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Evening Standard
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Dekmantel: who's on the line-up as the festival kicks off?
The line-up gets even busier. On The Loop, Call Super and Honey Dijon will be playing from 7pm and 9pm respectively, while Shanti Celeste opens The Selectors stage at 1pm and Steevio and Priori both play live sets on the UFO II stage. That's already a lot, but do make time to see East African DJ Kampire take over The Nest: her bass-heavy sets are a great way to spend a Saturday.
Times
29-07-2025
- Times
Seven of the UK's best beach bars
Let's face it, the UK isn't Paros or Ibiza — a great British beach bar is a rare find along the country's otherwise infinitely varied coastline. Fish and chip vans, yes; cool coastal drinking spots, not so much. Yet in recent years our waterside offerings have morphed from the bog-standard cafés they once were, and a smattering of decent, buzzy spots can be found — usually big on wooden counters and a relaxed ambience, with alcohol licences and nicely presented food. Their hours of operation are often flexible, with early closing if the weather is bad and extended opening when the temperature stays high. But when you stumble across one of these bars on a sunny day, it will feel priceless (or about £6 a pint). • Seven of the UK's best coastal hotels under £175 This article contains affiliate links that can earn us revenue This bar stands on the three-mile-long Perranporth beach, with surfboards perpetually just outside on the sand. It is a place steeped in Cornish folklore, where pints of Rattler cider flow freely and the sunsets are spectacular. Run by the Job family since the 1970s, it has a long, wide bar, screens for sports and plenty of live music ( The Nest, a posh rooftop addition to the bar, opened in June ( The Seiners Arms, a short stroll across the dunes, has no-nonsense rooms to which to retire. Details B&B doubles from £150 ( • Revealed: the UK's 50 best beaches for 2025 What started as a shipping container plonked on the shingle beach at Folkestone became the Pilot in 2021. There is very little indoor space here, so it probably won't be open if there is rain tipping down, but if the sun is shining and you're sipping on one of the bar's canned cocktails — try a beachside spritz — there is nowhere that feels cooler than this corner of the south coast ( The London and Paris Hotel, five minutes' walk away, continues the bohemian appeal with personality-filled rooms, and also has one of the best restaurants in Folkestone. Details Room-only doubles from £185 ( The gloriously sandy Southbourne beach is particularly popular with locals and, under the promenade, low-slung, ultra-relaxed Sobo acts as a community centre. With wooden counters and picnic benches, it opens daily from 8am until sunset in summer, when it hosts family craft sessions alongside live music and regular exercise classes, including yoga — weather permitting. Menu options include cocktails, juices and vegan poke bowls ( Just above the beach, the Spyglass & Kettle pub has eight rooms, a popular bar and Room-only doubles from £95 ( Surrounded by pine trees and fields, the blue-flag Blackpool Sands beach is about ten minutes' drive south of Dartmouth. Run by the Newman family, who have operated here since the 1950s, the bar overlooking the beach adds a Med-style accent to its surroundings, with an open kitchen and French doors that are opened in good weather. There's a takeaway menu and locally produced beer, cider and gin, plus live music on summer evenings ( The Newmans also run Wildcomfort, a collection of off-grid cabins and shepherd's huts behind the Two nights' self-catering for two from £350 ( • 25 of the best hotels in Devon Originally a lifeboat station, this stone building has been given a new lease of life as a distinctly hip bar and restaurant, serving locally caught lobster with chips, chowder and a good kids' menu. On a small rocky peninsula between the East Strand and West Strand beaches, there are plenty of outside tables, while the Skippers lounge offers a regular roster of live music into the evenings ( A couple of minutes' walk away, Elephant Rock Hotel is another example of a growing sense of style in Portrush and is perfectly placed for the Giant's Causeway, 20 minutes' drive east. Details B&B doubles from £171 ( The most beautifully situated cocktail bar in Scotland overlooks the Firth of Clyde, Surrounded by trees and sandy. An offshoot of the Arran Botanicals drinks firm, it has been dispensing libations since 2022. A 40-minute walk, or about ten minutes by bus, south from the ferry port in the village of Brodick, the bar is usually open from midday to 6pm Thursdays to Mondays. It also aims to open for periods in winter and is rarely crowded ( Just west of Brodick, well-regarded Auchrannie Resort offers a range of accommodation options, including rooms, lodges and motorhome stopovers. Details B&B doubles from £235 ( A minute's walk from the beach, the Landing is the most food-centric beach bar in Northumberland, the seafood on its menu being supplied by the last fisherman still in operation in the village. It is open from breakfast through to dinner, augmented by a regular bill of live music. There is plenty of space inside this wood-clad building, while a large tarpaulin provides additional cover. If you want something more relaxed, the Bae satellite hut offers wood-fired pizza in the summer months. The Landing also runs a small motorhome site. Details Pitches from £20 a night ( Have we missed your favourite? Please share your recommendations in the comments below
Yahoo
26-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
New permanent shelter to open in Regina on July 28
Regina's new emergency shelter was unveiled on Friday, showcasing 50 permanent shelter beds and a host of programming facilities for the city's homeless population. The new facility, called the New Beginnings Enhanced Emergency Shelter, sits on the old Eagles Club location in the Heritage neighbourhood. The shelter will be officially opened to the public on July 28, replacing the current temporary shelter at The Nest Health Centre on 13th Avenue. After transferring its current clients to the new location, the temporary shelter, also called New Beginnings, will shut down. "Having that sense of permanency allows for us to continue to expand and better embed ourselves in how we service our vulnerable community members," said Natasha Kennedy, whose organization, Regina Treaty/Status Indian Services, will run the shelter. According to the most recent point-in-time count in October 2024, there were 824 homeless people identified in Regina. That was an increase of 255 per cent from 2015. New Beginnings will offer all of the same services provided at The Nest, including addictions support and cultural programming. Its kitchen will serve clients three meals a day, and provide showers, bathrooms, laundry services and a common area. As it is replacing the 50 beds offered at The Nest, New Beginnings will not be adding any new shelter beds to the city's total capacity. The shelter won't turn people away if all of its beds are occupied, said Kennedy. Instead, it will try to make arrangements for them with other shelters and care facilities. "We understand that folks come with multiple barriers and challenges. And some of those challenges are people in active use" she said of the centre's low-barrier design, which provides privacy for each bed space but does not have floor-to-ceiling walls separating them. "This allows for us to work with them if they are looking for treatment or if they're looking for other support, if we're looking at addressing harm reduction." The opening comes after years of public consultations, negotiations among city officials, and pleas from community advocates about where to build the centre. The location on Halifax Street, which sits one block north of the Regina Police Services headquarters, was selected after a 9-to-2 vote at Regina city council in September 2024. The total cost of the shelter is $6.8 million. The federal government provided $3 million through the Federal Transit and Housing Fund and an additional $1.1 million through its Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampment Initiative. The provincial government guaranteed another $3 million as a forgivable loan. For its part, the City of Regina will cover the centre's $1 million annual operating costs. It will also own the building. "It's the signal that this is something we take seriously," said Regina mayor Chad Bachynski. "To have a permanent space in Regina, moving away from a temporary space, I think speaks volumes to the commitment that Regina is making in terms of helping folks address challenges that they're facing with respect to homelessness."
Morocco World
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Morocco World
Marrakech Short Film Festival is Back with New International Competition and Expanded Low-Budget Program
Fez– The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is back this year with more ambition, more countries, and a stronger focus on storytelling that crosses borders and budgets. For its fifth edition, the festival introduces a brand-new international competition into its programming, its most significant step yet toward becoming a truly global space for short films. The 2025 edition brings together filmmakers from across the world. We are talking Morocco, Palestine, France, Poland, Jordan, India, Iran, Ghana, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Mexico, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Iraq, Belgium, DR Congo, Sri Lanka, and El Salvador, this year's Guest Country, all represented. It's a lineup that speaks clearly to the festival's aim which is to make short films a vehicle for cultural dialogue, not just entertainment. The new international competition is designed to do just that. It offers filmmakers from underrepresented regions a place to show their work on an international stage, right here in Marrakech. It's not just about screening films, it's about opening up space for creative voices that are often overlooked, and giving them the attention they deserve. For a city known for its ties to global cinema, this feels like a natural next chapter. While the international section is a new addition, the festival continues to support Moroccan cinema in its own way, especially through its low budget film program. Introduced in 2023, the program focuses on supporting young Moroccan filmmakers working with minimal resources. It offers production grants, mentorship, and a chance to premiere their films as part of the official selection. This year, the spotlight falls on 'The Nest', a moving social drama by director Ayoub Boudadi and producer El Meftahi Abdeslam. Funded through the 2025 grant, and developed in partnership with NADACOME, the film takes on the subject of gender-based violence in a rural Moroccan village. Quietly intense and rooted in lived experience, the film reflects the kind of raw, unfiltered storytelling the low budget program was built to encourage. The initiative itself is not just a footnote in the festival's lineup – it's a central part of its identity. At a time when Moroccan cinema is evolving fast, this inclusive program has become a way to nurture bold, independent voices that might not otherwise find the support to get started. 'This is our most ambitious edition so far,' said Ramia Beladel, founder and director of the festival in a press release. 'With the international competition and the return of our production support, we're creating a space for new ideas, for collaboration, and for giving visibility to filmmakers who are usually left out of the spotlight,' Beladel continued. The Marrakech Short Film Festival is building a space that celebrates short films not as a stepping stone, but as a powerful form in their own right. With each roll of the credits, the gathering is connecting Morocco to the world, quietly, thoughtfully, and with intent. Tags: festivalMarrakechShort film
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
This new Salt Lake City complex signals start of a district's major redevelopment
Janet West remembers sitting at the Alta Club when she overheard a conversation about low-income housing tax credits. West, a co-manager of the real estate company W3 Partners, doesn't remember when this took place, but she couldn't shake off the idea of getting into affordable housing. Having experienced life as a single mother of five at one point, she knew the difficulties in housing and she wanted to help. 'It was just on my mind,' she told 'Affordability is really important to me, so that background of hearing that there's a way to help provide affordable housing for people, (we said) let's look into it and see if it's a possibility.' The idea eventually became The Nest at Rio Grande, a 220-unit housing complex that is now open in Salt Lake City's Rio Grande District. All one-bedroom and studio units are set aside for individuals earning up to 60% of the area's median income. The complex not only adds more affordable units to a city seeking to add more, but it also signals what's to come in the district. Formal planning for The Nest began in 2021, after W3 Partners acquired an office space along 400 South between Rio Grande Street and 500 West. Although the W3 Partners had mostly focused on commercial properties to this point, company leadership wanted to turn the space's parking lot into affordable housing. That just seemed like the right thing to do with it, said John L. West another co-manager of the firm, and Janet West's husband. So, W3 embarked on what would quickly become a complicated process. Construction was already marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, as labor shortages and supply chain issues caused all sorts of headaches. Inflation came next as lockdowns were lifted. U.S. inflation rates began to pick up in the spring of 2021, peaking in June 2022, right as all these plans were being put together. Construction costs became a 'rollercoaster ride' with the price of lumber and other materials changing almost daily, instead of monthly or seasonally, said Cory Moore, CEO of Big-D Construction. The Federal Reserve responded by raising interest rates, adding one more wrinkle for companies like W3 that were trying to build. 'It was a very difficult time to design a project,' John West said. Building affordable housing is especially challenging even in a stable market, which is where those low-income housing tax credits — offered through a federal program that incentivizes affordable housing — came in handy. The final cost of the project will likely end up around $70 million, John West said, which isn't a number that can't be recouped through affordable housing rates. The company approached groups like the Utah Private Activity Bond Authority Board to receive state and federal credits that are passed on to lenders — Goldman Sachs' Urban Investment Group, in this case — so they're willing to issue a bond to pay for the project, he explained. Salt Lake City's Community Reinvestment Agency also chipped in, directing $2 million in funds toward the project. 'It's great that we can have affordable housing where the workforce for our city … don't have to live the outskirts of our city or outside the city, but they can live right downtown where we're seeing a lot of redevelopment,' said Salt Lake City Councilman Darin Mano, who is also chairman of the Community Reinvestment Agency. Construction began in 2023 and wrapped up earlier this year, allowing The Nest's first residents to move in ahead of schedule. W3 hosted a ceremony to celebrate the project's completion on Thursday. The six-story facility comes with a suite of amenities, including a fitness center, 'modern' clubhouse, a pair of outdoor terraces and a parking garage, among other things. A mural celebrating the neighborhood's train history can also be found inside, and the building is within two blocks of Utah Transit Authority's Salt Lake Central Station. 'I just hope (residents) find it comfortable and that it feels like home,' said Janet West, now that her idea has come to life. There are other apartment complexes in the area, but The Nest could be seen as the first of a new wave of planned developments. Thursday's ceremony took place a week after the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the University of Utah $2 million through its Brownfields Grants program to help clean up a site in the area that could be a part of its redevelopment plans. It's also less than a block from where Climbing USA plans to build its headquarters. UTA has also explored major redevelopment of its Rio Grande properties, as has the Community Redevelopment Agency, which approved a master plan for the area last year. It's a key reason why W3 selected the area for its housing project, John West said. He believes the neighborhood will look completely different over the next decade with everything that's planned. Mano agrees, largely because it's one of the largest spaces that the city has control over. He expects that Rio Grande could be the city's Granary District or Central Ninth neighborhood, filling in with a mix of residents and businesses as downtown growth spills outward to the south and west of its original boundaries. The Nest is a good starting point. 'Seeing an actual building open in that Rio Grande area is exciting because that is one of the biggest opportunities we have within our city to really create the Salt Lake City of the future,' he said.
