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posted on 27/4/20

Martin Dixon is Professor of the Law of Real Property, Cambridge University and a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge. He is also a visiting Professor of Law at City University, London.

posted on 27/4/20

Emma Lees is a University Lecturer in Environmental and Property Law in the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge University.

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Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says he plans to start the season in Austria in July, after France became the latest country to postpone its race.

French Grand Prix organisers said on Monday the race at Paul Ricard on 28 June was off because of the country's ban on major events until mid-July.

But Carey said he was "increasingly confident with the progress of plans to begin the season this summer".

He said the first race was expected to take place in Austria on 3-5 July.

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Two divers who were fined for flouting coronavirus rules in Dorset were from Edinburgh and Cornwall, police say.

The pair went diving in Lyme Bay, sparking a massive search on Saturday after one of them went missing.

He had been reported missing by his friend, who was diving off the same boat, at about 15:30 BST.

Two coastguard helicopters, RNLI lifeboats, fishing boats and a Royal Navy warship searched the area after responding to an HM Coastguard Mayday.

A Dorset Police spokesman said the two men, from Edinburgh and Wadebridge, were reported for "breaches of the regulations".

The force said: "We are unable to confirm the amount of the fine as this will be dealt with by a central administrative process."

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Lyme Regis is 437 miles (703km) from Edinburgh and over 100 miles (160km) from Wadebridge.

The lone diver was spotted by a sailor on HMS Tyne after nearly two hours of searching for him.

He was three miles from where he had entered the water, having lost sight of the boat.

Coastguards said he was recovered from the water safe and well shortly before 17:30.

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The 99-year-old war veteran who has raised £29m for the NHS by walking laps of his garden has been honoured with a special postmark.

Royal Mail will stamp all letters with the message to celebrate Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday on Thursday.

All stamped post up until Friday will be marked with: "Happy 100th Birthday Captain Thomas Moore NHS fundraising hero 30th April 2020."

Royal Mail said it was "honoured" to issue the postmark.

World War Two veteran Capt Tom, from Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire, has extended his challenge to 200 laps after he completed the first 100 laps 14 days ahead of schedule.

His initial £1,000 fundraising target was broken in about 24 hours and he has now raised more than £29m for the NHS.

posted on 27/4/20

Caren Marsh Doll (née Morris; born April 6, 1919), also credited as Caren Marsh, is an American stage and screen actress and dancer, specialising in modern dance and tap, who was Judy Garland's dance stand-in in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Ziegfeld Girl in 1941.

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From 1937 until 1948 she appeared in motion pictures with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Studios, including a small uncredited part in Gone with the Wind, from 1956 she took a second career becoming a dance teacher. Her younger sister was television and film actress Dorothy Morris.

posted on 27/4/20

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all cricket for three years for failing to report corrupt approaches.

Akmal, 29, was banned following a disciplinary panel hearing on Monday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had charged him with two breaches of its anti-corruption code for not reporting two unrelated approaches.

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Breeden, from Virginia, upset the No 1 ranked Joey Chestnut at the Wisconsin State Fair's Cheese Curd Eating Championship on Saturday, setting a new world record by eating 5.2 pounds of cheese curds in six minutes. “Nothing motivates me more than a loss,” Chestnut tweeted after the competition.

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Greggs is to become the latest food retailer to reopen some of its outlets despite the coronavirus lockdown.

The bakery chain, which has more than 2,050 shops, said it would open 20 of them in the Newcastle area from Monday 4 May as part of a "controlled trial", with more to follow.

Greggs closed all its stores more than a month ago when the lockdown began.

Earlier this month, Burger King, KFC and Pret A Manger reopened certain restaurants, mainly for delivery only.

posted on 27/4/20

Lawrence J. Simon (June 28, 1933 – September 1, 1994), better known by the ring name, Boris Malenko, was an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Big Time Wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s as a Russian heel. He is the father of professional wrestlers Joe Malenko and Dean Malenko.

posted on 27/4/20

Old English tima "limited space of time," from Proto-Germanic *timon- "time" (source also of Old Norse timi "time, proper time," Swedish timme "an hour" ), from PIE *di-mon-, suffixed form of root *da- "to divide."

posted on 27/4/20

A 10-year-old footballer has urged people to help her reach 7.1 million keepy-uppies, one for each UK key worker, to raise money for charities.

Imogen Papworth-Heidel, from Hauxton, Cambridgeshire, has exceeded her target of £1,300 by keeping her football up in the air as many times as she can.

She is managing about 2,000 each day but has also asked for keepy-uppy donations to help her reach her target.

Cambridge United players have already taken on the challenge.

Imogen, who trains with the club's youth development academy, said she was inspired to raise money after seeing Capt Tom Moore, 99, doing laps of his garden to raise millions for the NHS.

But as well raising money for NHS charities, Imogen decided to widen the appeal to cover nine charities, which support what she describes as "Covid heroes".

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mid-15c., Achademie, "the classical Academy," properly the name of the public garden where Plato taught his school, from Old French (Modern French Académie) and directly from Latin Academia, from Greek Akadēmeia "The Academy; the grove of Akadēmos," a legendary Athenian of the Trojan War tales (his name, Latinized as Academus) apparently means "of a silent district" ), original estate-holder of the site.

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Kılavuzlar is a village in the District of Bozdoğan, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of 623 people.

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Belgians are well known for loving chips (frites), often with a big dollop of mayonnaise, but hard-up farmers now want them to eat chips twice a week.

Romain Cools of the potato growers' union Belgapom presented it as a matter of survival, as a major export sector fears ruin in the coronavirus crisis.

About 750,000 tonnes of potatoes are piled up in Belgian warehouses, as the lockdown has sent orders plummeting.

posted on 27/4/20

Connah's Quay Nomads are pleased to announce the launch of our new podcast, The Quay Talking Points.

The Podcast will be hosted by Nik Mesney and Will Catterall speaking to staff, players and fans and the first two episodes have already been recorded.

The first episode sees Nik speak to Jay Catton on all things Nomads over the past ten years while the second episode will see Will Catterall speak to U19 captain Harry Owen following the U19s recent crowning as JD Cymru Premier North Development Champions.

posted on 27/4/20

UK virus death toll rises by 360 | Government aims to reach 100,000 tests by Thursday | Small businesses eligible for new loans of up to £50,000

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People are "blatantly ignoring" lockdown rules by visiting beauty spots and no longer staying at home, police have said.

North Yorkshire Police issued 61 fines over the weekend to people travelling to the area from West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Kent.

Day-trippers to the Yorkshire Dales accounted for the majority of fines.

The force said people should not be trying to find "loopholes" to justify having a day out.

Seventeen fines were issued in Malham, with 13 written in an hour, police said.

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Chris Wildman, chair of Kirkby Malham Parish Council, said the good weather had brought more visitors to the area and it was quite disturbing for residents.

"It's our home and so people are genuinely frightened if they start seeing an increase in visitors.

"Everybody here is trying really hard to social distance and are staying away from towns and cities."

North Yorkshire Police said 31 fines were issued on Saturday and 30 on Sunday.

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If there was such a thing as a perfect food, eggs would be a contender. They’re readily available, easy to cook, affordable and packed with protein.

“The egg is meant to be something that has all the right ingredients to grow an organism, so obviously it’s very nutrient dense,” says Christopher Blesso, associate professor of nutritional science at the University of Connecticut in the US.

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Eric Young (born 25 March 1960 in Singapore) is a retired professional footballer, who was a strong, commanding centre-half, nicknamed "Ninja" due to his ever-present brown headband, which he wore during matches to protect scar tissue on his forehead.

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Luke Paul Young is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Young began his career at Tottenham Hotspur in 1997, before moving to Charlton Athletic in 2001, where he spent six seasons. He then had stints at Middlesbrough and Aston Villa before moving to Queens Park Rangers in 2011.

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