Lewis Hamilton has called for a movement to “take Africa back”, claiming the continent is being “controlled” by European powers. Speaking on the cusp of the new Formula One season, the seven-time champion outlined his ambition to compete in a grand prix on African soil before the end of his career.

City sex shop wants council permission and people are being asked what they thinkIt's been operating for a while and has made an application to Swansea CouncilView Image The business is in Park Street (Image: Google Maps )People have another week to comment on the proposed renewal of a sex establishment licence in Swansea city centre. ‌Timothy Hemming, of Simply Pleasure Ltd, has applied to renew the licence for the Simply Pleasure.com premises in Park Street. ‌The intended days and hours of opening are Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm, Saturday, 9am-6pm, and Sunday, 10am-4pm. Ensure our latest news and sport headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. Click here to activate or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settingsArticle continues belowTo see all the planning applications, traffic diversions, road layout changes, alcohol licence applications and more in your area, visit the Public Notice Portal HERE

The property man rushed back to the UK after Iran launched retaliatory strikes across the Middle East as it was hit by Israeli/US missiles. Before boarding on the private jet, the investor claimed it was "simple" to flee Dubai. View 6 Images Leeds with his wife and child on the jet (Image: Facebook)‌"Drive three hours to Oman, and then when you're in Oman, go down to the Muscat airport, and there's literally planes waiting for you. I don't know why everyone's not doing this." The father-of-four then downplayed the severity of the situation, in another social media post, from his private jet to the UK.

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Participants in a previous Darkness Into Light walk pass through Church Street in Athlone. Darkness into Light walk will not take place in Athlone this yearby Kevin O'NeillIt has been announced by Pieta House Athlone that its annual 5km walk, Darkness Into Light, will not be taking place this year. In a statement issued by local organisers of the walk, Pieta House Athlone said expressed its disappointment at having to make the decision. “It is with great sadness that we must share that Darkness Into Light will not take place in Athlone this year. The walk funds lifesaving suicide prevention and self-harm services, always beginning in darkness and transitioning into light, symbolising the journey from despair to hope.

‌The Sherford Consortium has applied to permanently close a 282-metre stretch of highway known as ‘Road Past Vealeholme’, which runs between Main Street in Sherford and Plympton Hill. It won’t help the other traffic build up but it will keep a direct access to Plympton from Sherford?" “This route is one of the most direct connections between Sherford and Plympton, providing daily access to schools, healthcare, shopping, and other essential services.,” she said. It has also been suggested that the proposal aims, in part, to reduce traffic through the Plympton St Maurice Conservation Area. As the neighbouring highway authority, the city council wanted to manage the flow of traffic, and concerns about a ‘rat run’ through the narrow roads of Plympton St Maurice.

Alan Pardew believes Arsenal’s time wasting should mean their Premier League title comes with an asterisk if they are able to hold off Manchester City. Goalkeeper David Raya went down injured three times during the game and required treatment on the pitch from medics, with Hurzeler suggesting Arsenal are “making their own rules”. “When I’m looking at them with my football manager’s head on, they’re so professional,” Pardew told TalkSport. “But really and truly, Brighton, although they have definitely upped the tempo and looked better second half, they’ve not really hurt Arsenal. They’re good, they’re strong, they’re powerful.

The day is a charity event held annually in the UK and Ireland on the first Thursday in March. On World Book Day, every child in full-time education in the UK and Ireland is provided with a voucher to be spent on books; the event was first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1998. World Book Day titles this year include Chaos at the Chocolate Factory by Sibeal Pounder and Unbelievable Football by Matt Oldfield. Clark's chosen 'book' is his Oxford United programme, featuring a picture of one of his favourite players. Eli, four, from Chalgrove Primary School (Image: Elise White)The World Book Day organisation said in a statement: "Our mission is to promote reading for fun, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own.

However, a separate page on the same website referred to the average price of a “small car” as £22,022, the average price of a “popular medium-sized car” was £27,168, and the average price of a “popular SUV model” as £35,005. As such, the complainant considered that the disputed statement misleadingly compared the average price of a “small” petrol car, specifically, against the average price of an average electric car. In response, the complainant noted that the figures no longer appeared in the Electric Car Scheme blog – it appeared they had been removed. The publication clarified that it had been contacted, seemingly by the Electric Car Scheme, who had advised that the figure had changed. Personal finance research website NimbleFins has similar figures - putting the average cost of a new electric car at £46,000.

Iran launched its large Khorramshahr-4 missiles in an attack on Thursday targeting Israel, the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said. The Iranian warship was seen sailing at sea during the exercises in a February 17 post on X by the Indian navy. Later on Thursday the Gulf nation's defence ministry said 14 ballistic missiles and four drones were fired at the county. The ministry added in a statement that it repelled six missiles and 131 drones Thursday, and hundreds since the start of the war. The three countries will work together to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, according to a French diplomat.

“Obviously there's a positive feeling after a good performance like that but it's about the bigger picture, really, and it's about continuing to grow,” Doris said on Thursday following a rain-hit captain’s run training session at Aviva Stadium. “It's game by game. “There's a lot of hard work gone in over the last couple of weeks since then and some really good training days. We've trained here against the (Ireland Under-) 20s, which was good to get a run against them. “I'm sure they've built quite a bit of belief through how they've trained, through some of the pictures they've seen.

Major £120m North East development could finally be completed after years stuck in limboThe multimillion-pound Milburngate development in Durham remains unfinished - but the site has now been snapped up by new ownersView 2 Images The unfinished Milburngate development in Durham City Centre. (Image: Iain Buist/Newcastle Chronicle)Fresh hopes have been raised that a major North East city centre development can soon be completed after new owners swooped for the site. The multimillion-pound Milburngate development in Durham has been in limbo for years, despite first being unveiled a decade ago as a key scheme designed to become a vibrant place to live, work and relax. ‌The £120m scheme – comprising offices, housing, bars and restaurants, a cinema and a hotel – hit the buffers in 2023 when contractor Tolent tumbled into administration. The development includes office space and 153 built-to-rent apartments, positioning the city centre as an attractive location for both working professionals and residents seeking contemporary city living.

The seizure included a wide range of well-known beer brands such as Desperados, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Stella, San Miguel, and Karpackie. Revenue officers have seized more than 24,000 litres of beer at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford, in a haul worth almost €100,000, as part of ongoing operations targeting smuggling and tax evasion. Revenue said the seizures took place during a week of intelligence-led and risk-profiling operations in Dublin, Kilkenny, the midlands and Rosslare Europort. Revenue officers also seized 1,698 assorted tablets with an estimated value exceeding €4,000, along with other illicit drugs valued at more than €6,000. Over the same week, officers seized tobacco products valued at €9,345, representing a potential tax loss of more than €7,000, as well as over 84 litres of alcohol valued at €1,485.

Reports of dramatic increases to fuel costs, such as home heating oil and motor fuel, have been sent to TDs who have raised concerns about the price hikes. The government has said that there should be no increase at the forecourts due to the conflict in the Middle East, as there would be a weeks-long lag before prices would be impacted. In the Dail parliament on Thursday, three opposition politicians used their time slot during Leaders’ Questions to raise concerns about price hikes. He said there was no doubt that the conflict in the Middle East would have a “potential inflationary impact”, but he said the scale of the impact depended on the length and depth of the conflict. “The law on price increases is clear,” it said.

'I tried the best protein shakes that keep selling out at Sainsbury's and Tesco'The UFIT protein shakes are so popular they keep selling out so Shopping Editor Tom Capon put them to the test - and found a way to get them cheaper than the supermarketsUFIT Protein Shake taste test reviewSometimes it feels like we’ve gone a bit protein mad. Long gone are the days where protein shakes taste like a gym bench, now we have brands like UFIT. So I tried their four flavours of Salted Caramel, White Chocolate, Chocolate and Strawberry and ranked them accordingly. Having swiftly palmed them off to a friend who convinced me they wanted them, I’ve steered clear from choccie protein shakes ever since. While my favourites are Salted Caramel followed by White Chocolate, I can genuinely not find much to fault with them taste-wise.