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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Planned data centre could create up to 1,000 jobs
Up to 1,000 jobs could be created by a new artificial intelligence data centre in North Lincolnshire. A planning application has been submitted for the "AI data centre campus" by the A15 next to Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate. It would cover up to 435 acres (176 hectares) of agricultural fields. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), construction costs are estimated as between £5.5bn and £9bn, excluding the cost of the computing equipment. The outline application suggests it could comprise up to 15 individual data centre buildings as well as a greenhouse complex and energy centre, the LDRS said. An estimated 2,600 to 3,600 jobs a year on and off site would be supported during the ten-year construction of the facility, according to the LDRS. A proposed energy centre on site would produce up to 49.9MW of electricity a year. Next to it would be a greenhouse complex, using waste heat from the cooling of the data centre buildings to grow agricultural produce. An economic report for the greenhouse predicts it could grow 4,728 tonnes of tomatoes a year supporting an estimated 64 jobs on and off site. There would also be a creche, café, gym and small shop which would be available to workers at the existing industrial estate. Last year, North Lincolnshire Council approved plans for a £2.2bn data centre by the A180 near South Killingholme, which it said would create almost 400 jobs. The application for the Elsham Wolds development is open for residents' comments until 26 June. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Second data centre could bring jobs, council told Data centre approval could create almost 400 jobs Local Democracy Reporting Service
Perth Now
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Surprising detail you might have missed as Peppa Pig's mum gave birth to third piglet
Peppa Pig and her little brother, George, have welcomed a little sister as Mummy Pig gives birth to her third piglet. Good Morning Britain revealed the family had welcomed their second daughter, Evie, named after Mummy Pig's aunty, on Tuesday morning UK time ahead of the next season of the hugely popular children's TV cartoon series. Presenter Richard Arnold broke the news saying more than 60 million viewers 'have been following Mummy Pig and the rest of the pig family while they get ready to welcome their new addition'. Evie's birth comes after the surprise pregnancy announcement in February and a gender reveal celebration in London last month. According to Good Morning Britain, Evie arrived at 5.34am in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, UK. That is the same maternity ward where Catherine, Princess of Wales gave birth to her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The exclusive ward can cost from £5,900 ($A12,301) for just one night, rising to £7,500 ($A15,637) for deluxe packages. 'It's a beautiful thing, she's certainly receiving the royal treatment so far,' Arnold said of the cartoon birth. In posts to the official Peppa Pig social media accounts, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig also made their 'royal appearance' outside the hospital steps with baby Evie in their arms. The birth was also announced with a town crier scroll-style proclamation as well as a special birth certificate plaque on a pink stand. Arnold said viewers can see Peppa's reaction to her new baby sister in new episodes of the cartoon series due to air in coming months.
7NEWS
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Peppa Pig's mum receives ‘royal treatment' as she gives birth to third piglet
Peppa Pig and her little brother, George, have welcomed a little sister as Mummy Pig gives birth to her third piglet. Good Morning Britain revealed the family had welcomed their second daughter, Evie, named after Mummy Pig's aunty, on Tuesday morning UK time ahead of the next season of the hugely popular children's TV cartoon series. Presenter Richard Arnold broke the news saying more than 60 million viewers 'have been following Mummy Pig and the rest of the pig family while they get ready to welcome their new addition'. Evie's birth comes after the surprise pregnancy announcement in February and a gender reveal celebration in London last month. According to Good Morning Britain, Evie arrived at 5.34am in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, UK. That is the same maternity ward where catherine, Princess of Wales gave birth to her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The exclusive ward can cost from £5,900 ($A12,301) for just one night, rising to £7,500 ($A15,637) for deluxe packages. 'It's a beautiful thing, she's certainly receiving the royal treatment so far,' Arnold said of the cartoon birth. In posts to the official Peppa Pig social media accounts, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig also made their 'royal appearance' outside the hospital steps with baby Evie in their arms. The birth was also announced with a town crier scroll-style proclamation as well as a special birth certificate plaque on a pink stand. Arnold said viewers can see Peppa's reaction to her new baby sister in new episodes of the cartoon series due to air in coming months.
Otago Daily Times
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Otago Daily Times
Melbourne Captain Cook memorial removed after repeated vandalism
A contentious Captain Cook memorial that has been the target of repeated vandalism is set to be scrapped. The City of Yarra has voted unanimously to remove the statue, which stands at the entrance to Edinburgh Gardens in Melbourne's inner north. The granite monument was toppled and graffitied over the Australia Day long weekend and is currently in council storage. A council report found that it would cost about $A15,000 to repair and reinstate the statue after it was toppled and spray painted with the words "cook the colony" last year. More than $A100,000 has already been spent over the past 25 years to maintain the memorial. Mayor Stephen Jolly said removing it would eliminate the yearly maintenance costs. "It's a waste of ratepayers' money," Mr Jolly told ABC Melbourne. The memorial has been vandalised several times since 2018. In 2020, the memorial's plaque featuring Cook's face was spray-painted over, with the words "shame" and "remove this" scrawled beneath. A statue of Captain Cook was hacked off at the ankles in St Kilda, and another statue of Queen Victoria near the city's Botanic Gardens was splattered with red paint last year on the eve of Australia Day. Mr Jolly denied council was giving in to the vandals. "I don't think it's a good idea to destroy statues of people from the past ... But we simply can't afford it," he said. "If we wanted to keep it there permanently, we would probably have to have security guards there (and more) lighting. I just don't think the locals want that." Premier Jacinta Allan described the ongoing vandalism of monuments as "deeply disrespectful" and called for community division to end. "It is disappointing," she told reporters on Wednesday. The bronze plaques, which belong to the memorial, are expected to be given to the Captain Cook Society, which celebrates the British explorer.
Daily Mail
07-05-2025
- Daily Mail
We didn't get the classic knock at the door: Grieving family open up about finding out Disneyland worker had died in a crash - by driving up to four-car horror
A Disneyland worker who died in a horror crash involving three cars and a lorry has been remembered by her heartbroken family – five years on from the tragedy. Courtney Davies, 24, was killed in December 2020 when her red MG was struck with such force it was thrown off the A15 in Lincolnshire during a multi-vehicle pile-up. The crash, involving a red Mercedes HGV, a black Renault Clio and an orange BMW, happened just north of Caenby Corner at around 5.40pm. Emergency services rushed to the scene but tragically, nothing could be done to save her. Now, five years later, her family have opened up about the devastating night that changed their lives forever – and the chaos and heartbreak of finding out about her death themselves before officers could formally confirm it. Her mother Ginny said: 'When it happened, it wasn't really the classic knock on the door out of nowhere. We knew that something had happened. 'We were trying to get in touch with Courtney and she would always either text or call us to let us know she was okay. And that particular night we couldn't get a hold of her.' Emma, her sister, recalled how she and their father got in the car to search for her after hearing about a crash on the same road Courtney had been travelling. 'Me and my dad decided that we would go out and go look for her because we had heard there had been an accident on the A15. The road that she was travelling on. My dad and I got in the car. It was just a normal kind of winter's night I suppose. No kind of rain or snow or anything like that but it was dark.' Back at home, Ginny and her other daughter Amy were anxiously watching the driveway. 'Amy and I were looking up the driveway and we saw headlights and we saw headlamps and we ran out and we saw police written on the side so in that moment I just think I knew,' said Ginny. Emma said she knew something was terribly wrong when her sister's boyfriend called. 'I picked up the phone and I could hear my mum wailing in the background so upset. I could hear officer talking and their kind of radios going off. And it was my sister's boyfriend and he said 'I'm so sorry but Courtney's died'. 'And so I had to tell my dad in the car and so we turned around, we went home and everybody was just in pieces.' Courtney, who was born in Kentucky, USA, had lived a 'remarkable life', studying Events Management at Sheffield Hallam University and working at Disneyland in Florida before becoming an events manager back in the UK. 'Courtney was my eldest daughter,' Ginny said. 'A lot of people have said that she lit up a room. She loved to sing, especially country music and she would sing everywhere. She was kind-hearted. She had a wicked sense of humour and a giggle to go with it.' The crash was caused by lorry driver Anthony Alderson, 67, who pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. He had veered off the road slightly to avoid an oncoming HGV and overcorrected, clipping three vehicles including Courtney's, whose car was forced off the road. 'She was doing nothing wrong. It's a busy road,' said Ginny. 'There was a LGV going the other way that stretch is quite narrow. He felt he was a little close to an HGV coming the other way. 'So he moved over slightly and started to go off the road and he then went to move back over and over-corrected. So that he ended up clipping three other vehicles and then Courtney. Her car was taken off the road with the impact. And she was the only one who didn't walk away that night.' The court heard Alderson, from Peterlee in County Durham, had driven lorries for more than four decades and had a clean licence. He was banned from driving for three years, given a 7pm to 7am curfew for six months back in August 2021, but has since retired. 'My sister was that light in the room and I think it has left a hole in the family that can never be replaced,' Emma said.
