Cost and times of flag removals in Derby not given after public questionsDerby City Council said it would remove flags on street furniture in SeptemberView Image Flags have been seen along Nottingham Road, from Pentagon Island to Chaddesden (Image: Derby Telegraph)Derby City Council’s leader has failed to provide the cost of removing England and Union Jack flags from city lampposts after a series of questions from the public. ‌Nadine Peatfield faced public questions on the matter, with answers sought on the cost of removing England and Union Jack flags put up across Derby. ‌However, she did not provide a cost sum or specific times in her answers. It came amid the Raise the Colours grassroots campaign which was in response to rising public concern surrounding illegal immigration. Initially, Derby City Council said it was not going to exercise “discretionary legal powers to remove flags or bunting that had been placed on street furniture”.

These races, which took place at Skylark Garden Centre in Wimblington, attract high-profile runners from more than 70 miles away. The 10k race was won by Lee Hannaford, representing Manea Jogging and Running Group, with an impressive time of 43 minutes and 45.2 seconds, beating his closest rival by over two minutes. Before (Image: Supplied)Lee used the race to complete a personal challenge of running 200 miles in 10 days. Manea Jogging and Running Group is for people wanting to run for fitness, weight loss, or social purposes. The informal group welcomes beginner runners and meets at Manea Pit car park.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeSir Keir Starmer is expected to formally approve a new 20,000 square metre Chinese embassy in central London despite espionage concerns, reports say. Proposals for the embassy were rejected by Tower Hamlets Council in 2022, with the Chinese opting not to appeal. MPs, peers and parliamentary staff were warned by the security service over suspected Chinese espionage via recruitment headhunters on Tuesday. He added that a decision on the Chinese embassy will be made by housing secretary Steve Reed in a “quasi-judicial capacity”.

With two hours’ free childcare a day per child, reliable video baby monitors and copious highchairs, it makes life easy for parents. In the spring five new rooms featuring wood-burners and private patios will open beside the walled garden. There’s garden produce in the salads and garnishes too (kale, pea shoots, tomatoes when in season), as well as local beer from the microbrewery Kettlesmith and wine from the nearby vineyard Quoins. The Victorian walled garden is under refurbishment and will reopen to guests — and its resident gaggle of chickens and Indian runner ducks — in spring. For two hours each day there’s free childcare in the Four Bears Den kids’ club (9.30am-11.30am or 2.30pm-4.30pm).

Live streaming: Where can Indians watch the clash? Live EventsFriday, November 21 – 1st Test, Perth Stadium, Perth, 8 a.m. ISTThursday, December 4 – 2nd Test (D/N), The Gabba, Brisbane, 10 a.m. ISTWednesday, December 17 – 3rd Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 5:30 a.m. ISTFriday, December 26 – 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 5 a.m. ISTSunday, January 4, 2026 – 5th Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 5 a.m. ISTHead-to-headSquads for the first Testas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! The contests will also be broadcast on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD.Full series scheduleThe two oldest rivals in Test cricket have met 361 times, with Australia taking 152 victories overall. In Ashes-specific encounters, Australia hold 142 wins from 345 matches. England still own the highest team total in the rivalry—903 for 7 declared at The Oval in August 1938—while Australia posted the lowest, bowled out for 36 at Edgbaston in May 1902.Australia: Steve Smith (C), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster.England: Ben Stokes (C), Jofra Archer , Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (WK), Mark Wood.

Traders are ramping up bets against artificial intelligence (AI) darling Oracle by buying financial instruments intended to protect them in the event of a default. The price of Oracle’s credit-default swaps (CDS), financial instruments used to guard against potential non-payment of debts, has spiked in recent weeks to its highest level in three years. However, they can also be used by traders to manage risk or bet against a particular company, given that the instruments pay out if a business defaults. Investors have traded more than $5bn (£3.8bn) in these swaps since September, according to Jigar Patel, a Barclays analyst. “Oracle stands out dramatically,” Mr Reid said in a note to clients this week.

The Trump administration on Thursday announced plans to open the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases for the first time in more than four decades. Advertisement“The Biden administration slammed the brakes on offshore oil and gas leasing and crippled the long-term pipeline of America’s offshore production,” Burgum said in a statement. The state has not seen new oil leases in federal waters since 1984, largely due to public opposition following a disastrous oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969. For decades, California has stood firm in our opposition to new offshore drilling, and nothing will change that. That is something the Sable Offshore Corp. is considering for its controversial project to restart oil drilling off of Santa Barbara.

I said, ‘We could buy a double-decker bus and convert it into a church and Sunday school. “Mr Apps must be congratulated for his ingenuity, which has taken religion to his people and their children,” Pathé News said, approvingly. But with each obstacle came a testimony of provision that Mr Apps believes could only be God at work. FOR three years, Mr Apps celebrated the eucharist on board the bus every Sunday, followed by Sunday school-classes for children. Sensing that the Vicar’s successor might not be as enthusiastic about the bus, Mr Apps decided to move on himself.

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The statue was ordered in Paris after the director of the Grevin Museum visited London and came away underwhelmed by the Diana likeness at Madame Tussauds, prompting him to commission his own version, museum officials said. Grevin’s life-size — and very convincing — figure of the late princess is dressed in a replica of the black, off-the-shoulder, figure-hugging cocktail dress Diana wore to a Serpentine Gallery event in London in 1994. The wax figure is depicted in her black ‘revenge dress’ (Christophe Ena/AP)It was the same night that the King — Prince Charles at the time — acknowledged on television that he had been unfaithful with the now Queen. The waxwork replicates this iconic look, worn by Diana to a Serpentine gala dinner in 1994 (Martin Keene/PA)Tabloids later dubbed the outfit the “revenge dress,” and the museum leaned into that symbolism. She called the black dress a turning point in Diana’s story.

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