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South Wales Argus
5 hours ago
- Business
- South Wales Argus
Public money wasted as Green Festival farm value declines
So it is of interest and the concern of myself and the taxpaying people of Wales. I do not know if it is tenanted, and if so who currently rents and farms its 241 acres. If it would not cause hardship to a sitting tenant, I'd like to make a few suggestions for its future. Not that any Senedd Members will take notice of me or us the Welsh public. Why not split it into six blocks of 40 acres to let to local young farmers to establish starter cow herds of beef cattle, or starter flocks of lowland sheep? Without any appropriate milking parlour buildings or summer moorland out-by grazing, these land blocks would be unsuitable for dairy cows or hill top breeds of sheep. In years past many county councils did rent out starter small holdings to young farmers, as at the Middleton Estate, it was done for many years at what is now the National Botanic Garden. Each of the six blocks could be let for five or 10 years, with quick-to-erect, modestly priced containers as sheds. Before new dwellers to the countryside object, they need to be reminded that WAG is soon set to approve massive blocks of container bigger sized Lithium Iron battery blocks near their homes to store erratic electricity from giant wind turbines all over Wales. They will be far uglier than a few plain starter sheds for young farmers. Another benefit could be to establish an Usk pumping water extraction station at Gileston Farm, which is very close to the river Usk. Using that facility in three ways:- to top up the Brecon canal; to control flooding further down the Usk valley, and to partly deliver fresh clean Usk water to the thirsty former mining valleys and Newport and Cardiff and even Bristol. So, Gilestone Farm could have far better beneficial usage than selling it off, on our behalf, at a huge loss to our public purse and our wallets without us having any say in the matter. I. Richard, Clydach.
Winnipeg Free Press
21 hours ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Protesters offer less-than-Friendly Manitoba welcome to U.S. ambassador to Canada
Dozens of protesters lined the streets outside the Winnipeg Art Gallery Tuesday afternoon, denouncing a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon featuring the United States' ambassador to Canada. Waving signs and chanting slogans, the crowd — which grew to nearly 100 — slammed American foreign policy, accusing Ambassador Pete Hoekstra of representing an administration that promotes division and undermines global co-operation. Canada and the U.S. have been involved in contentious trade talks for months, and another of President Donald Trump's deadlines for imposing additional punishing tariffs on Canadian imports is quickly approaching on Thursday. Some demonstrators also took aim at the chamber itself for offering Hoekstra a platform during a politically fraught time, while others turned their criticism toward Prime Minister Mark Carney. 'Carney, Carney, you can't hide, we know you are on Trump's side!' some in the crowd shouted. The rally began with about 50 people just before noon outside the WAG on Memorial Boulevard, then shifted around the corner to St. Mary Avenue. There, protesters greeted arriving luncheon guests with chants, boos and pointed signage. 'We're here saying we need an independent foreign policy, we can't follow the U.S.,' said Sarah Brobridge, who was with the Winnipeg Coalition for Peace and Sovereignty. 'We can't follow them into the murderous, genocidal wars they're dragging us into. We're standing against the five per cent (of GDP contribution to NATO's) budget, which is going to rip away from social needs, housing and health care — everything that people need here (in Canada). And we're standing up against the U.S.'s decline into fascism.' The group also questioned the chamber's choice of speaker, arguing it should reflect on why it invited someone whose 'avowed purposes include making Canada an appendage of the U.S. war machine and to make Canada the 51st state.' The Free Press has requested comment from the chamber. Weekday Mornings A quick glance at the news for the upcoming day. Protesters also called out Premier Wab Kinew and Mayor Scott Gillingham, demanding answers for what they called 'silence' and a lack of criticism over Hoekstra's visit. 'I am opposed to American imperialism anywhere, and the fascist trends going on there and the threat that poses to Canada and the rest of the world,' said Ann LeTouche, who held a sign that said, 'Tariff this, sphincter face,' and another that read, 'Justifying mass murder is psychopathy.' LeTouche also critiqued the rally's focus, noting that some of the messaging veered off topic. 'We need to focus on the fact that this is a visit of an ambassador for a country that's threatened to invade us,' she said. Scott BilleckReporter Scott Billeck is a general assignment reporter for the Free Press. A Creative Communications graduate from Red River College, Scott has more than a decade's worth of experience covering hockey, football and global pandemics. He joined the Free Press in 2024. Read more about Scott. Every piece of reporting Scott produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
WAG Taylor Ward shares gender of second child with footballer Riyad Mahrez at stunning reveal in Dubai
TAYLOR Ward has shared the gender of her second child with footballer Riyad Mahrez at a stunning Dubai reveal. WAG Advertisement 4 Taylor Ward has shared the gender of her second child with footballer Riyad Mahrez at a stunning Dubai reveal Credit: Instagram In a video posted to Instagram, the couple beamed as a burst of blue balloons and smoke billowed into the sky, confirming the exciting news. Guests were seen cheering and clapping as the couple embraced on the beach. The loved-up pair already share daughter Mila, three, and have been documenting their journey to baby number two online. Taylor – daughter of Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward – looked effortlessly chic in a fitted cream dress, while Mahrez kept it classic in a matching shirt and trousers. Advertisement read more on Taylor Ward The reveal took place in Dubai, where the couple split their time between the UAE and the UK. In her caption, Taylor wrote: "The most special day, baby boy we can't wait to meet you!!" Taylor recently hinted at her second pregnancy on social media, sharing bump snaps and saying she "couldn't wait" to meet their newest addition. It was just last month that the influencer Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Taylor appeared in a sweet video with her hubby and her daughter Mila, two, on Instagram. She held her growing baby bump as she wore a skin-tight white crop top and her denim jeans were undone. Dawn Ward's daughter Taylor marries footballer Riyad Mahrez in Italy surrounded by celebs and VERY famous wedding singer Her young daughter kissed her stomach whilst holding the polaroids from the first scan. Riyad proudly posed beside his wife of three years in a matching blue and white outfit. Advertisement He was seen lovingly embracing his daughter as she got more and more excited in the video. Later, the parents were seen hugging their tot on the sofa - who was born in July 2022 - as they all embraced the prospect of an expanding family. The right winger - who plays for the Saudi Pro League club His other children were also sat in their stylish lounge as Taylor announced the news. Advertisement They soon hugged as a blended family of five as they prepare to welcome a new addition. Taylor captioned the post: "Our family is growing," with a white heart emoji. She initially tied the knot with the footballer in an intimate and low-key religious ceremony in January 2022. The duo then Advertisement This was before they celebrated with their family and friends at a 4 She and husband Riyad opened a giant box to discover they're expecting a baby boy Credit: Instagram 4 In a video posted to Instagram, the couple beamed as a burst of blue balloons and smoke billowed into the sky Credit: Instagram 4 It was just last month that the influencer revealed she's expecting again Credit: Instagram Advertisement
Scottish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
WAG Taylor Ward shares gender of second child with footballer Riyad Mahrez at stunning reveal in Dubai
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TAYLOR Ward has shared the gender of her second child with footballer Riyad Mahrez at a stunning Dubai reveal. WAG Taylor, 27, gathered friends and family for the lavish celebration, where she and husband Riyad, 34, opened a giant box to discover they're expecting a baby boy. 4 Taylor Ward has shared the gender of her second child with footballer Riyad Mahrez at a stunning Dubai reveal Credit: Instagram In a video posted to Instagram, the couple beamed as a burst of blue balloons and smoke billowed into the sky, confirming the exciting news. Guests were seen cheering and clapping as the couple embraced on the beach. The loved-up pair already share daughter Mila, three, and have been documenting their journey to baby number two online. Taylor – daughter of Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward – looked effortlessly chic in a fitted cream dress, while Mahrez kept it classic in a matching shirt and trousers. The reveal took place in Dubai, where the couple split their time between the UAE and the UK. In her caption, Taylor wrote: "The most special day, baby boy we can't wait to meet you!!" Taylor recently hinted at her second pregnancy on social media, sharing bump snaps and saying she "couldn't wait" to meet their newest addition. It was just last month that the influencer revealed she's expecting again. Taylor appeared in a sweet video with her hubby and her daughter Mila, two, on Instagram. She held her growing baby bump as she wore a skin-tight white crop top and her denim jeans were undone. Dawn Ward's daughter Taylor marries footballer Riyad Mahrez in Italy surrounded by celebs and VERY famous wedding singer Her young daughter kissed her stomach whilst holding the polaroids from the first scan. Riyad proudly posed beside his wife of three years in a matching blue and white outfit. He was seen lovingly embracing his daughter as she got more and more excited in the video. Later, the parents were seen hugging their tot on the sofa - who was born in July 2022 - as they all embraced the prospect of an expanding family. The right winger - who plays for the Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli - has two other children from a previous marriage with internet personality, Rita Johal. His other children were also sat in their stylish lounge as Taylor announced the news. They soon hugged as a blended family of five as they prepare to welcome a new addition. Taylor captioned the post: "Our family is growing," with a white heart emoji. She initially tied the knot with the footballer in an intimate and low-key religious ceremony in January 2022. The duo then officially wed in a legal ceremony in September 2023 at The Londoner Hotel. This was before they celebrated with their family and friends at a lavish ceremony at Lake Como in Italy. 4 She and husband Riyad opened a giant box to discover they're expecting a baby boy Credit: Instagram 4 In a video posted to Instagram, the couple beamed as a burst of blue balloons and smoke billowed into the sky Credit: Instagram
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
I started asking NBA WAGs questions. Now, millions are watching.
Maddy Sells on "WAG Talk" — and getting the scoop on Paige Bueckers's girlfriend. 'How well do you know your NBA husband?' It's a question you may have heard as you scroll through social media, and it's one Maddy Sells is directing at the wives (and girlfriends, aka WAGs) of NBA players as they hang out courtside or loiter near the locker room. Sells — the woman behind the video series WAG Talk — will quiz each WAG about their partner's playing history before revealing who they're coupled up with. In the case of WNBA No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers, who got the WAG Talk treatment during WNBA All-Star Weekend last week, the answer is her former UConn teammate Azzi Fudd. Bueckers's interview with Sells hard launched the two players' relationship for the first time, nearly breaking the internet in the process. For Sells, who grew up playing basketball and idolizing teams like the Miami Heat, putting WAGs — a group of women so often subjected to stereotypes — in the spotlight is a response to something she noticed early on through her own fandom: It was men who dominated the conversation, while their partners sat on the sidelines. With WAG Talk, the sports marketing major is handing WAGs the mic and racking up millions of clicks in the process. And with her recent expansion to include not just the NBA but the WNBA and their other halves (like Bueckers and Fudd) too, she's also giving queer relationships their due. In this interview with Yahoo's Kerry Justich, Sells shares in her own words how she's created a brand out of platforming wives and girlfriends — and what it means for the future of sports coverage. I started WAG Talk in February at the Miami Heat Gala. I would see these couples walking the red carpet, and the media would interview all the players while the wives and girlfriends would stand to the side and listen. There were a lot of really cool women who were not getting interviewed at all, which I felt was such a missed opportunity. Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s girlfriend is Dominique Ruotolo, a Division I track runner, and Kevin Love's wife [Kate Love] is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model. There are just so many cool stories to be told about these women, and they didn't really have the platform. So I thought that would be the perfect place to launch the start of WAG Talk. I got about five interviews there, the biggest one being Tyler Herro's girlfriend [Katya Elise Henry]. That video got 31 million views on TikTok. So I was like, OK, people really do have an appetite for this content. A different point of entry for sports fans When I started working with [the media company] Enjoy Basketball, I came in knowing that it was a super, super positive brand. Everything that they do is just to uplift athletes and to be very positive about growing the game. So I wanted to make this series really, really positive and something that I know the women will have fun playing along with. I feel like my audience has been changing with every single video that I post. It's finally become a 50-50 split of men and women following WAG Talk, which is really nice. I think people watch it for different reasons. There's an audience of women who are really interested in fashion and just everything with the WAG-related lifestyle. There are also plenty of women who love sports and want to follow along to see if they can get the questions right about the athlete. The same goes for the male audience. A lot of guys tell me that WAG Talk is their guilty pleasure because they like to see if they can figure out who the player is before the reveal. That's how I wanted to get viewers engaged in this series. There's been a ton of negativity on the content in the past from people who think really negatively about wives and girlfriends of players. But there was kind of a big switch [during WNBA All-Star Weekend], with so much positivity from WNBA fans. I gained a whole new audience. Paige Bueckers's hard launch She was definitely at the very top of my list. I went into the weekend preparing a bunch of different WAG Talk questions for tons of different people, and I was able to get Paige and Natasha [Cloud, of the New York Liberty] on the orange carpet. I honestly wasn't expecting them to say yes to the interview. I never want to make anyone uncomfortable talking about a relationship that they're not ready to talk about. But when I noticed that Paige was really comfortable with it, I was like, 'OK, let's do this.' She was so happy when I said, 'How well do you know your D1 girlfriend?' Her smile just made my day. Other content creators in sports, like Aliyah Funschelle, were around me too. She had interviewed Paige right before I did, so after my interview happened, she looked at me and said, 'Maddy, I think that was the hard launch. You need to go.' I was like, 'Oh, I gotta sprint to my hotel to edit this because this is going to go absolutely crazy.' The response to it has been amazing. The Paige video has 11 million views, and the one with Natasha Cloud [speaking about her girlfriend and Liberty teammate Isabelle Harrison] has 7 million. So there clearly is a big appetite for knowing about these relationships and women's sports in general. These videos have a lot more views than a lot of NBA videos. The importance of WNBA coverage Pride Month is when I first did a WNBA WAG Talk, and it was with [New York Liberty star] Breanna Stewart's wife. And that was very intentional. The WNBA content has really hit the queer community, which is super cool. They just like seeing the LGBTQ community being promoted in sports, finally. I still do want to include the HABs [husbands and boyfriends of women athletes]. As such a big Heat fan, [Miami player] Bam Adebayo and [Las Vegas Aces center] A'ja Wilson are my favorite couple ever, and I've been wanting to do a video with them. But seeing how excited and happy the women are while talking about their [female] partners has shown the world so much positivity when it comes to the queer community. Over the weekend, we went from 48,000 [followers] on TikTok to 73,000. Seeing how powerful the female audience is and just how much they love this switch of WAG Talk going into the WNBA has been really, really cool to see. It just proved how big an appetite there is for women's sports. When you make the content, the audience will come. There are plenty of WNBA fans out there. There needs to be more content being created around it, because these women deserve huge platforms. They deserve to be able to tell their stories. This has been edited for length and clarity. Solve the daily Crossword
