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The business’ coffee shop in New Road, Brighton, closed in October after deciding not to sign a new lease. Owner Fabio Lauro said they were offered a free rent period by a landlord for the New Road site from 2020, as well as a site in St James’ Street, also in the city, but opted not to sign a long lease. It was replaced by an Asian restaurant called Longrain Theatre which has been at the site since October. Fabio said Longrain has paid for all the furnishings and fittings inside the restaurant. Wolfox also supplies its coffee. Longrain Theatre…

Image Credit: CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Demi Lovato debuted her then new boyfriend to the world when she stepped out with him for a dinner date at LAVO Italian Restaurant in New York City, NY in August 2022. The singer was hand in hand with the musician Jute$ during the outing, finally putting a face to the unidentified love interest mentioned in several headline-making reports in the weeks before. Now the lovebirds are engaged after the songwriter popped the question in a “personal and intimate proposal” on December 16, 2023, according to PEOPLE. A photo showing the happy couple was shared by…

The CEO of investment management firm VanEck says he can’t see a world where Bitcoin (BTC) is overtaken as the leading store of value on the internet.“I think it’s impossible for me to imagine some other internet store of value [will] leapfrog Bitcoin,” Jan van Eck said in a Dec. 16 interview with CNBC. “There’s 50 million users of Bitcoin, so it’s got network effects.”The CEO —  $76.4 billion in assets under management — also crushed accusations that Bitcoin is in a “bubble,” — explaining that no asset has ever been in a bubble that continues to outperform itself every…

Macaca-fascicularis. Credit: UF/IFAS In a first-of-its-kind study for North America, scientists accumulated a list of potential invasive species for Florida, and researchers deemed 40 pose the greatest threat. A team of experts, led by University of Florida scientists, evaluated terrestrial, aquatic and marine species with characteristics that make them particularly adept at invasion. Their list includes 460 vertebrates, invertebrates, algae and plants. “Invasive species management tends to be reactive, instead of preventative,” said Deah Lieurance, who led the project as the then-coordinator of the UF/IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants and is now an assistant professor of invasive species biology and…

Breandan O’Connor, from Haywards Heath, had a triple heart bypass in July this year. The 63-year-old first noticed a problem after experiencing unusual pain in his chest while walking up a hill. “At the time, I wasn’t worried,” he said. “I thought I was just unfit. I’d got out of the habit of going to the gym during the lockdowns. But with my years of nursing, I knew that pain could be the sign of something else, so I thought I better get it checked out.” After visiting his GP and being referred for tests, doctors discovered that three of the…

Image Credit: Marc Patrick/BFA.com/Shutterstock Kendall Jenner, 28, has many people wondering if she and Bad Bunny, 29, are still dating after she spent time with just friends in Aspen, CO this week. The model was photographed going on an outing with pals Lauren Perez and David Waltzer on Friday and flashed smiles as she walked without her significant other. She wore a long brown fur coat, sheer black tights, and black flat shoes during the outing, and had her long hair down. Amid Kendall’s latest outing, rumors have continued to swirl about Kendall and Bad Bunny’s relationship status since they haven’t…

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Hello! And goodbye! Well, at least until 2024. The Station is going to take a little break through the end of this year. I want to thank you all for reading our weekly newsletter and reaching out to me with suggestions, tips and criticism. Yes,…

Blockchain-based lending is regaining momentum this year, with the value of active tokenized private credit now sitting at $582 million — a staggering 128% increase from a year ago. While still far off from its peak of $1.5 billion in June 2022, according to data from real-world asset loan tracker RWA.xyz, the resurgence could signal that loan-seekers are looking for blockchain-based alternatives to traditional financiers amid a recent rise in interest rates.The current average percentage rate is 9.64% for blockchain-based credit protocols, while financiers have been offering small business bank loan interest rates between 5.75% and 11.91%, according to a…

Certain facial features — like downturned lips and a heavy brow — are known to make someone appear untrustworthy to others, even though these do not indicate a person’s actual character. Such facial biases influence our everyday social interactions as well as high-stakes decisions, including who we hire, or elect to political office. But a new study by Columbia researchers shows that the effects of these judgments can be mitigated. The study outlines the results of four experiments that the authors conducted with 1,400 volunteers. Through those experiments, the researchers found that when real-world defendants have facial features that appear…

With last year’s winner Ladbaby out of the running, a group of unexpected music artists from Heather View in Crowborough want to claim the top spot in the charts with their offering “Christmas Celebration”. Following the success of Heather View’s Song For A King earlier this year, which saw residents at the home make headlines for their tribute to King Charles III, the budding songwriters were inspired to take things to the next level and show just how much their song-writing skills “sleigh”. While the rest of the country was getting a head start on their Christmas shopping, residents and…