District sprawls across five counties and 555 square miles. It became the UK’s first national park in 1951. Mixing the wild moorlands of the Dark Peak and the limestone dales of the White Peak, the south-west Staffordshire corner of the national park is a patchwork of waterfalls, blanket …
Read More »Hey, New Yorkers: Meet Your Neighborhood’s New Congressional District
All 50 states drew new congressional districts this year, but almost nowhere has the process been as contentious — or consequential — as in New York. Democrats here once hoped to tilt the playing field in their favor, but after a Republican lawsuit and a court decision, the state ended …
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