EP: 266 Aintree – Grand National Day & Hong Kong April 12, 2024 For many, the Grand National is the greatest race in the world and Saturday is the big day for the maximum field of 34 runners. Aintree also hosts three Grade 1 races on what should be another fantastic day of jumps racing. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Aintree’s Grand National Day action, with [...]
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What makes a Nimby a Nimby when it comes to housing? April 11, 2024 We can predict how people will vote, so why not analyse the data on what makes an area more or less likely to welcome new development? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the biggest indicator is house prices, but some of the other results are unexpected…. Kieran Kumaria explains Everyone involved in planning has seen this movie before. Councillors [...]
Plant grant: UK businesses to benefit from UBS £10k Chelsea Flower Show boost April 10, 2024 In the Great Pavilion of this year's show will be RHS x UBS A Day on the nursery: insights into life as a grower will showcase the hard work and skill of nursery growers. This will highlight four nurseries who specialise in edibles and wildflowers.
EP: 265 Aintree – Friday April 10, 2024 There are another four Grade 1 races to look forward to at Aintree on Friday, plus the Topham Chase, run over 2m 5f over the grand national course, during a fantastic day of racing in Liverpool. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Friday’s Ladies Day Aintree action. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The Punter’ [...]
Solana Slows Whilst Rally Keeps Running April 10, 2024 Any business that has to turn away customers because it is too busy has a good problem on its hands. Over the past week, Solana has been experiencing this very problem. Solana’s trading volumes, and overall network usage, has ballooned to record numbers over the past few weeks. However, recently transactions on Solana have been [...]
Britain needs assertive foreign policy – not apologias for the past April 10, 2024 A new report urging foreign policy reform seems more interested in hand-wringing about colonialism than facing up to the reality of great power competition, says Ollie Ryan Tucker Every diagnosis of foreign policy today starts with the acknowledgement that great power competition is back on the agenda. We live in ‘unprecedented times’, in a ‘dangerous [...]
AI will produce Britain’s first trillion-pound company April 10, 2024 It’s often claimed that there are no votes in AI, but with the opportunities presented by new technology, this could be the most exciting and expansive time to be in government, says Benedict Macon-Cooney Too much time and energy has gone into the Prime Minister’s AI strategy when “there isn’t a single vote in it,” [...]
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EP: 264 Aintree – Thursday April 9, 2024 The opening day of this year’s Aintree Festival sees no fewer than four Grade 1 races for jumps fans to savour, including the Aintree Bowl and Aintree Hurdle, plus the big field Foxhunter Chase which is run over the famous grand national fences. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews all of Thursday’s Aintree action. Hosted [...]