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BBC News
12 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Former inspector to stand trial over fatal crash in Etwall
A former detective chief inspector has denied causing the death of a pedestrian by dangerous driving in a village in Cooper, who previously worked for Derbyshire Police, is accused of killing 50-year-old James Bane while driving a Peugeot 208 in Egginton Road, Etwall, in September in the dock wearing a dark blue suit and tie, he pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Nottingham Crown Court on 54-year-old also entered a not guilty plea to causing serious injury to a woman, who cannot be named due to a court order. During the hearing, Mr Cooper spoke only to confirm his name and enter not guilty pleas, and was told he will face trial next Independent Office for Police Conduct confirmed in April this year that charges had been brought against the case after a 10-minute hearing, judge Steven Coupland told Cooper: "I am going to adjourn your case for a trial, which at present will take place starting on 6 July next year."You can have your bail on the same terms as now until that date. The next hearing will be on 29 August this year. You need to be back here on that date."
NZ Herald
4 days ago
- Business
- NZ Herald
Weekend wine guide: Villa Maria's stellar Cellar Selection
The Cellar Selection offers a magnetic combination of quality and value. Photo / Getty Images Michael Cooper has 45 wine books and several literary awards to his credit. In the 2004 New Year Honours, Michael was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. With their familiar gold labels, Villa Maria's widely available, mid-priced Cellar Selection wines have for decades offered a magnetic combination of quality and value. The company's ownership changed nearly four years ago, and 2022 and 2023 were both tricky vintages in Hawke's Bay. Are the wines still delivering great value? Priced above Villa Maria's Private Bin range, which despite the name is made in huge volumes, and below the top-tier Reserve and Single Vineyard wines, the Cellar Selection white wines retail in the $16-$20 range and the reds at slightly more than $20. At those prices, they are well worth buying. Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Gris 2024 ★★★★ Bargain-priced, this vigorous, slightly off-dry wine was grown in the Awatere Valley. Full-bodied, it has generous peach and pear flavours, slightly spicy notes and fresh acidity, with a sliver of sweetness that gives easy-drinking charm. Already drinking well, it should be at its best mid-2026+. (13.5% alc/vol) $16-$20 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2023 ★★★½ From a wet growing season, this full-bodied, smooth wine was fermented and lees-aged in stainless steel tanks and oak barriques. Bright, light lemon/green, with a slightly creamy bouquet, it is dry, with lively, peachy, gently toasty flavours, woven with fresh acidity and considerable complexity. (13.5% alc/vol) $16-$20 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Noir Rosé 2024 ★★★★ This bright, pale pink wine is fresh, light-bodied and very lively, with delicate strawberry and watermelon flavours, crisp and basically dry. Full of youthful drive, it's currently delicious. (12.5% alc/vol) $16-$20 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke's Bay Syrah 2022 ★★★★ This youthful, graceful red delivers good value. Full-coloured, it is a fragrant medium-to-full-bodied wine with very good depth of vibrant plum and black pepper flavours, a distinct touch of complexity and a smooth, harmonious, lingering finish. (12.5% alc/vol) $20-$22 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Noir 2023 ★★★½ Priced right, this ruby-hued red was aged in French oak barriques. Mouthfilling and supple, it is still youthful, with fresh, lively cherry, plum and spice flavours, savoury notes adding complexity and very good depth, vigour and harmony. (13.5% alc/vol) $22-$26 Wine of the week: Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 ★★★★ This great-value, strongly varietal wine was fermented and lees-aged in tanks. Bright, light lemon/green, it is highly aromatic, vibrant and tangy. Balancing ripe, passionfruit-like flavours with green capsicum-evoking notes, it shows very good vigour and intensity. (12.5% alc/vol) $16-$20
BBC News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'This is why great sport is irresistible'
Arguably the most dramatic moment involving the Premier League at the weekend, happened in the Championship playoffs when Sunderland magically gained promotion in the 95th-minute of the final at Watson's fabulous goal may be one of the most lucrative strikes in football history considering the money Sunderland will now bank. Tom could just as likely have seen the keeper read the shot a mere millisecond quicker and Michael Cooper would have tipped it round the post, but the keeper was short by a centimetre. Luck and skill together determining all in an Tom Watson, this time the golfer, holed a chip on the 17th at Pebble beach in the 1982 US Open and it was just as iconic. Had Tom's chip been a centimetre to the left or right and not hit the flag then dropped in, a two putt was almost certain. Jack Nicklaus would have caught him, he might not have become champion and history would have is why great sport is irresistible. The skill, the luck and the tiny margins change life courses and produce memories and passions never to be up to read more from Pat Nevin in his Football Extra newsletter
BBC News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Wilder criticism is unfair - there's nobody better
I did the thing you're not supposed to do on Sunday. I went on an internet chat forum to gauge fan as with social media, are often a place to vent and let off steam. You can't judge the thoughts of an entire fan base off a few spicy comments online. However, it is at least worth having a glance to see what's being said sometimes – even if it makes for unpleasant viewing for yours truly and my esteemed colleagues from the world of local reaction to the play-off defeat against Sunderland was not kind to manager Chris Wilder. That's the mild, family friendly isn't right. It isn't fair. It needs to be challenged. So here goes…Sheffield United won 92 points this season, a club record. In the last 10 years, that would've been enough to go up automatically eight Blades equalled a run of away wins this season dating back to the late started the summer staring at a major rebuild of the squad. They smartly used the sale of players like Will Osula to bring in key additions. Michael Cooper and Harrison Burrows weren't mega-money splashes. They were sensational, astute tapped into the club's academy, giving talented young players a chance to become household who were figures of a fun the season before, like Vini Souza, became fan favourites under Wilder's had to handle crushing injuries to Harry Souttar and Ollie Arblaster, the latter being replaced by another talented academy prospect in Sydie club also had a lengthy ownership saga going on in the background, creating uncertainty. Then there was the crushing tragedy of George Baldock's death which impacted everyone associated with Sheffield all of this, and it would consume many other managers and clubs, United were 15 minutes from the Premier wasn't a failure. This wasn't an effort worthy of online rants, undermining the manager, claiming he doesn't know what he was doing. What total and utter abject was one of Wilder's best efforts in a long, successful career. Sunderland, to their credit, and roared on by a fantastic crowd at Wembley, snatched promotion away with two excellent goals. That's is United's best ever boss. This isn't to undermine the brilliant work of Dave Bassett but the game's changed. Football has never been more challenging or dominated by money. A manager's job is harder than it was 30 years ago. Considerably so, in my in defeat, Wilder should be praised. There's nobody better to get things going again next season.
National Post
21-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Dream Office REIT Announces May 2025 Monthly Distribution
Article content TORONTO — DREAM OFFICE REIT (TSX: ('Dream Office' or the 'Trust') today announced its May 2025 monthly distribution of 8.333 cents ($1.00 annualized) per REIT Unit, Series A ('REIT A Units'). The May distribution will be payable on June 13, 2025 to unitholders of record as at May 30, 2025. Article content Article content Dream Office REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. Dream Office REIT is a premier office landlord in downtown Toronto with over 3.5 million square feet owned and managed. We have carefully curated an investment portfolio of high-quality assets in irreplaceable locations in one of the finest office markets in the world. For more information, please visit our website at Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content For further information, please contact: Article content Michael J. Cooper Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (416) 365-5145 mcooper@ Article content Article content
