There’s a little town all the way up, waaay north, called Galena, Alaska. If you look at a map of the state, it’s what we Marines would call ‘center mass,’ or darn near right smack dab in the middle of the state. There’s been a military airfield in town since World War II, and the Air Force...
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It is insane, but there it is. Even some Republicans are opposing the Republican proposal in the U.S. Senate to sell of a minuscule fraction of the land that the United States government owns. Republican Senator Mike Lee is pushing the plan, and it has caused a firestorm of opposition. The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire The solar farm is being proposed together with a sub station, cabling, CCTV and fencing Plans for a new solar farm on 108 acres (44 hectares) of land is being proposed in Devon. Exagen Development, which builds and operates renewable energy projects, is applying for planning...
The US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has suggested “Muslim countries” should give up some of their land to create a future Palestinian state. In an interview with the BBC, Huckabee said “Muslim countries have 644 times the amount of land that are controlled by Israel”. “So maybe, if there is such a desire for...
Tesco has sold a piece of land which is vital to the delivery of a multi-million pound relief road for a town in Devon. Mid Devon District Council said the news marked “the overcoming of another major hurdle to finally deliver the road” in Cullompton. The council got £34m from central government in August to...
Getty Images Many South Africans are deeply attached to their land South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is at the centre of a political firestorm after he approved a law that gives the state the power to expropriate some privately owned land without compensation for owners. The law, which is yet to be implemented, has drawn...
Enrique’s authority is absolute when it comes to playing matters at PSG. Pierre-Etienne Minonzio, based in Paris with influential sports paper L’Equipe, told BBC Sport: “People at PSG understood there had been a problem of authority in the last few years. “Galtier was a French manager, and a good one, but lacked the experience to...
The Supreme Court has upheld the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor, unanimously dismissing an appeal against Dartmoor National Park Authority made by Dartmoor landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall. The Darwalls had sought to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling handed down in July 2023 which restored the right to wild camp following a...
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC that Ukraine may have to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia. It follows growing pressure from US President Donald Trump to accept territorial concessions. The political opponent to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called it a “temporary” solution. But what might...
Watch: Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko says conceding land to Russia could bring ‘temporary’ peace The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC that Ukraine may have to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia, amid a growing pressure from President Donald Trump to accept territorial concessions. “One of...
AFP Skipped your dog’s walk? That could land you a fine or even a jail term under Indian criminal law In India, you can face criminal charges for tethering an animal on the street, flying a kite in a manner that causes alarm, skipping a school attendance order or handing a feeding bottle to a...
George Thorpe & John Ayres BBC News, Devon BBC Derek Hernaman, 71, with his Series 1 Land Rover – which he has named George A man has completed a charity challenge to drive a 69-year-old Land Rover 4,000 miles (6,400km) around the British coast. Derek Hernaman set off from Lynmouth, Devon, on 8 March in...
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And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together. SWIFT THERE...