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  31. <title>Michael Gove has accused the Labour Party of &#8216;using Big Brother tactics&#8217; to hike up council tax on people&#8217;s homes</title>
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  67. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Michael Gove yesterday accused Labour of ‘using Big Brother tactics’ to hike up council tax on people’s homes.</p>
  68. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Housing Secretary hit out after it emerged the Labour-run Welsh Government was using satellites to spy on homeowners living in properties with large gardens or that have undergone renovations and extensions.</p>
  69. <p class="mol-para-with-font">As well as aerial and street view photography, data from planning applications, information about energy efficiency and statistics on school performance and crime rates are also being assessed as part of an overhaul of council tax bands being drawn up by the Senedd.</p>
  70. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It means families who live in bigger, better insulated homes, in areas with good schools or lower incidence of crime, could be hit with higher council tax bills.</p>
  71. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Although Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that a Labour government will not raise taxes, he has also described the Welsh Government as a ‘blueprint’ for ‘what Labour can do across the UK’. </p>
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  84. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Gove said: ‘Sir Keir Starmer is using his ‘blueprint’ Labour government in Wales to road test his plans to hike up council taxes on people’s homes.</p>
  85. <p class="mol-para-with-font">‘Straight from the same old Labour playbook, these Big Brother tactics will punish families with higher bills simply for having good schools or lower crime.’</p>
  86. <p class="mol-para-with-font">According to the Sunday Telegraph, the Valuation Office, an agency of HMRC, has been commissioned to build an ‘automated valuation model’ to update the value of the 1.5 million homes in Wales.</p>
  87. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Welsh Government say higher council tax bands are needed to address ‘property wealth’ and ‘rebalance’ the current system.</p>
  88. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Jim McMahon, Sir Keir’s shadow local government minister, has also spoken previously about the need to modernise council tax, describing the current valuation system as ‘unfair.’</p>
  89. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But any attempt to change council tax bands in England and Scotland, where valuations have not been updated for 33 years, would be hugely controversial as millions of homeowners would end up paying more.</p>
  90. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Asked if the party plan to revaluate council tax, a Labour spokesman told the Sunday Telegraph that it had ‘no plans’ to do so, but declined to categorically rule out such a move.</p>
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  97. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Senedd has not publicised details about their plans to revaluate properties across Wales but they emerged in answers to parliamentary questions, tabled by Tory MP Paul Howell.</p>
  98. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Valuation Office Agency denied that ‘Big Brother’ tactics are being employed.</p>
  99. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A spokesman said: ‘We are simply accessing freely available information so that any new valuations are based on the most up-to-date information.</p>
  100. <p class="mol-para-with-font">‘The valuation methods we are using are internationally recognised as best practice.’</p>
  101. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A spokesman for the Welsh Government said: ‘We are listening to communities while considering options for reform of council tax in Wales. </p>
  102. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;We are acutely aware of the financial pressures people are facing due to the cost-of-living crisis and the UK Government’s mismanagement of the economy, and this will be at the forefront of our considerations.’</p>
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  118. <title>Why Aussie star George Kambosos told boxing bad boy Ryan Garcia to take performance-enhancing drugs and fight him in the street</title>
  119. <link>https://thebritishclub.co.uk/why-aussie-star-george-kambosos-told-boxing-bad-boy-ryan-garcia-to-take-performance-enhancing-drugs-and-fight-him-in-the-street/</link>
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  127. <description><![CDATA[<p> George Kambosos challenges Ryan Garcia to street fight  Tells the American boxer he can use all the PEDs he wants  Feud came after Aussie&#8217;s loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko George Kambosos has challenged American boxer Ryan Garcia to a street fight after the Australian suffered a loss to Ukrainian Vasiliy Lomachenko in a world title showdown [...]</p>
  128. <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://thebritishclub.co.uk/why-aussie-star-george-kambosos-told-boxing-bad-boy-ryan-garcia-to-take-performance-enhancing-drugs-and-fight-him-in-the-street/">Why Aussie star George Kambosos told boxing bad boy Ryan Garcia to take performance-enhancing drugs and fight him in the street</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://thebritishclub.co.uk">The British Club</a>.</p>
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  132. <li class="class"><strong> George Kambosos challenges Ryan Garcia to street fight</strong></li>
  133. <li class="class"><strong> Tells the American boxer he can use all the PEDs he wants</strong></li>
  134. <li class="class"><strong> Feud came after Aussie&#8217;s loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko</strong></li>
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  159. <p class="mol-para-with-font">George Kambosos has challenged American boxer Ryan Garcia to a street fight after the Australian suffered a loss to Ukrainian Vasiliy Lomachenko in a world title showdown in Perth.</p>
  160. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Lomachenko controlled Sunday&#8217;s bout in front of 14,147 fans from start to finish, with the fight brought to a halt with 21 seconds remaining in the 11th round after Kambosos suffered a battering in the corner.</p>
  161. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But the drama was far from over, with superstar boxer Ryan Garcia taking to social media to say that Kambosos &#8216;sucks&#8217;.</p>
  162. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The remark wasn&#8217;t missed by the Aussie, who fired back at Garcia, who recently tested positive to a performance-enhancing drug before his bout with Devin Haney.</p>
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  167. <p class="imageCaption">George Kambosos has engaged in a heated row on social media with boxer Ryan Garcia following his loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko on Sunday</p>
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  172. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-3326217243c99c6a" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777733-13410283-Ryan_Garcia_pictured_with_Grace_Boor_in_Miami_isn_t_a_fan_of_the-a-4_1715556897784.jpg" height="614" width="634" alt="Ryan Garcia (pictured with Grace Boor in Miami) isn't a fan of the Australian fighter" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  173. <p class="imageCaption">Ryan Garcia (pictured with Grace Boor in Miami) isn&#8217;t a fan of the Australian fighter</p>
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  175. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Won more belts than you&#8217;ll ever win princess the clean way, cheating dog,&#8217; posted Kambosos on X. </p>
  176. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;I rather go out on my shield against the best and lose like a man than cheat with weight advantages and enhancements like you did. Let&#8217;s have a street fight, then f*** the ring!! </p>
  177. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Use all the (syringe emoji) you want.&#8217;</p>
  178. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Garcia responded to Kambosos&#8217; attack by posting a video of the tropical destination that he is currently visiting &#8211; but this only gave &#8216;Ferocious&#8217; more fuel.</p>
  179. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;You should be in the Bahamas hiding away but you ain’t getting away from them enhancement charges princess,&#8217; he wrote on X.</p>
  180. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;You’ll be banned from our beautiful sport that you made a mockery out of ya cheating dog. </p>
  181. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;I couldn’t give two f**ks about you, now go stick another needle in your ass.&#8217;</p>
  182. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Since his positive tests came to light, Garcia has been protesting his innocence on social media, insisting he has never knowingly taken performance-enhancing drugs.</p>
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  196. <p> <noscript>  </noscript> </div>
  197. <p class="imageCaption">Vasiliy Lomachenko outclassed George Kambosos on his way to collecting the IBF world lightweight title in Perth</p>
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  199. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It has cast a major shadow over a win that went down as the greatest of his career to date, after he floored Haney three times on his way to a majority-decision triumph.</p>
  200. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Kambosos shot to international fame in 2021 when he won the IBF, WBA and WBO lightweight belts by stunning Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden.</p>
  201. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But back-to-back losses to Devin Haney &#8211; combined with last year&#8217;s unconvincing and controversial win over Maxi Hughes &#8211; meant Sunday&#8217;s fight against Lomachenko was make-or-break.</p>
  202. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The devastating nature of the defeat raises questions about where to next for the 30-year-old Kambosos.</p>
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  218. <title>Obese Brits put the whole country in the slow lane: Fat staff are twice as likely to take time off sick and are ‘seriously hampering economic growth’, report finds</title>
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  227. <description><![CDATA[<p>Time off work for obesity-related illness is seriously hampering economic growth, a landmark study warns today. Those who are overweight – nearly four in ten Brits – are 22 per cent more likely to have taken off at least seven days in a year for illness, according to a data analysis representing 147 million working [...]</p>
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  254. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Time off work for obesity-related illness is seriously hampering economic growth, a landmark study warns today.</p>
  255. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Those who are overweight – nearly four in ten Brits – are 22 per cent more likely to have taken off at least seven days in a year for illness, according to a data analysis representing 147 million working people across Europe.</p>
  256. <p class="mol-para-with-font">When combined with those who are obese, it means up to 60 per cent of the nation may be taking sick leave because of weight-related issues, such as diabetes or heart disease.</p>
  257. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The data showed people with obesity are up to twice as likely to be off sick than those of a healthy weight. In the first detailed breakdown of how sick days vary according to weight, researchers revealed the UK is &#8216;among the worst&#8217; of 28 countries examined for obesity absenteeism.</p>
  258. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style" wp_automatic_readability="9">
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  261. <p> <noscript> <img post-id="96402" fifu-featured="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-498f53ef7414df88" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/22/84773977-0-image-a-16_1715548215466.jpg" height="794" width="634" alt="Dr Thomas Czypionka (pictured), study co-author has said the problem with obesity is that there are so many health problems related to being obese" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  262. <p class="imageCaption">Dr Thomas Czypionka (pictured), study co-author has said the problem with obesity is that there are so many health problems related to being obese </p>
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  264. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-a49e82e0-10a3-11ef-aa4c-65b591924df7" data-permabox-url="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13410109/obesity-hampering-economic-growth-report-reveals.html" wp_automatic_readability="20">
  265. <h3 class="mol-factbox-title">Record 1.5million women off long-term</h3>
  266. <div class="ins cleared mol-factbox-body" wp_automatic_readability="60">
  267. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Long-term sickness is the main reason women are out of the labour market, with poor mental health up by more than a quarter in five years.</p>
  268. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The number of women who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness soared to a record 1.54million in 2023.</p>
  269. <p class="mol-para-with-font">This is up 48 per cent since 2018, according to the Office for National Statistics.</p>
  270. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The number of women aged 16-to-64 who are economically inactive due to depression, anxiety and mental illness has increased by 69,000 (27 per cent) over this period, to 326,000, according to analysis of the figures by the Trades Union Congress.</p>
  271. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The umbrella organisation blamed the rise on issues such as long NHS waiting lists and cuts to preventive services.</p>
  272. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, said: ‘We need a proper plan for dealing with the sharp rise in long-term sickness.’</p>
  273. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A Government spokesman said its £2.5 billion Back to Work Plan will help women with long-term health conditions.</p>
  274. </p></div>
  275. </p></div>
  276. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Experts said the findings, which are being presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Venice, reinforce how obesity has become the driving force behind &#8216;sick note culture&#8217;.</p>
  277. <p class="mol-para-with-font">They warned it was one of the &#8216;gravest fiscal risks&#8217; facing the UK economy, cementing our reputation as the &#8216;sick man of Europe&#8217;.</p>
  278. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Health Economics and Health Policy Research Group, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, looked at national survey data from a sample of 122,598 people.</p>
  279. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It asked those employed for details of work absence due to ill health over the past year.</p>
  280. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Data for the UK showed that those classed as obese, with a BMI over 30, were almost a quarter (23 per cent) more likely to be absent from work for any period of time. Severely obese people – with a BMI over 40 – were more than twice as likely (118 per cent) to take time off.</p>
  281. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Dr Thomas Czypionka, study co-author, said: &#8216;The problem with obesity is that there are so many health consequences that branch from being obese. </p>
  282. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;I don&#8217;t think that it is a good idea to just wait and let people get obese and then pay for the treatment and face all the consequences of them leaving the labour market.&#8217;</p>
  283. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Last month, the Prime Minister announced plans to tackle a &#8216;sick note culture&#8217; with sweeping reforms to the benefit system. But experts said the plans stand little chance of success unless ministers tackle obesity.</p>
  284. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A report in December showed the UK has the third highest proportion of people with obesity in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, with an estimated yearly cost to the UK economy of £98billon.</p>
  285. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Meanwhile, the latest data shows the number of sick notes issued by the NHS has doubled in a decade to 11 million last year. </p>
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  289. <p> <noscript>  </noscript> </div>
  290. <p class="imageCaption">Time off work for obesity-related illness is seriously hampering economic growth, a landmark study warns today (stock photo)</p>
  291. </div>
  292. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Last week, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank said obesity was a &#8216;common factor&#8217; underpinning all of the top reasons for long-term sickness in the UK, including musculoskeletal problems, heart disease and depression.</p>
  293. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Katharine Jenner, director of the Obesity Health Alliance, said: &#8216;This research lays it bare – high rates of obesity-related disease is driving down economic productivity, with devastating economic impacts.&#8217;</p>
  294. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A Government spokesman said: &#8216;Our £2.5billion Back to Work Plan will help over a million people, including those with long-term health conditions associated with obesity, to break down barriers to work.&#8217;</p>
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  310. <title>Stock market given a shot in the arm as Raspberry Pi and Shein accelerate listing plans</title>
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  319. <description><![CDATA[<p>London&#8217;s stock market has been given a shot in the arm as tech firm Raspberry Pi and fast fashion giant Shein accelerate listing plans. Cambridge-based Raspberry Pi has chosen London for its initial public offering, which could launch within the next ten days.  An IPO would value the business – which helps children learn code [...]</p>
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  346. <p class="mol-para-with-font">London&#8217;s stock market has been given a shot in the arm as tech firm Raspberry Pi and fast fashion giant Shein accelerate listing plans.</p>
  347. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Cambridge-based Raspberry Pi has chosen London for its initial public offering, which could launch within the next ten days. </p>
  348. <p class="mol-para-with-font">An IPO would value the business – which helps children learn code – at up to £500m, the Sunday Times reported.</p>
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  353. <p class="imageCaption">Boost: Shein – which has a collaboration with Made In Chelsea&#8217;s Georgia Toffolo (pictured) – is considering switching its upcoming £53billion listing from New York to London</p>
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  355. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Shein – which has a collaboration with Made In Chelsea&#8217;s Georgia Toffolo – is considering switching its upcoming £53billion listing from New York to London amid tensions between the US and China.</p>
  356. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It would be a huge boost for the City, which has been gripped by a &#8216;take-over frenzy&#8217; and a lack of fresh listings.</p>
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  372. <title>&#8216;Shocking&#8217; mortgages could see 1million Brits trapped in deals past retirement age</title>
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  377. <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 23:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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  381. <description><![CDATA[<p>Around one million young Britons are &#8220;gambling their retirement&#8221; prospects by taking on mortgages due to run past the state pension age, a former pensions minister has warned. Sir Steve Webb, a partner at LCP (Lane Clark &#38; Peacock) and former Liberal Democrat MP who served under the Coalition Government, is warning of the &#8220;shocking&#8221; [...]</p>
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  386. <p class="">Around one million young Britons are &#8220;gambling their retirement&#8221; prospects by taking on mortgages due to run past the state pension age, a former pensions minister has warned.</p>
  387. <p>Sir Steve Webb, a  partner at LCP (Lane Clark &amp; Peacock) and former Liberal Democrat MP who served under the Coalition Government, is warning of the &#8220;shocking&#8221; number of deals which run past the retirement benefit&#8217;s age threshold.</p>
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  393. <p>A Freedom of information (FOI) data supplied by the Bank of England found 42 per cent of new mortgages in the last quarter quarter of 2023 had terms going past the state pension age.</p>
  394. <p>In the same period, 38 per cent of new deals had terms ending beyond 66 with 32 per cent of new terms exceeding past this threshold in Q4 of 2021.  According to Sir Webb, one million new mortgages have been issued with end dates past the state pension age over the last three years, based on these figures.</p>
  395. <p>He said: &#8220;The challenge of getting on the housing ladder is forcing large numbers of young home buyers to gamble with their retirement prospects by taking on ultra-long mortgages.</p>
  396. <p>“We already know that millions of people are not saving enough for their retirement and if some of that limited retirement saving has to be used to clear a mortgage balance at retirement they will be at even greater risk of poverty in old age.</p>
  397. <p><em><strong>Do you have a money story you’d like to share? Get in touch by emailing money@gbnews.uk.</strong></em></p>
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  404. <p>A former pensions minister is warning young people of &#8220;shocking&#8221; mortgage deals </p>
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  413. <p>In the fourth quarter of 2023, homebuyers aged 30 to 39 made up 30,943 new mortgages lasting beyond state pension age and people aged 40 to 40 accounted for 32,305.</p>
  414. <p>Younger borrowers aged under 30 came to 3,676 of these mortgages, people aged 50 to 59 accounting for 18,854, 60 to 69-year-olds taking out 4,955 and people aged 70-plus making up 661 deals.</p>
  415. <p>Sir Steve noted that many Britons may be unable to service a mortgage once they finally retire and will raid their pension savings to clear their mortgage which will result in them having less money in old age.</p>
  416. <p>According to the retirement expert, even if mortgage deals run up to pension age, it stops Britons approaching retirement of enjoying a period of time where they are mortgage-free and able to boost their pension savings.</p>
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  423. <p>Last autumn, the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) revealed that since the first quarter of 2021, the proportion of new mortgage lending with a term of 35 years or more has risen by eight percentage points.</p>
  424. <p>As of the second quarter of 2023, these mortgages made up 12 per cent of new deals with the FCP noting they could increase debt burdens on homeowners over the long term.</p>
  425. <p><span></span>According to financial information website Moneyfacts, the average two-year fixed homeowner mortgage rate on Friday was 5.94 per cent, up from 5.93 per cent on Thursday.</p>
  426. <p>Savills, the property firm, recently shared that property values across the UK are expected to go up by 21.6 per cent on average by the end of 2028.</p>
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  433. <p>Karina Hutchins, UK Finance&#8217;s principal for mortgage policy, said: &#8220;The proportion of longer-term mortgages has been increasing in recent years as buyers to look for ways to stretch their affordability.</p>
  434. <p>“When reviewing new mortgage applications, lenders will act within the responsible lending rules set by the Financial Conduct Authority and carefully consider whether the borrower will be able to afford their mortgage in the future. </p>
  435. <p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:<br /></strong></p>
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  442. <p>“This will include whether the requested term would take the borrower beyond their anticipated retirement age. Where this is the case, it is common practice for lenders to request proof of pension. Those closer to retirement, usually within 10 years, may need to satisfy their lender that they can afford the mortgage based on their retirement income.</p>
  443. <p>“Whilst longer mortgage terms can offer lower initial monthly repayments, the borrower will pay more in interest and have less disposable income to put into their pension if the mortgage runs for its full term. We would encourage customers to speak to an independent mortgage adviser to discuss the best options available for their specific circumstances.”</p>
  444. <p>Prospective homebuyers have been saddled with historic high mortgage rates due to the Bank of England&#8217;s decision to raise the base rate to 5.25 per cent in the central bank&#8217;s fight against inflation.</p>
  445. <p>At the same time, experts are urging policymakers to overhaul the UK&#8217;s pensions system due to working-age people facing a worse-off retirement than their parents and grandparents.</p>
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  457. <title>DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Silent majority is on song for Israel</title>
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  462. <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 23:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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  466. <description><![CDATA[<p>The Eurovision Song Contest is normally a homage to glitter, glamour and high camp. This year it was very much about the toxic politics of the Middle East. A howling mob gathered outside the venue in Sweden, chanted anti-Semitic slogans and demanded Israel&#8217;s expulsion from the competition over the war in Gaza. The venom was [...]</p>
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  470. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Eurovision Song Contest is normally a homage to glitter, glamour and high camp. This year it was very much about the toxic politics of the Middle East.</p>
  471. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A howling mob gathered outside the venue in Sweden, chanted anti-Semitic slogans and demanded Israel&#8217;s expulsion from the competition over the war in Gaza.</p>
  472. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The venom was so intense that Eden Golan, the 20-year-old representing Israel, was confined to her hotel under police protection until she was due to perform.</p>
  473. <p class="mol-para-with-font">As she took to the stage, there were boos from some in the audience. In the UK, pro-Palestine groups intimidated some pubs and bars into cancelling screenings.</p>
  474. <p class="mol-para-with-font">How shameful that these people stood with Hamas, rather than the Jews murdered, raped and kidnapped by the terror group at another music festival on October 7.</p>
  475. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style">
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  477. <div class="image-wrap">  </div>
  478. <p> <noscript> <img post-id="96393" fifu-featured="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-73d662436262ab30" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777299-0-image-a-38_1715555661541.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="Russian-Israeli singer Eden Golan representing Israel with the song 'Hurricane' poses at the start of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  479. <p class="imageCaption">Russian-Israeli singer Eden Golan representing Israel with the song &#8216;Hurricane&#8217; poses at the start of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest</p>
  480. </div>
  481. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style">
  482. <div class="mol-img">
  483. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-eab259281fe31c4a" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777287-0-image-a-39_1715555676059.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="Eden Golan from Israel performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  484. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-eab259281fe31c4a" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777287-0-image-a-39_1715555676059.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="Eden Golan from Israel performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  485. <p class="imageCaption">Eden Golan from Israel performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest</p>
  486. </div>
  487. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style">
  488. <div class="mol-img">
  489. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-5e38762de381cb3c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777289-0-image-a-40_1715555678560.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="As she took to the stage on Saturday night, there were boos from some in the audience" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  490. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-5e38762de381cb3c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777289-0-image-a-40_1715555678560.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="As she took to the stage on Saturday night, there were boos from some in the audience" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  491. <p class="imageCaption">As she took to the stage on Saturday night, there were boos from some in the audience</p>
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  493. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Echoing the mood, the professional judges awarded Israel a paltry 52 points, putting them well down the leaderboard.</p>
  494. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Then something remarkable happened. In the public vote, Israel was the overwhelming choice. An extraordinary 323 points – including a maximum 12 from the UK – propelled Ms Golan in to fifth place.</p>
  495. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Eurovision is hardly a scientific poll but it does give an intriguing snapshot of public opinion. It&#8217;s clear the protesters running amok in London and our universities do not represent the silent majority.</p>
  496. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Unlike the sanctimonious demonstrators and the woke establishment that panders to them, ordinary people believe Israel is right to defend itself against a deadly enemy. Nor do they like anti-Semitism, bullying or the glorification of terrorism.</p>
  497. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That&#8217;s why people voted in their droves for Ms Golan (who is a good singer, too).</p>
  498. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It would be gratifying if certain politicians took note. They should stop equivocating over their support for Israel – and start taking firmer action against Hamas apologists staining our streets with racism.</p>
  499. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style">
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  501. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-53ea4d469791cdfc" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777297-0-image-a-41_1715555682167.jpg" height="951" width="634" alt="Eden Golan from Israel enters the stage during the opening ceremony of The Eurovision Song Contes" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  502. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-53ea4d469791cdfc" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777297-0-image-a-41_1715555682167.jpg" height="951" width="634" alt="Eden Golan from Israel enters the stage during the opening ceremony of The Eurovision Song Contes" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  503. <p class="imageCaption">Eden Golan from Israel enters the stage during the opening ceremony of The Eurovision Song Contes</p>
  504. </div>
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  507. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-c3359c2b54f87d7c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777295-0-image-m-45_1715555831565.jpg" height="328" width="634" alt="Eden Golan of Israel who performed the song Hurricane reacts as the judges votes start to be announced" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  508. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-c3359c2b54f87d7c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777295-0-image-m-45_1715555831565.jpg" height="328" width="634" alt="Eden Golan of Israel who performed the song Hurricane reacts as the judges votes start to be announced" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  509. <p class="imageCaption">Eden Golan of Israel who performed the song Hurricane reacts as the judges votes start to be announced</p>
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  511. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style">
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  513. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-bd808ef07389ea86" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777293-0-image-a-43_1715555688480.jpg" height="422" width="634" alt="People voted in their droves for Ms Golan (who is a good singer, too)" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  514. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-bd808ef07389ea86" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777293-0-image-a-43_1715555688480.jpg" height="422" width="634" alt="People voted in their droves for Ms Golan (who is a good singer, too)" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  515. <p class="imageCaption">People voted in their droves for Ms Golan (who is a good singer, too)</p>
  516. </div>
  517. <h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">PM&#8217;s grim warning</h2>
  518. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Rishi Sunak&#8217;s assessment that the next few years will be &#8216;some of the most dangerous&#8217; for Britain could not be more worrying.</p>
  519. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Rapid advances in technology, mass migration and muscle-flexing by authoritarian states such as China will have a seismic impact on our democracy, economy and society, warns the PM.</p>
  520. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Yes, seizing the opportunities offered by, for instance, AI, the UK can build a more prosperous and secure future. But it is reassuring that Mr Sunak feels a &#8216;profound sense of urgency&#8217; to tackle the threats.</p>
  521. <p class="mol-para-with-font">In that case, shouldn&#8217;t he aim to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, rather than the 2.5 pledged? And he must slash unsustainable immigration levels that are harming public services and social cohesion.</p>
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  524. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-1022601a9799e851" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777345-0-image-a-44_1715555729787.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="Rishi Sunak's assessment that the next few years will be 'some of the most dangerous' for Britain could not be more worrying" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  525. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-1022601a9799e851" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84777345-0-image-a-44_1715555729787.jpg" height="423" width="634" alt="Rishi Sunak's assessment that the next few years will be 'some of the most dangerous' for Britain could not be more worrying" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  526. <p class="imageCaption">Rishi Sunak&#8217;s assessment that the next few years will be &#8216;some of the most dangerous&#8217; for Britain could not be more worrying</p>
  527. </div>
  528. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Sunak insists he has &#8216;bold ideas&#8217;, which is more than can be said for Sir Keir Starmer. With the election looming, it&#8217;s imperative he begins putting them into effect.</p>
  529. <h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">A weighty problem</h2>
  530. <p class="mol-para-with-font">We knew that the obesity epidemic was a drag anchor on the economy. Today, a landmark study reveals just how badly.</p>
  531. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Up to 60 per cent of Britons may be on sick leave due to weight-related conditions. This is costing an estimated £98billion a year in lost productivity and taxes, NHS treatments and benefits.</p>
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  535. <p> <noscript>  </noscript> </div>
  536. <p class="imageCaption">Up to 60 per cent of Britons may be on sick leave due to weight-related conditions</p>
  537. </div>
  538. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Sunak&#8217;s plan to tackle &#8216;sick note culture&#8217;, radical diets on the NHS and better education could all help. So would getting those affected to exercise more.</p>
  539. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But action is needed. The obesity crisis has weighed Britain down for too long.</p>
  540. </div>
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  564. <li class=""><strong>Antony failed to make impact after coming on in latter stages of Arsenal defeat</strong></li>
  565. <li class=""><strong>He was left confused after being told to play left-back with three minutes left</strong></li>
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  593. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Manchester United winger Antony was left baffled after he was told to play at left-back towards the end of the 1-0 defeat against Arsenal. </p>
  594. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Erik ten Hag&#8217;s men suffered their 14th loss of a dismal campaign to dent their hopes of qualifying for Europe next season. </p>
  595. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Antony was left on the bench in favour of Amad Diallo, who impressed in his first Premier League start for the club. </p>
  596. <p class="mol-para-with-font">He eventually came on to replace the Ivorian in the 70th minute as United chased an equaliser against the Gunners. </p>
  597. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Brazilian failed to make an impact and was then told to play at left-back after Aaron Wan-Bissaka came off with three minutes remaining on the clock. </p>
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  602. <p class="imageCaption">Manchester United winger Antony was left baffled after he was asked to play at left-back</p>
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  608. <p class="imageCaption">The Brazilian (L) Antony had failed to make an impact after coming on against Arsenal </p>
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  610. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The former Ajax star slowly made his way across the pitch and look around in confusion before standing next to Gabriel Jesus, who was playing on the ring wing for Arsenal. </p>
  611. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Antony&#8217;s latest poor display came after former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher slammed him following United&#8217;s 4-0 defeat against Crystal Palace on Monday night. </p>
  612. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Sky Sports pundit got riled up by footage of the winger in dialogue with team-mates Mason Mount and Andre Onana after the full-time whistle.</p>
  613. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Just get off the pitch!&#8217; Carragher yelled. &#8216;Whispering behind your hand, you’ve been absolutely awful.</p>
  614. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Antony has failed to come anywhere close to repaying the £86million spent to sign him from Ajax in 2022.</p>
  615. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The 24-year-old has followed up a limp debut campaign with an even worse season in which he has registered two goal contributions in 29 league games. </p>
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  641. <description><![CDATA[<p>Using the internet boosts people&#8217;s wellbeing and enhances life-satisfaction, a study suggests. Despite popular concerns to the contrary, researchers from the University of Oxford say going online appears to have a largely positive impact. Their comments come after analysing data from 2 million people aged 15 to 99 in 168 countries. They found that life [...]</p>
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  668. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Using the internet boosts people&#8217;s wellbeing and enhances life-satisfaction, a study suggests.</p>
  669. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Despite popular concerns to the contrary, researchers from the University of Oxford say going online appears to have a largely positive impact.</p>
  670. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Their comments come after analysing data from 2 million people aged 15 to 99 in 168 countries.</p>
  671. <p class="mol-para-with-font">They found that life satisfaction across all nations was 8.5 per cent higher for those who had access to the internet and their positive experiences were 8.3 per cent higher.</p>
  672. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Across more than 33,000 different statistical models and subsets of data, the researchers found that 84.9 per cent of associations between internet connectivity and wellbeing were positive.</p>
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  675. <div class="image-wrap">  </div>
  676. <p> <noscript> <img post-id="96387" fifu-featured="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-586f932811d0b856" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/13/00/84776975-13410289-image-a-91_1715554989513.jpg" height="607" width="634" alt="Professor Andrew Przybylski (pictured) of the Oxford Internet Institute has found that the internet boosts people's wellbeing" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  677. <p class="imageCaption">Professor Andrew Przybylski (pictured) of the Oxford Internet Institute has found that the internet boosts people&#8217;s wellbeing</p>
  678. </div>
  679. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Andrew Przybylski, professor of human behaviour and technology at the Oxford Internet Institute, said: &#8216;Overall we found that average associations were consistent across internet adoption predictors and wellbeing outcomes, with those who had access to or actively used the internet reporting meaningfully greater wellbeing than those who did not.</p>
  680. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;We hope our findings bring some greater context to the screen time debate, however further work is still needed in this important area.&#8217;</p>
  681. <p class="mol-para-with-font">He added that he believed a time would come when people would no longer be worried about social media and internet use in young people because they would be concerned about the next thing that comes along.</p>
  682. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Assistant Professor Matti Vuorre from Tilburg University, and previous research associate at the OII, said: &#8216;We were surprised to find a positive correlation between wellbeing and internet use across the majority of the thousands of models we used for our analysis.&#8217;</p>
  683. <p class="mol-para-with-font">In the study, wellbeing was measured according to eight indicators &#8211; life satisfaction, daily negative and positive experiences, two measures of social wellbeing (wellbeing attached to liking where you live and feeling safe there), physical wellbeing, community wellbeing and experiences of purpose.</p>
  684. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Factors like education, income and health were also taken into consideration, however, the study did not look at social media use.</p>
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  687. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-5ab88e80770d7c48" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/23/84776525-13410289-image-a-89_1715554024207.jpg" height="422" width="634" alt="Despite popular concerns to the contrary, researchers have found going online appears to have a largely positive impact" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
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  689. <p class="imageCaption">Despite popular concerns to the contrary, researchers have found going online appears to have a largely positive impact </p>
  690. </div>
  691. <p class="mol-para-with-font">In the study, published in the American Psychological Association&#8217;s Technology, Mind and Behaviour journal, the researchers used data from the Gallup World Poll, from 2,414,294 people from 168 countries, from 2006-2021.</p>
  692. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The poll assessed wellbeing with face-to-face and phone surveys which included questions like &#8216;Does your home have access to the internet?&#8217;, and asked about positive or negative experiences and life satisfaction.</p>
  693. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Whilst the associations between internet access and use for the average country were consistently positive, the researchers did find some variation by gender and wellbeing.</p>
  694. <p class="mol-para-with-font">They found that 4.9 per cent of associations linking internet use and community wellbeing were negative, with most of those observed among women aged 15 to 24 years old.</p>
  695. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Professor Przybylski said: &#8216;It&#8217;s a bit cliche, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.</p>
  696. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;And if we&#8217;re to make the online world safer for young people, we just can&#8217;t go in guns blazing with strong prior beliefs and one-size-fits-all solutions.</p>
  697. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;We really need to make sure that we&#8217;re sensitive to having our minds changed by data, and I really hope that that message comes through instead of just another volley, in another silly debate&#8217;</p>
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  726. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It&#8217;s the food of choice for hipster millennials in trendy cafes. </p>
  727. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But the price of avocado toast could soon skyrocket as the oily fruit is threatened by climate change, according to a new report. </p>
  728. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The superfood favourite is known for its impact on the environment due to its need for lots of water during growth. </p>
  729. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But this makes it especially vulnerable to climate change in a hotter, drier, more drought-prone world. </p>
  730. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Researchers already think the world&#8217;s top avocado growing regions will shrink in size by up to 41 per cent by 2050 because land will be just too dry. </p>
  731. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  732. <div class="mol-img">
  733. <div class="image-wrap">  </div>
  734. <p> <noscript> <img post-id="96384" fifu-featured="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-b149993ef2e93458" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/14/84707047-13404227-image-a-5_1715347134370.jpg" height="426" width="634" alt="Avocados are highly nutritious and contain healthy fats, vitamins and minerals that are essential for human health - but they are thirsty plants that are ill-suited to a hotter, drought-prone planet" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  735. <p class="imageCaption">Avocados are highly nutritious and contain healthy fats, vitamins and minerals that are essential for human health &#8211; but they are thirsty plants that are ill-suited to a hotter, drought-prone planet</p>
  736. </div>
  737. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The new report, &#8216;Getting Smashed: The climate danger facing avocados&#8217;, has been published today by the London-based charity Christian Aid. </p>
  738. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;It&#8217;s no surprise that avocados are popular throughout the world, from Brixton to Burundi,&#8217; said Mariana Paoli, global advocacy lead at Christian Aid. </p>
  739. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Avocados might be a superfood but their kryptonite is climate change. </p>
  740. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;They are thirsty plants that are ill-suited to a hotter, drought-prone planet which is where we’re heading if rich nations don’t act to cut their fossil fuel use and reduce emissions.&#8217; </p>
  741. <p class="mol-para-with-font">There&#8217;s no doubt that avocados are highly nutritious and contain healthy fats, vitamins and minerals that are essential for human health. </p>
  742. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Many around the world rely on the high fibre, vitamin-rich fruit for essential nutrition – including people in the UK, which is the seventh-largest importer of avocados.</p>
  743. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Avocados are also being researched for potential activity against diseases, including cancer. </p>
  744. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But if there are periods of extended heat, avocado trees will struggle to grow and set fruit, the new report warns. </p>
  745. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  746. <div class="mol-img">
  747. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-1f260db9306b8b88" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/15/84711271-13404227-The_world_s_top_avocado_growing_countries_are_Peru_Spain_Chie_an-m-25_1715352649458.jpg" height="343" width="634" alt="The world's top avocado-growing countries are Peru, Spain, Chie and Colombia. Pictured, countries ranked by their avocado-production with dark green the most prolific" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  748. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-1f260db9306b8b88" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/15/84711271-13404227-The_world_s_top_avocado_growing_countries_are_Peru_Spain_Chie_an-m-25_1715352649458.jpg" height="343" width="634" alt="The world's top avocado-growing countries are Peru, Spain, Chie and Colombia. Pictured, countries ranked by their avocado-production with dark green the most prolific" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  749. <p class="imageCaption">The world&#8217;s top avocado-growing countries are Peru, Spain, Chie and Colombia. Pictured, countries ranked by their avocado-production with dark green the most prolific </p>
  750. </div>
  751. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  752. <div class="mol-img">
  753. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-9ec398e58ed80836" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/14/84707049-13404227-image-a-4_1715347113989.jpg" height="435" width="634" alt="It's the food of choice for hipster millennials in trendy cafes. But the price of avocado toast could soon skyrocket as the oily fruit is threatened by climate change" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  754. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-9ec398e58ed80836" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/14/84707049-13404227-image-a-4_1715347113989.jpg" height="435" width="634" alt="It's the food of choice for hipster millennials in trendy cafes. But the price of avocado toast could soon skyrocket as the oily fruit is threatened by climate change" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  755. <p class="imageCaption">It&#8217;s the food of choice for hipster millennials in trendy cafes. But the price of avocado toast could soon skyrocket as the oily fruit is threatened by climate change</p>
  756. </div>
  757. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sciencetech" data-version="2" id="mol-ae035200-0ed9-11ef-8baa-3d11818b78f9" data-permabox-url="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13404227/Avocados-threat-climate-crisis.html">
  758. <h3 class="mol-factbox-title">Avocado export market </h3>
  759. <div class="ins cleared mol-factbox-body">
  760. <ol class="mol-bullets-with-font">
  761. <li class="">Mexico (44.5% share)</li>
  762. <li class="">Peru (13.5% share)</li>
  763. <li class="">Spain (5.74% share)</li>
  764. <li class="">Chile (3.6% share)</li>
  765. <li class="">Colombia (2.72% share) </li>
  766. </ol></div>
  767. </p></div>
  768. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Also, some of the world&#8217;s most productive avocado-growing regions will shrink simply because the land will get too dry.  </p>
  769. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The new Christian Aid report cites a 2022 study that found avocados – as well as other popular crops like coffee and cashews – will be hit by global warming. </p>
  770. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Depending on future temperatures, overall areas deemed highly suitable for growing avocados are expected to decline by 14-41 per cent globally by 2050, it found. </p>
  771. <p class="mol-para-with-font">For example, Michoacán, Mexico’s key avocado growing region, faces a reduction in its potential growing area by 2050 of 59 per cent, even if global average temperatures are kept under 2°C. </p>
  772. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Aside from their intense need for water, swathes of land in Mexico have been cleared to grow the fruit to keep up with demand from the nearby US. </p>
  773. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Currently, Mexico dominates the avocado export market, with a 44.5 per cent market share, worth $3.25 billion, ahead of Peru, Spain, Chie and Colombia, according to the new report. </p>
  774. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  775. <div class="mol-img">
  776. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-bd2409c57c0e7c45" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/15/84708749-13404227-image-a-16_1715349702304.jpg" height="635" width="634" alt="Michoacán, Mexico’s key avocado growing region, faces a reduction in its potential growing area by 2050 of 59 per cent" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  777. <p> <noscript>  </noscript> </div>
  778. <p class="imageCaption">Michoacán, Mexico’s key avocado growing region, faces a reduction in its potential growing area by 2050 of 59 per cent</p>
  779. </div>
  780. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Although the UK currently obtains most of its avocados from Peru and Chile, avo farmers in both these countries struggle with water shortages too. </p>
  781. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Richer importing countries may be affected by higher prices as availability of avocados goes down and demand rises, the report adds. </p>
  782. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It calls for more support for avocado farmers and faster emission cuts, which can largely be done by replacing &#8216;dirty&#8217; fossil fuels with clean energy methods.</p>
  783. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The report describes avocados as &#8216;something of a controversial fruit&#8217;, not only because of their environmental impacts.</p>
  784. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Down under, the avocado is enormously popular smashed on toast and has been &#8216;forced into in intergenerational culture wars&#8217;, it claims.</p>
  785. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Back in 2017, Australian millionaire Tim Gurner caused controversy when he claimed millennials could get on the housing ladder if only they didn’t spend their cash on avocado toast. </p>
  786. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox sciencetech" data-version="2" id="mol-cda5c0f0-0ee0-11ef-9e8b-199539571629" data-permabox-url="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13404227/Avocados-threat-climate-crisis.html">
  787. <h3 class="mol-factbox-title">Fossil fuels versus renewable energy sources </h3>
  788. <div class="ins cleared mol-factbox-body">
  789. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="mol-style-underline">Renewable sources</span>:</span></p>
  790. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">Solar </span></span>&#8211; light and heat from the sun. </p>
  791. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">Wind </span></span>&#8211; through wind turbines to turn electric generators</p>
  792. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">Hydro</span></span><span class="sciencetech-ccox"> </span>&#8211; captured from falling or fast-running water</p>
  793. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">Tidal </span></span>&#8211; energy from the rise and fall of sea levels</p>
  794. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">Geothermal </span></span>&#8211; energy generated and stored in the Earth</p>
  795. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">Biomass</span> </span>&#8211; organic material burnt to release stored energy from the sun</p>
  796. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Although nuclear energy is considered clean energy its inclusion in the renewable energy list is a subject of major debate.</p>
  797. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Nuclear energy itself is a renewable energy source. But the material used in nuclear power plants &#8211; uranium &#8211; is a non-renewable.</p>
  798. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-underline">Fossil fuels</span></p>
  799. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Renewables contrast with the more harmful fossil fuels &#8211; <span class="mol-style-bold sciencetech-ccox">oil</span>, <span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">coal </span></span>and <span class="mol-style-bold"><span class="sciencetech-ccox">gas</span></span>.</p>
  800. <p class="mol-para-with-font">They are considered fossil fuels because they were formed from the fossilised, buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. </p>
  801. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Because of their origins, fossil fuels have a high carbon content, but when they are burned, they release large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. </p>
  802. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-italic"><span class="mol-style-italic">Source:  EDF Energy</span></span><span class="mol-style-italic"> /Stanford University</span></p>
  803. </div>
  804. </div>
  805. </div>
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  815. <title>New £165,000 Aston Martin Vantage tested &#8211; is it better than a Ferrari?</title>
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  824. <description><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Chuck away the performance figures and stop obsessing about numbers &#8211; just enjoy the experience,&#8217; said Aston Martin. That was the strong advice they gave during the pre-test briefing for the first drive of the much-anticipated all-new 202mph two-seater Aston Martin Vantage &#8211; its fastest ever with more power and punch. But is it a [...]</p>
  825. <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://thebritishclub.co.uk/new-165000-aston-martin-vantage-tested-is-it-better-than-a-ferrari/">New £165,000 Aston Martin Vantage tested &#8211; is it better than a Ferrari?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://thebritishclub.co.uk">The British Club</a>.</p>
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  828. <p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Chuck away the performance figures and stop obsessing about numbers &#8211; just enjoy the experience,&#8217; said Aston Martin.</p>
  829. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That was the strong advice they gave during the pre-test briefing for the first drive of the much-anticipated all-new 202mph two-seater Aston Martin Vantage &#8211; its fastest ever with more power and punch.</p>
  830. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But is it a match for its biggest rival, Ferrari? It&#8217;s time to find out. </p>
  831. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  832. <div class="mol-img">
  833. <div class="image-wrap">  </div>
  834. <p> <noscript> <img post-id="96381" fifu-featured="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-a30802e701d195c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/14/84708093-13404167-image-a-33_1715348799829.jpg" height="459" width="634" alt="Ad-Vantage Aston Martin: The British car maker's new Vantage is here - and we're among the first to drive it in Spain at the official launch" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  835. <p class="imageCaption">Ad-Vantage Aston Martin: The British car maker&#8217;s new Vantage is here &#8211; and we&#8217;re among the first to drive it in Spain at the official launch</p>
  836. </div>
  837. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The latest iteration of Aston&#8217;s most affordable sports car now rings in at a whopping £165,000.</p>
  838. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That a price hike of more than £44,000 on the £120,900 asking fee when the current outgoing version was launched in November 2017. </p>
  839. <p class="mol-para-with-font">And with extras you&#8217;d be lucky to get much change form £200,000.</p>
  840. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Its move up in price range now brings it closer to the Ferrari Roma &#8211; arguably its biggest competition. </p>
  841. <p class="mol-para-with-font">In truth, I never really took to the look of the last Vantage which divided opinion as markedly as Marmite following a bold decision to ditch the iconic Aston grille &#8211; akin to the team behind Dr Who messing with the design of the Daleks. </p>
  842. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A courageous move, but no. </p>
  843. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  844. <div class="mol-img">
  845. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-3bf6a1f55effce46" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/14/84708077-13404167-image-a-35_1715348813913.jpg" height="422" width="634" alt="The latest iteration of Aston's most affordable sports car now rings in at a whopping £165,000. That a price hike of more than £44,000 on the £120,900 asking fee when the current outgoing version was launched in November 2017" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  846. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-3bf6a1f55effce46" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/10/14/84708077-13404167-image-a-35_1715348813913.jpg" height="422" width="634" alt="The latest iteration of Aston's most affordable sports car now rings in at a whopping £165,000. That a price hike of more than £44,000 on the £120,900 asking fee when the current outgoing version was launched in November 2017" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  847. <p class="imageCaption">The latest iteration of Aston&#8217;s most affordable sports car now rings in at a whopping £165,000. That a price hike of more than £44,000 on the £120,900 asking fee when the current outgoing version was launched in November 2017</p>
  848. </div>
  849. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  850. <div class="mol-img">
  851. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-177843c8fff27f3c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708091-13404167-Ray_Massey_Motoring_Editor_for_the_Daily_Mail_says_he_s_happy_to-a-1_1715511922656.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Ray Massey, Motoring Editor for the Daily Mail, says he's happy to see some Aston Martin design cues return to the Vantage" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  852. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-177843c8fff27f3c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708091-13404167-Ray_Massey_Motoring_Editor_for_the_Daily_Mail_says_he_s_happy_to-a-1_1715511922656.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Ray Massey, Motoring Editor for the Daily Mail, says he's happy to see some Aston Martin design cues return to the Vantage" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  853. <p class="imageCaption">Ray Massey, Motoring Editor for the Daily Mail, says he&#8217;s happy to see some Aston Martin design cues return to the Vantage</p>
  854. </div>
  855. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  856. <div class="mol-img">
  857. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-4b0c53a2b70ce943" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708105-13404167-Its_move_up_in_price_range_now_brings_it_closer_to_the_Ferrari_R-a-2_1715511922868.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Its move up in price range now brings it closer to the Ferrari Roma - arguably its biggest competition. Can it rival the Italian superstar?" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  858. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-4b0c53a2b70ce943" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708105-13404167-Its_move_up_in_price_range_now_brings_it_closer_to_the_Ferrari_R-a-2_1715511922868.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Its move up in price range now brings it closer to the Ferrari Roma - arguably its biggest competition. Can it rival the Italian superstar?" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  859. <p class="imageCaption">Its move up in price range now brings it closer to the Ferrari Roma &#8211; arguably its biggest competition. Can it rival the Italian superstar?</p>
  860. </div>
  861. <p class="mol-para-with-font">So I&#8217;m really glad they&#8217;ve brought the grille back big time as the new Vantage reverts to a more muscular and traditional Aston Martin &#8216;face&#8217;.</p>
  862. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Both the sexy exterior and the sumptuously sporty interior are a step-change improvement and uplift from an already high bar as the Aston team continue on their mission to create a Britain&#8217;s Ferrari, or rather a British Ferrari-beater.</p>
  863. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Aston, based at Gaydon in leafy Warwickshire, says their new front-engined rear-wheel drive road-car is the fastest and most driver-focussed in the Vantage name-plate&#8217;s 74 year history, is &#8216;engineered for real drivers&#8217;, and remains &#8216;a hard-core sports car at heart&#8217;. </p>
  864. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But is it enough to panic Italy&#8217;s big wigs over in Maranello?</p>
  865. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  866. <div class="mol-img">
  867. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-4cec1173b8078e44" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708097-13404167-Ray_drove_the_new_Vantage_on_road_as_well_as_on_track_to_get_to_-a-8_1715511924006.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Ray drove the new Vantage on road as well as on track to get to grips with Britain's latest luxury export" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  868. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-4cec1173b8078e44" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708097-13404167-Ray_drove_the_new_Vantage_on_road_as_well_as_on_track_to_get_to_-a-8_1715511924006.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Ray drove the new Vantage on road as well as on track to get to grips with Britain's latest luxury export" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  869. <p class="imageCaption">Ray drove the new Vantage on road as well as on track to get to grips with Britain&#8217;s latest luxury export</p>
  870. </div>
  871. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  872. <div class="mol-img">
  873. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-18e8c50ba93fa4c3" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708099-13404167-James_Bond_fans_can_rest_assured_that_the_latest_offering_from_0-a-3_1715511923447.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="James Bond fans can rest assured that the latest offering from 007's favourite car firm certainly does have a licence to thrill. But also the potential for a licence to lose if you get carried away on public highways" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  874. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-18e8c50ba93fa4c3" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708099-13404167-James_Bond_fans_can_rest_assured_that_the_latest_offering_from_0-a-3_1715511923447.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="James Bond fans can rest assured that the latest offering from 007's favourite car firm certainly does have a licence to thrill. But also the potential for a licence to lose if you get carried away on public highways" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  875. <p class="imageCaption">James Bond fans can rest assured that the latest offering from 007&#8217;s favourite car firm certainly does have a licence to thrill. But also the potential for a licence to lose if you get carried away on public highways</p>
  876. </div>
  877. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  878. <div class="mol-img">
  879. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-1665f3ab3c7ecbbc" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708081-13404167-Ray_had_a_first_hand_experience_behind_the_wheel_of_the_new_Vant-a-4_1715511923450.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Ray had a first-hand experience behind the wheel of the new Vantage during a morning spent doing hot laps at the Monteblanco racing circuit on the outskirts of Seville in southern Spain" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  880. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-1665f3ab3c7ecbbc" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708081-13404167-Ray_had_a_first_hand_experience_behind_the_wheel_of_the_new_Vant-a-4_1715511923450.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Ray had a first-hand experience behind the wheel of the new Vantage during a morning spent doing hot laps at the Monteblanco racing circuit on the outskirts of Seville in southern Spain" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  881. <p class="imageCaption">Ray had a first-hand experience behind the wheel of the new Vantage during a morning spent doing hot laps at the Monteblanco racing circuit on the outskirts of Seville in southern Spain</p>
  882. </div>
  883. <h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">What&#8217;s it like to drive? </h2>
  884. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It is certainly an impressive beast. </p>
  885. <p class="mol-para-with-font">And it really is the physical feel of driving the car &#8211; when those enhanced performance figures on a page translate into real driver experience &#8211; that is the strong suit here. </p>
  886. <p class="mol-para-with-font">James Bond fans can rest assured that the latest offering from 007&#8217;s favourite car firm certainly does have a licence to thrill. But also the potential for a licence to lose if you get carried away on public highways.</p>
  887. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS money" data-version="2" id="mol-7ac25530-0ecf-11ef-9ff1-e5f507744a37" data-permabox-url="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-13404167/New-165-000-Aston-Martin-Vantage-tested-better-Ferrari.html">
  888. <h3 class="mol-factbox-title">Will it fit in my garage? 2024 Aston Martin Vantage</h3>
  889. <div class="ins cleared mol-factbox-body">
  890. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption" style="">
  891. <div class="mol-img">
  892. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-733daafc7f28956c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708103-13404167-image-a-14_1715511925106.jpg" height="185" width="274" alt="" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  893. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-733daafc7f28956c" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708103-13404167-image-a-14_1715511925106.jpg" height="185" width="274" alt="" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  894. </p></div>
  895. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Price: </span>from £165,000</p>
  896. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">On sale: </span>Now</p>
  897. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Length: </span>4,495mm</p>
  898. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Width (with mirrors):</span> 2,124mm</p>
  899. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Height: </span>1,275mm</p>
  900. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Wheelbase:</span> 2,705mm</p>
  901. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Weight:</span> 1,605kg</p>
  902. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Weight distribution: </span>50:50</p>
  903. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Engine:</span> 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo petrol</p>
  904. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Power:</span> 665horse-power (up 130hp from 535hp</p>
  905. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Transmission:</span> Rear-mounted 8-speed auto (with carbon fibre prop shaft)</p>
  906. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Acceleration (0-62mph):</span> 3.5 seconds</p>
  907. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Top speed:</span> 202mph</p>
  908. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Fuel economy:</span> TBC (expect circa 24mpg)</p>
  909. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Wheels: </span>21 inch with bespoke Michelin Pilot Sport 5 AML (plus Winter tyre option)</p>
  910. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Brakes:</span> Steel or carbon ceramic</p>
  911. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Turning circle:</span> 12 metres</p>
  912. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Fuel tank capacity:</span> 78 litres</p>
  913. <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">Boot volume:</span> 346 litres (with load divider and parcel shelf removed) or 235 litres (with load divider and parcel shelf in place)</p>
  914. </p></div>
  915. </p></div>
  916. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That is why I was pleased to have my first experience behind the wheel of the new Vantage during a morning spent doing hot laps at the Monteblanco racing circuit on the outskirts of Seville in southern Spain.</p>
  917. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Here I could experience the full potential of the car (though to be fair, I didn&#8217;t get close, but gave it a fair old go), driving both solo and with the expert help and patient tutoring of three times Le Mans 24-hour winner Darren Turner riding shotgun alongside me.</p>
  918. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Crash helmet on, I was off onto the serpentine Spanish circuit and thundering down the long home straight the pulling-power of the 665 horsepower 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo petrol engine at its heart. </p>
  919. <p class="mol-para-with-font">To be fair, as the first few hairpin bends loomed large ahead of me, it really was the high-speed track experience about which I was obsessing – rather than the bald performance figures which the Aston Martin team had urged me and others present to chuck away.</p>
  920. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But for the record, and to put it in context, the new Vantage does accelerate from rest to 62mph in just 3.5 seconds up to a top speed of 202mph. </p>
  921. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But that doesn&#8217;t even begin to convey the experience, which was awesome.</p>
  922. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That power output is up by 155hp, or nearly a third, on the equivalent outgoing 510hp Vantage, and an increase of 130hp or a fifth on the Vantage F1 edition&#8217;s 535hp. </p>
  923. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That helps shave a second off the existing car&#8217;s acceleration, while adding 7mph to the top speed.</p>
  924. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The engine is linked to a rear-mounted 8-speed automatic transmission (with carbon fibre prop shaft) with slick manual gear-changes possible via paddle-shift.</p>
  925. <p class="mol-para-with-font">With such rapid acceleration I was thankful for the stopping power of equally powerful carbon ceramic brakes when I slammed on the anchors ahead of tight turns and cornering.</p>
  926. <p class="mol-para-with-font">For the record, I have no pretentions to being a racing driver – quite the opposite – and I always have all the safety options switched on. I am a journalist first and I know my limitations. </p>
  927. <p class="mol-para-with-font">But I could not fail to be impressed at just how good a driver this car made me feel – even on a race track. </p>
  928. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The more I drive it, the more confident I felt.</p>
  929. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Racing champion and Aston Martin Racing factory driver Darren was a delight in helping me squeeze even more out of the car than I might otherwise have dared – either following him at speed to match his superb racing lines in his own car, or having him alongside to take that next turn even tighter and closer to the apex.</p>
  930. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  931. <div class="mol-img">
  932. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-3dabb095d491ffc1" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708089-13404167-The_new_Vantage_accelerates_from_rest_to_62mph_in_just_3_5_secon-a-5_1715511923871.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="The new Vantage accelerates from rest to 62mph in just 3.5 seconds up to a top speed of 202mph" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  933. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-3dabb095d491ffc1" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708089-13404167-The_new_Vantage_accelerates_from_rest_to_62mph_in_just_3_5_secon-a-5_1715511923871.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="The new Vantage accelerates from rest to 62mph in just 3.5 seconds up to a top speed of 202mph" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  934. <p class="imageCaption">The new Vantage accelerates from rest to 62mph in just 3.5 seconds up to a top speed of 202mph</p>
  935. </div>
  936. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  937. <div class="mol-img">
  938. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-aa235513ff1d0b12" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708083-13404167-There_are_five_driving_modes_track_sport_sport_individual_and_we-a-6_1715511923873.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="There are five driving modes: track, sport+, sport, individual and wet. Sport and sport+" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  939. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-aa235513ff1d0b12" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708083-13404167-There_are_five_driving_modes_track_sport_sport_individual_and_we-a-6_1715511923873.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="There are five driving modes: track, sport+, sport, individual and wet. Sport and sport+" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  940. <p class="imageCaption">There are five driving modes: track, sport+, sport, individual and wet. Sport and sport+</p>
  941. </div>
  942. <p class="mol-para-with-font">As sweaty palms swiftly gave way to cool hot-laps, it gave me an enhanced appreciation of what this new Vantage as capable – without putting my own driving licence at risk.</p>
  943. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That meant when I did go out on the public roads – for which it is designed to spend most if not all of its life &#8211; I could relax and appreciate the more refined features of the cars well as the intense dynamic performance.</p>
  944. <p class="mol-para-with-font">That racing pedigree performance translates seamlessly onto the highway where, intriguingly, metallic green has taken over from silver as the most popular Aston colour. </p>
  945. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It has a cossetting cockpit with a good mix of touch-screen, steering wheel commands, and proper buttons, though one of the slider controls on the steering wheel is a bit fiddly.</p>
  946. <p class="mol-para-with-font">There are five driving modes: track, sport+, sport, individual and wet. </p>
  947. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sport and sport+ I found most engaging but you can set the car up to suit your personal preferences. </p>
  948. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Great grip and growl on twisty mountain roads, but watch the needle and your right foot on those enticingly long straight stretches.</p>
  949. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Aston Martin F1 racing driver Fernando Alonso would enjoy one as his regular day car.</p>
  950. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  951. <div class="mol-img">
  952. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-c7e4d44366775f72" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708109-13404167-Great_grip_and_growl_on_twisty_mountain_roads_but_watch_the_need-a-7_1715511923875.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Great grip and growl on twisty mountain roads, but watch the needle and your right foot on those enticingly long straight stretches" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  953. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-c7e4d44366775f72" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708109-13404167-Great_grip_and_growl_on_twisty_mountain_roads_but_watch_the_need-a-7_1715511923875.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Great grip and growl on twisty mountain roads, but watch the needle and your right foot on those enticingly long straight stretches" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  954. <p class="imageCaption">Great grip and growl on twisty mountain roads, but watch the needle and your right foot on those enticingly long straight stretches</p>
  955. </div>
  956. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  957. <div class="mol-img">
  958. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-f7178da6ccd856ac" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708095-13404167-Styling_elements_of_the_One_77_supercar_have_also_been_included_-a-13_1715511924066.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Styling elements of the One-77 supercar have also been included. There's a wider rear bumper with side vents and larger diameter quad exhaust tailpipes to make it 'look as dramatic from the rear as it does from the front" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  959. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-f7178da6ccd856ac" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708095-13404167-Styling_elements_of_the_One_77_supercar_have_also_been_included_-a-13_1715511924066.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Styling elements of the One-77 supercar have also been included. There's a wider rear bumper with side vents and larger diameter quad exhaust tailpipes to make it 'look as dramatic from the rear as it does from the front" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  960. <p class="imageCaption">Styling elements of the One-77 supercar have also been included. There&#8217;s a wider rear bumper with side vents and larger diameter quad exhaust tailpipes to make it &#8216;look as dramatic from the rear as it does from the front</p>
  961. </div>
  962. <h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Does the Vantage look &#8211; and feel &#8211; the part? </h2>
  963. <p class="mol-para-with-font">With its more classic Aston Martin styling, the new Vantage is 30mm wider with a more muscular stance.</p>
  964. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The completely redesigned front end with a veined grille that is 38 per cent larger to boost cooling air intake. It also marks a return of the signature Aston Martin side-strake.</p>
  965. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Styling elements of the One-77 supercar have also been included. There&#8217;s a wider rear bumper with side vents and larger diameter quad exhaust tailpipes to make it &#8216;look as dramatic from the rear as it does from the front.</p>
  966. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Clever design styling means the car looks leaner as &#8216;volume&#8217; is removed from the road presence.</p>
  967. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  968. <div class="mol-img">
  969. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-f56180c2abc84f69" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708111-13404167-Here_s_a_look_at_the_Vantage_cabin_As_you_can_see_there_are_plen-a-9_1715511924020.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Here's a look at the Vantage cabin. As you can see, there are plenty of buttons and switches, meaning drivers don't have to fiddle around with the infotainment screen" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  970. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-f56180c2abc84f69" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708111-13404167-Here_s_a_look_at_the_Vantage_cabin_As_you_can_see_there_are_plen-a-9_1715511924020.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Here's a look at the Vantage cabin. As you can see, there are plenty of buttons and switches, meaning drivers don't have to fiddle around with the infotainment screen" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  971. <p class="imageCaption">Here&#8217;s a look at the Vantage cabin. As you can see, there are plenty of buttons and switches, meaning drivers don&#8217;t have to fiddle around with the infotainment screen</p>
  972. </div>
  973. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  974. <div class="mol-img">
  975. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-5d09e15773d96f16" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708101-13404167-The_cabin_is_very_much_like_a_fighter_jet_cockpit_with_everythin-a-10_1715511924024.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="The cabin is very much like a fighter jet cockpit with everything within easy reach of the driver" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  976. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-5d09e15773d96f16" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708101-13404167-The_cabin_is_very_much_like_a_fighter_jet_cockpit_with_everythin-a-10_1715511924024.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="The cabin is very much like a fighter jet cockpit with everything within easy reach of the driver" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  977. <p class="imageCaption">The cabin is very much like a fighter jet cockpit with everything within easy reach of the driver</p>
  978. </div>
  979. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  980. <div class="mol-img">
  981. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-f4d83e1b2796d9cf" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708107-13404167-Boot_space_for_a_sports_car_of_this_ilk_is_pretty_impressive_The-a-11_1715511924027.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Boot space for a sports car of this ilk is pretty impressive. There's 235 litres of storage capacity, which is on par with some practical superminis" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  982. <p> <noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-f4d83e1b2796d9cf" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708107-13404167-Boot_space_for_a_sports_car_of_this_ilk_is_pretty_impressive_The-a-11_1715511924027.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="Boot space for a sports car of this ilk is pretty impressive. There's 235 litres of storage capacity, which is on par with some practical superminis" class="blkBorder img-share"> </noscript> </div>
  983. <p class="imageCaption">Boot space for a sports car of this ilk is pretty impressive. There&#8217;s 235 litres of storage capacity, which is on par with some practical superminis</p>
  984. </div>
  985. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Other features include frameless door mirrors, &#8216;presenting&#8217; pop-out door handles, and supple, aromatic Bridge of Weir hides.</p>
  986. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The new Vantage follows the introduction last year of the DB12 Coupe and Volante in what it terms the &#8216;ultra-luxury, performance sports car market&#8217;.</p>
  987. <p class="mol-para-with-font">It continues a lineage that can be traced back to 1950, when the Vantage name was first used to denote an uprated engine package for the race-proven DB2 model.</p>
  988. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The first time the Vantage name was applied as a model designation was in 1964, when a high-performance Vantage-badged version of the DB5 became the new flagship of the range.</p>
  989. <p class="mol-para-with-font">A standalone Vantage model was introduced in the early 1970s, and since then the nameplate has played an increasingly prominent role in Aston Martin&#8217;s model line-up.</p>
  990. <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="">
  991. <div class="mol-img">
  992. <div class="image-wrap"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" id="i-39d5119cc40752fb" src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/12/12/84708079-13404167-With_the_new_generation_Vantage_Aston_Martin_has_made_impressive-a-12_1715511924029.jpg" height="425" width="634" alt="With the new generation Vantage, Aston Martin has made impressive headway towards their ultra-luxury British performance ambitions, says Ray" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%"> </div>
  993. <p> <noscript>  </noscript> </div>
  994. <p class="imageCaption">With the new generation Vantage, Aston Martin has made impressive headway towards their ultra-luxury British performance ambitions, says Ray</p>
  995. </div>
  996. <h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead">Car &amp; motoring verdict </h2>
  997. <p class="mol-para-with-font">The vigorous new Vantage gives Aston Martin a clear advantage in the competition to attract customers who enjoy real driving pleasure above bragging rights about Top Trumps statistics.</p>
  998. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Aston Martin bosses under chairman Lawrence Stroll are clear they want to move the firm&#8217;s positioning from the sphere that includes luxurious sporty brands like Britain&#8217;s Bentley and more into the domain of performance supercars like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and McLaren, while still retaining levels of comfort and luxury that their well-heeled customers demand. </p>
  999. <p class="mol-para-with-font">So that will be a key challenge for former Bentley chief executive Adrian Hallmark when he takes over at Aston in the Autumn.</p>
  1000. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Aston Martin said of their new Vantage: &#8216;The quintessential Aston Martin sports car and the most driver focused and fastest Vantage in the famous nameplate&#8217;s 74-year history, it is an authentic, unadulterated celebration of pure performance, engineered to deliver &#8216;maximum thrills with maximum confidence&#8217; in keeping with &#8216;the most dynamic period in Aston Martin&#8217;s 111 year history.&#8217;</p>
  1001. <p class="mol-para-with-font">And it&#8217;s hard to disagree.</p>
  1002. <p class="mol-para-with-font">With the new generation Vantage they&#8217;ve made impressive headway towards their ultra-luxury British performance ambitions. </p>
  1003. <p class="mol-para-with-font">Ferrari has already given an unacknowledged nod to Aston Martin with the styling of their own Roma model, which I cheekily refer to as an &#8216;Aston Ferrari&#8217;.</p>
  1004. <p class="mol-para-with-font">I suspect the Italian team in Maranello will be keeping a constantly close eye on their rear mirrors looking out for those impertinent Brits stealing up to them on their blind side. </p>
  1005. <p class="mol-para-with-font">And rightly so.</p>
  1006. </div>
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