Anglesey rejects visitor levy for now as Conwy and Gwynedd delay decisions
The three north Wales councils have taken different paths on the proposed overnight charge, while a tourism lecturer calls for more local flexibility.
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Olympic champion Katy Marchant retires from cycling at 33
The Paris 2024 team sprint gold medallist says she does not want to make the commitments needed for another Olympic campaign, ending a 13-year career with Britain’s cycling squad.
TfL cancels ULEZ enforcement against Blackpool resident pursued over stranger’s fines
A credit search wrongly linked a Blackpool resident to a car they had never owned, TfL told the Guardian. Enforcement over four ULEZ penalties has ended and its agent paid £500.
FAI president says Ireland faced uncertain extra sanctions if Israel match was not played
Paul Cooke said additional penalties were possible if Ireland had refused to play. UEFA’s Nations League rules provide for a forfeit and leave further measures to its...
Bristol Avon river rights charter signed as councils face test of putting it into practice
A public signing in Bath marked support for seven stated rights for the river. Nine councils have endorsed the charter, but it creates no new legal obligations.
Andy Burnham pledges care service election plan as triple lock funding question remains open
The prime minister says Labour will seek a mandate for universal care in England, but has yet to set out how it would be paid for. Changing the state pension triple lock has...
Childminder Rachel Jeffers faces rising heating oil costs in Northern Ireland
A County Tyrone childminder says a 500-litre delivery cost £560 last week. The Consumer Council’s latest Northern Ireland survey puts the average at £561.83.
Angela Scanlon named for Radio 2 Drivetime; Ben Earle named for Country Show
Scanlon is due to begin the weekday afternoon programme in November, while Earle has been appointed to the weekly country music show following Bob Harris’s departure.
Jos Buttler to miss England’s Pakistan tri-series as Jordan Cox gets chance
A hamstring injury sustained against Sri Lanka has ruled the wicketkeeper out of the 50-over tournament starting on 20 October. England coach Brendon McCullum has identified...
MIT reports RNA vaccine formulation retained activity after months of warm storage
An algorithm helped researchers select ingredients for dried vaccine particles that produced immune responses in mice after storage at 37 °C for two months.
Eriskay islanders care for rare native ponies as population estimates differ
A new account of village life shows how owners feed and monitor the ponies, while breed organisations give different estimates of how many remain worldwide.
Sacramento’s Dos Rios station opens on Blue Line as Route 33 change approaches
The new River District stop opened to passengers on September 28. SacRT says trains run every 15 minutes at peak times, while a reported bus route change awaits a confirmed...
NASA details Johnson robotics team’s work on tasks for future lunar crews
The 16-member team is testing robots for cargo handling, maintenance and other work in simulated space settings, while NASA looks toward human-supervised missions on the Moon.
England’s Sri Lanka series win sharpens World Cup selection questions
Tom Banton and Jordan Cox made strong cases in England’s ODI decider, while injuries and returning players leave the opening, spin and seam combinations unresolved.
University of Florida study finds repeated patterns can distort stereo-camera depth estimates
Tests with cameras, software and a vehicle at a controlled facility found that repeated patterns can shift calculated obstacle distances. The results do not establish how often...
Peter Flannery says Our Friends in the North still speaks to audiences as stage debut nears
The writer says the inequalities explored in his television drama remain recognisable. A new adaptation focused on 1979 and 1984 opens in Newcastle in October.
New Greenland map connects valleys hidden beneath the ice sheet
NASA says a new mapping method traces 1,943 valleys beneath Greenland’s ice, including many that earlier maps missed or showed only in fragments.
Red-chalk drawing of child in Italian collection attributed to Édouard Manet
Art historian Emily Beeny points to the drawing’s style and a faded studio stamp, but its subject, original purpose and early history remain uncertain.