Недавно историки обнаружили скрытую деталь на портрете Анны Болейн, которая, по их мнению, опровергает миф о колдовстве. Исследование картины направлено на развенчание слухов о том, что у бывшей жены короля Генриха VIII был шестой палец. На этом портрете, изображающем одну из самых известных личностей в истории, Анна представлена с подвеской в форме буквы “Б”, французским капюшоном, темными глазам...

The English Channel had its quietest January for migrant crossings in five years as Storm Chandra and other bad weather lashed the country. Fewer than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK last month, with January 31 continuing a run of several days with no crossings at all. In total, just 933 people came last month, the lowest January tally since 2021, when 224 migrants made the journey. That is 15% f...

На портрете Анны Болейн изображена одна из самых знаковых фигур в истории, с подвеской в виде буквы “Б”, французским капюшоном, темными глазами и красной розой в правой руке. Теперь под слоями краски была обнаружена тайна, которая оставалась скрытой почти 500 лет, отмечает The Guardian. Научный анализ картины в замке Хевер, где прошло ее детство в Кенте, выявил доказательства того, что художник ел...

The horror of watching a U.S. citizen die at the hands of federal or state officials transcends ordinary politics. Such a ruthless deployment of power not only evokes deep and widespread human emotion but also collides directly with fundamental U.S. values rooted in the Constitution, especially the commitment to protecting individual liberties from government abuse. This is certainly how many Amer...

Thousands of residents across Kent are still dealing with water supply issues after yet more outages from the under-fire operator, South East Water. The water supply of more than 5,500 households was affected on Sunday evening due to a treatment works fault, a power outage and two burst mains. A major incident was declared earlier this week when 30,000 homes in Kent and Sussex were left without wa...

Thousands of people in Kent are once again experiencing water supply issues days after similar disruption. An estimated 4,500 properties in several rural areas around Maidstone and hundreds more in Tunbridge Wells are experiencing little to no water, South East Water (SEW) said. The company put the issues down to an electrical fault at a treatment works and the slow recovery of drinking water in s...

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Water has been restored to most homes across Kent and Sussex after almost a week of disruption. South East Water (SEW) said the outage, which began on Saturday, was the result of Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts. South East Water boss in line for £400,000 bonus despite outages Read more At the height of the incident, the company reported that 30,000 customers across the counties we...

Water is finally being restored to some homes across Kent and Sussex - after almost a week of chaos. Some 6,500 homes will have their taps running again after a gruelling six days of disruption - which has prompted fury towards provider South East Water (SEW). The firm blames the outage - which has affected 30,000 homes since Saturday - on Storm Goretti bursting pipes and cutting power. It has pro...

The boss of the company that has left thousands of households in Kent and East Sussex without water for days is in line for a £400,000 long-term bonus regardless of his performance, if he resists calls for him to resign over the outages. David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water, is to receive the payout if he stays on until July 2030. Hinton is facing calls to give up his right to the...

Компания South East Water Ltd. может быть оштрафована на сумму до 10 % от своего оборота, если в ходе нового расследования, проведенного отраслевым регулятором Ofwat, будет установлено, что британская компания нарушила лицензионные условия в отношении обслуживания клиентов во время недавних отключений воды по всей стране. Об этом пишет Bloomberg. Фото: Bloomberg. Волонтеры раздают бутылки с водой...

South East Water could lose its operating licence after residents across Kent and Sussex faced up to a week without water. The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, has called for the regulator to review the company’s operating licence. If it were to lose it, the company would fall into a special administration regime until a new buyer was found. If the regulator, Ofwat, decides the company has br...

South East Water (SEW) is facing an investigation by regulator Ofwat after repeated outages left tens of thousands of households and businesses across Kent and Sussex without drinking water. The news came after the government asked the watchdog to review the company's licence. On Tuesday, Ofwat said it was concerned that 23,000 properties were still affected by outages across the counties where a...

The water watchdog has aired "concern" as 25,000 properties remain affected by outages across Kent and Sussex - a day after a major incident was declared in the two counties. The latest supply failure is being blamed on Storm Goretti causing power cuts and burst pipes. Many people are into a fourth day without water, with the latest outages coming overnight between Friday and Saturday last week. S...

Десятки тысяч людей по всему юго-востоку Англии остались без воды из-за холодов, вызванных штормом «Горетти». Об этом сообщает телеканал Sky News. Снабжающие часть Кента, Суррея и Суссекса организации Southern Water и South East Water заявили, что причиной стали холодная погода, вызванная штормом «Горетти», и отключение электроэнергии на насосных станциях. В настоящее время авария затронула около...

A major incident has been declared after 30,000 homes in Kent and Sussex were left without water. People in areas including Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury and Maidstone have been without water for as long as five days. Schools and libraries across Kent and Sussex have closed for the day as they do not have running water. The Queen Victoria hospital in East Grinstead has been forced to carry out some...

Police are hunting for a convicted robber who absconded from an open prison on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Michael Dunn, 53, left HMP Standford Hill without permission at around 8.55am on Saturday, Kent Police said. He was jailed for six years and four months in September 2023 after pleading guilty to robbery offences in Maidstone. Mr Dunn was last seen in a grey hoodie, dark bottoms, black train...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Phat Phat Brooks scored 20 points as Central Michigan beat Kent State 87-85 on Saturday. Brooks shot 6 for 15 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7 from the free-throw line for the Chippewas (5-12, 1-4 Mid-American Conference). Keenan Garner added 16 points while going 5 of 7 and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and had four steals. Tamario Adley shot 6 for 11, including...

Kent State Golden Flashes (12-3, 3-0 MAC) at Central Michigan Chippewas (4-12, 0-4 MAC) Mount Pleasant, Michigan; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Flashes -9.5; over/under is 155.5 BOTTOM LINE: Kent State faces Central Michigan after Delrecco Gillespie scored 32 points in Kent State's 96-93 win over the Bowling Green Falcons. The Chippewas are 3-3 in home games. Central Michigan...

A man has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of an army officer who was stabbed "repeatedly" outside his barracks in Chatham, Kent. Anthony Esan, 25, admitted trying to kill Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Sally Port Gardens near Brompton Barracks, headquarters of the 1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment in July 2024. Appearing at Maidstone Crown Court via video-link from Broadmoo...

A failure at a water treatment centre that left tens of thousands of Kent households without water was foreseen weeks before it happened and could have been stopped, the regulator has said. Twenty-four thousand homes in the Tunbridge Wells area were without drinking water for two weeks from 30 November last year due to a failure at the Pembury water treatment centre. At first there was no water co...

Two teenagers have died after a car came off a road in Kent, police said. A 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl died after a blue Ford Fiesta came off the road on Saturday, 3 January. A 16-year-old girl who was also in the car was treated in hospital and later discharged. Kent Police said officers were called to reports a car had left the carriageway of Old Ferry Road, near Iwade, at around 8.30p...

Kent Police are attempting to trace two men in relation to a fatal collision between a car and a pedestrian. Police were called to an incident on the A289 at Gads Hill in Gillingham at around 12.10pm on Monday. A male pedestrian was treated by paramedics and later pronounced dead. CCTV images released by police show two men wearing dark clothes with hoods up. One man appears to be running and anot...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Freshman Jack Benter came off the bench to hit six 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 20 points, and Fletcher Loyer added 19 points to lead No. 5 Purdue to a 101-60 rout of Kent State on Monday night. Trey Kaufman-Renn had a double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds. Braden Smith had 12 points and eight assists for the Boilermakers (12-1) in their nonconference fin...

A child has died and a second has been taken to hospital after a house fire in Kent, emergency services have said. The blaze occurred in White Admiral Way in the village of Hamstreet, near Ashford, on Sunday. Kent fire and rescue service (KFRS) said “an intense fire” had spread throughout the semi-detached property when firefighters arrived shortly after 12.10pm. Six fire engines and a height vehi...