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Edinburgh Reporter
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
A new chapter at Badger & Co – where literary charm meets culinary innovation
Edinburgh's Badger & Co has opened an exciting new dining chapter at its beloved Castle Street location, and what a page-turner it was. Nestled in the New Town where cobblestones echo with centuries of stories and Edinburgh Castle stands sentinel, this reimagined menu weaves together Scotland's finest produce with literary whimsy that would make Kenneth Grahame himself proud. The restaurant's connection to The Wind in the Willows runs deeper than mere theme – Grahame was born at this very address, 32 Castle Street, in 1859. It's a delightful piece of Edinburgh literary history that new head chef Scott Campbell has embraced with creativity. Campbell, supported by his talented team of eight, has crafted a playful, seasonal menu that ventures boldly beyond the 'Wild Wood' of traditional Scottish fare, celebrating local and foraged ingredients with contemporary flair that feels both innovative and authentically Scottish. This is exactly the kind of culinary ingenuity that will captivate both discerning locals and the international visitors flocking to our city for Festival season. D75 The menu structure is thoughtfully designed – small plates for sharing (my usual bugbear, but they work beautifully as starters here), followed by 'the main voyage' cleverly divided into Field, Shore, and Glen options, plus generous sharing sides that elevate the entire experience. The heritage tomatoes with whipped feta, burnt onion emulsion, and black olive crumb was nothing short of a revelation – simplicity executed with such precision that every bite celebrated the tomato's natural magnificence. My dining companion Nicki's Scotsman scallops with haggis, pickled neeps, roast potato aioli, and samphire (which I'll take her enthusiastic word for, being seafood-allergic myself) hit every mark with its inspired fusion of coastal and highland flavours. On our waiter Angus's excellent recommendation, we indulged in Badger's homemade bread with Edinburgh butter and Blackthorn sea salt – the perfect light, doughy accompaniment that showcased the kitchen team's attention to even the smallest details. For mains, I couldn't resist the pork tomahawk from the Field section, glazed with n'duja and red pepper, accompanied by potato gratin, salsa verde, and cavolo nero. But the real star was the side of spring cabbage – forget every terrible school dinner memory you might harbour. This beautiful, sweet spring cabbage with peas, more of that glorious whipped feta, crispy cavolo nero, and a satisfying crunch of pecan was nothing short of a revelation. I am already planning to recreate it at home. Nicki opted for the Cauliflower Steak from the Glen selection, served with butter bean purée, cauliflower couscous, cauliflower leaves, and walnut dukkah. While she was perfectly content with her choice, as a committed carnivore, I'm convinced I chose the winner. Desserts continued Campbell's theme of familiar comfort reimagined. Nicki's Sticky Toffee Tea Party arrived as a perfect mini-loaf made with Earl Grey-soaked puréed dates, drowning in Blackthorn caramel sauce with a generous dollop of clotted cream. My Cranachan Teacake was pure theatre – and here's a tip – definitely ask for both fork and spoon to anchor this beauty, or risk a Julia Roberts Pretty Woman moment when cracking the dark chocolate shell! Once breached, the dreamy interior is revealed – layers of raspberry and whisky jam, marshmallow, fresh raspberries, and rose honey that paired magnificently with a dram of Dalwhinnie, its light, floral notes cutting through the dessert's rich complexity. With Festival season approaching and Badger & Co's prime location near key Fringe venues – Assembly Rooms on George Street, Braw Venues at Grand Lodge, and Greenside at George Street – Campbell has created something perfectly timed for both our cultural calendar and culinary landscape. This is destination dining that will delight international Festival-goers while giving locals a compelling new reason to explore their own city's evolving food scene. Badger & Co represents the best of contemporary Scottish hospitality – rooted in place and story, but bold enough to surprise and delight. It's exactly the kind of innovative thinking our dining scene needs, and I suspect Mr. Badger himself would thoroughly approve. Badger & Co 32 Castle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3HT Like this: Like Related
GMA Network
6 days ago
- Climate
- GMA Network
Emong accelerates, about to make second landfall; two areas under Signal No. 4
Typhoon Emong accelerates and is about to make a second landfall, this time in Ilocos Sur or the northern portion of La Union, according to the latest Tropical Cyclone Bulletin posted by PAGASA. The center of Typhoon Emong was estimated to be over the coastal waters of Bangar, La Union packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center, gustiness of up to 165 km/h, and central pressure of 975 hPa. Emong is moving northeastward at the speed of 20 km/h with strong to typhoon-force winds extend outwards up to 260 km from the center. Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 in which typhoon-force winds are expected and wind speed between 118 to 184 km/h is raised over the following areas: the southwestern portion of Ilocos Sur (Santa Lucia, Santa Cruz, Tagudin, Alilem, Sugpon, Suyo) the northern and central portions of La Union (Bangar, Luna, Balaoan, Bacnotan, San Juan, City of San Fernando, Bauang, Sudipen, Santol, Caba, Aringay, San Gabriel, Bagulin, Naguilian, Burgos) TCWS No. 3, with storm-force winds and wind speeds between 89 to 117 km/h is raised over the following areas: the southern portion of Ilocos Norte (Laoag City, San Nicolas, Sarrat, Dingras, Solsona, Nueva Era, City of Batac, Marcos, Paoay, Currimao, Banna, Pinili, Badoc) the rest of Ilocos Sur, the rest of La Union, the western portion of Apayao (Conner, Kabugao, Calanasan) Abra the western portion of Kalinga (Balbalan, Pasil, Tinglayan, Lubuagan) the western portion of Mountain Province (Besao, Tadian, Sagada, Bauko, Sabangan, Bontoc, Sadanga) the western portion of Benguet (Sablan, Mankayan, Tuba, Bakun, Kibungan, Kapangan, La Trinidad, Tublay, Baguio City, Atok) the northern portion of Pangasinan (Lingayen, Bugallon, Infanta, Dagupan City, San Fabian, Binmaley, Labrador, Sison, Pozorrubio, San Jacinto, Mangaldan, Calasiao, Santa Barbara, Mapandan, San Carlos City, Aguilar, Bolinao, Bani, City of Alaminos, Sual, Mabini, Dasol, Burgos, Agno, Anda) TCWS No. 2, with gale-force winds and wind speed between 62 to 88 km/h is hoisted over the following areas: the rest of Ilocos Norte the rest of Pangasinan the northern portion of Zambales (Masinloc, Candelaria, Palauig, Iba, Santa Cruz) the rest of Apayao the rest of Kalinga the rest of Mountain Province the rest of Benguet Ifugao Batanes Cagayan including Babuyan Islands the northern and western portions of Isabela (Cordon, City of Santiago, Ramon, San Isidro, Alicia, San Mateo, Cabatuan, San Manuel, Luna, Aurora, Burgos, Roxas, Quirino, Mallig, Delfin Albano, Quezon, Cabagan, Santa Maria, San Pablo, Maconacon, Santo Tomas, Tumauini, Gamu, Ilagan City, City of Cauayan, Reina Mercedes, Naguilian) the northwestern portion of Quirino (Diffun) the western and central portions of Nueva Vizcaya (Kayapa, Santa Fe, Ambaguio, Aritao, Bambang, Bayombong, Villaverde, Solano, Bagabag, Dupax del Sur, Dupax del Norte, Kasibu, Quezon, Diadi) the northwestern portion of Nueva Ecija (Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Talugtug, Lupao, Carranglan, Guimba) the northern portion of Tarlac (Mayantoc, Santa Ignacia, Gerona, Pura, Ramos, Anao, San Manuel, Moncada, Paniqui, Camiling, San Clemente) TCWS No.1 with strong winds and wind speed between 39 to 61 km/h is hoisted over the following areas: the rest of Isabela the rest of Quirino the rest of Nueva Vizcaya the northern and central portions of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran, Dinalungan, Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis) the rest of Nueva Ecija the rest of Tarlac the western and central portions of Pampanga (Porac, Floridablanca, Angeles City, Mabalacat City, Magalang, Mexico, Bacolor, City of San Fernando, Santa Rita, Guagua, Arayat, Lubao, Santa Ana) the rest of Zambales the northern portion of Bataan (Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Morong) Heavy rainfall outlook The enhanced Southwest Monsoon will bring strong to gale-force gusts over the following areas (especially in coastal and upland areas exposed to winds): Central Luzon (areas not under Wind Signal), Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Visayas, Zamboanga del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Camiguin, Dinagat Islands, and Davao Oriental. Tracking and Intensity outlook "On the forecast track, the center of EMONG will make another landfall in Ilocos Sur or La Union this morning. Afterwards, it will cross the mountainous terrain of Northern Luzon and emerge over the Babuyan Channel before noon," said PAGASA. "Emong will then move northeastward and pass close or over Babuyan Islands between this noon and afternoon. It may also pass near Batanes between this afternoon or evening. Emong may maintain its strength as it makes its second landfall." — BAP, GMA Integrated News
Associated Press
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
New Jersey's Save LBI Urges Large Environmental Groups to Reconsider Support of Offshore Wind & Consider Alternatives for Reducing Greenhouse Gas
LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J., July 22, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI), a grass-roots environmental organization dedicated to protecting our ocean and shore communities, is urging the country's large environmental organizations to take a step back and critically examine their support of offshore wind energy. In a letter to key executives at The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sierra Club, and more than a dozen other national environmental organizations, Save LBI President and Ph.D. scientist Bob Stern challenged the stance that the benefits of offshore wind energy outweigh the environmental impacts, asserting that relying on massive fields of offshore turbines to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is inefficient, environmentally destructive, and the most expensive option on a cost-per-ton-to-remove basis. 'Our membership, like yours, would like to see progress made on the climate change problem, but at the same time we are bitterly opposed to the [Atlantic Shores] offshore wind project we know you support,' wrote Stern, a former manager of the U.S. Department of Energy office overseeing environmental protection related to energy programs and projects. 'We bring our concerns not to create more discord but… to ask you to take the time to consider these concerns, with a goal perhaps of moving beyond offshore wind and looking at better ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 'Like many in and around the Long Beach Island (LBI) community, I was stunned when I learned of the Atlantic Shores plan to develop an industrial complex of 1,000-foot-tall turbines starting less than 9 miles off the coast of Atlantic City and LBI, directly in the historic migration path of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, closer to shore than any similar project on Earth, and near the Brigantine Natural Wilderness Area and Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, both of which are afforded special federal protection under the Wilderness Act and Clean Air Act. It is, frankly, astounding that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would 1) approve a lease area for commercial wind-energy development adjacent to the shoreline line of a thriving beach community let alone a sensitive nature preserve and 2) grant (without full and proper vetting) the approvals needed to construct the first 200 of a planned 357 super-sized wind turbines that would extend the full length of the island.' Stern urged the environmental leaders to read Save LBI's new report, 'The Benefits and Risks of an Offshore Wind Project,' which cites independent research exposing a series of irreparable environmental, economic, and social consequences that were either ignored or obfuscated in official project documentation from offshore wind developers and government agencies. The report details many negative impacts of offshore wind, reveals how claims of reductions in GHG emissions are oversimplified and misleading, and presents data showing that offshore wind projects cannot stop or reduce sea level rise — only delay whatever is coming by a matter of days. The document also exposes the hypocrisy in Environmental Impact Statements for the Atlantic Shores (New Jersey), Vineyard Wind (Massachusetts), and Revolution Wind (Rhode Island) projects, all of which concede that the impact of these projects on climate change is 'negligible.' Environmental repercussions outlined in the report include: Additional negative impacts include: An Executive Summary and the full 23-page Save LBI report, 'The Benefits and Risks of an Offshore Wind Project,' are available at Click here to download: 'We are certainly not climate-change deniers, nor are we aligned with any political Party,' Stern concluded. 'We are in favor of using common sense practices and well-grounded science to select sources of clean energy that are both reliable and responsible. There are significant opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are far less expensive and environmentally damaging than offshore wind. We welcome the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue or perhaps collaborate with you to fund new studies to achieve that goal.' About Save LBI Save LBI is a not-for profit, non-partisan organization based on New Jersey's Long Beach Island that has been active in ongoing litigation and other efforts to protect the coastal and marine environment from the senseless industrialization of our oceans. The organization is led by Beach Haven, N.J. resident Bob Stern, a Ph.D. scientist with experience in environmental planning and environmental law. He is a former manager of the U.S. Department of Energy office responsible for overseeing environmental protection related to energy projects and the Bureau of Air Quality Planning within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). For more information on Save LBI and its efforts, please visit Contact: For more information click here: MULTIMEDIA: PHOTO LINK for media: PHOTO CAPTION: Visual simulation of what the Atlantic Shores South project would look from Holgate on Long Beach Island, NJ. Source: BOEM. NEWS SOURCE: Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI) ### MEDIA ONLY CONTACT: (not for publication online or in print) Bob Stern, Ph.D., President, Save Long Beach Island, Inc. +1-917-952-5016 [email protected] ### Keywords: Environment and Ecology, Save LBI, Save Long Beach Island, offshore wind, offshore wind projects, environment, environmental, oceans, protect our oceans, protect the oceans, clean energy, save our ocean, LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source (Save Long Beach Island (Save LBI)) who is solely responsibile for its accuracy, by Send2Press® Newswire. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed. Story ID: S2P127908 APNF0325A To view the original version, visit: © 2025 Send2Press® Newswire, a press release distribution service, Calif., USA. RIGHTS GRANTED FOR REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEDIA OUTLET - SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BROADCAST OR TRADE PERIODICAL. MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY NON-MEDIA WEBSITE PROMOTING PR OR MARKETING SERVICES OR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Disclaimer: This press release content was not created by nor issued by the Associated Press (AP). Content below is unrelated to this news story.
South China Morning Post
22-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
As China's public bus companies bleed cash and lose riders, are rides for pets the answer?
With public bus companies across China struggling to keep the wheels going round and round amid rising financial pressures and declining ridership, some are embracing innovative and unorthodox measures – such as repurposing their idle fleet for delivery services, or allowing pets as passengers. Zhengzhou Public Transport Group, which serves the capital city of Henan province, is among the latest to adopt an emerging 'bus-plus-logistics' business model, having announced a partnership with courier giant SF Express earlier this month. The two companies will explore leveraging idle bus capacity, such as during off-peak hours or when vehicles are unused out at night, to fulfil urgent intracity deliveries, according to a statement by SF Express. The initiative comes as the Zhengzhou Public Transport Group faces mounting financial woes. In 2024, its year-on-year revenue fell by 8.38 per cent, while its operating losses deepened by 286 per cent – from 3.03 million yuan in 2023 to 11.7 million in 2024 – according to financial data provider Wind. And it is not the only bus company under financial strain. Bus ridership has been decreasing across China in recent years, driven by a shift towards alternatives such as undergrounds, bike-sharing and ride-hailing services. Official data showed that China's public bus and trolleybus passenger volume stood at 38.67 billion in 2024. That was only slightly more than half of all passenger trips recorded in 2019 – a level that had already been on the decline.
Hamilton Spectator
21-07-2025
- Health
- Hamilton Spectator
New fentanyl-related drugs discovered in Yellowknife wastewater
Health officials are advising that two fentanyl-related drugs have been discovered in Yellowknife wastewater for the first time. A notice from the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer details the two new drugs which are often found cut with fentanyl. 'This is the first time these substances have been detected anywhere in the NWT. Both substances can cause harmful effects in humans based on potency,' said NWT Health and Social Services Authority communications manager Andrew Wind on July 21. 'Neither can be detected with a fentanyl test strip. One of the substances discovered is isotonitazene, an experimental opioid which was synthesized in the 1950s but never put into medical use as it was considered too unstable compared to other opioids. While they cannot be detected with a fentanyl test strip, an overdose can be countered with Naloxone. In April 2025, Fort Smith RCMP reported three deaths related to isotonitazene. The other substance, Xylazine, is a veterinary tranquilizer which is often cut with opioids. It is not an opioid itself, and an overdose cannot be countered with Naloxone, nor will it show up on a fentanyl test strip. Deaths by overdose due to fentanyl cut with Xylazine have been popping up since 2024. The drug is typically found to make fentanyl overdoses worse and limit the ability of Naloxone to counter the effects. Skin lesions have also been seen on parts of the body where the drug is injected. There are no visual cues fentanyl could be mixed with either substance, nor do they have any smell or taste. 'While Naloxone, an opioid-reversing agent, will not stop effects of Xylazine, it should still be used as it will reverse the effects when opioids are also consumed,' said Wind. 'It is important to know that Xylazine may cause sedation that will last even after Naloxone has restored normal breathing. Additional doses may not be required but emergency responders (9-1-1) should still be called to help. 'We cannot tell how these drugs are appearing on the street just from information gathered from wastewater. They are most commonly used as additives to alter illegal opioids, but users of all drugs are urged to take extra precaution,' Wind added. In light of this development, residents should be on the lookout for the signs of an overdose and call 9-1-1 or their local health centre if they suspect they are witnessing one. Signs include difficulty walking, talking or staying awake; dizziness and confusion; very small pupils; unresponsiveness (unable to wake up, even when shaken or shouted at); signs of hypoxia (bluish skin); slow, weak or no breathing; blue, purple or grey lips or nails; cold and clammy skin and choking, gurgling or snoring sounds. Officials are also reminding residents that the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act protects people involved in an overdose from being charged with possession of a controlled substance — this is to encourage users to come forward in an emergency to get the medical help needed to stay alive. Wastewater samples in Yellowknife have been monitored for illegal substances since July 2024. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
