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Located in Dartford, Bluewater offers shoppers 300 different brands to choose from and is also currently playing host to its popular Winter ice rink. Over recent months, Bluewater has welcomed four new shops, along with the addition of a brand new restaurant this month and the return of a popular UK fashion pop-up this festive season. The store openings follow the recent return of Under The Rainbow to Bluewater, with their Winter Art Exhibition. Following the success of pop-ups in previous years, this exhibition is Bluewater’s “largest yet”, featuring 80 artists from across the Southeast. The exhibition is located across…

The Ministry of Finance in Palau officially launched the second phase of the Palau Stablecoin (PSC) Program. Jay Hunter Anson, a cybersecurity consultant in Palau, confirmed the initiation of the country’s CBDC pilot program in a post. Anson expressed that Palau aims to extend its partnership with Ripple in this next stage, allowing the PSC team to leverage Ripple’s CBDC platform and technical expertise. PSC is a digital currency pegged to the U.S. dollar at 1:1. The USD-supporting PSC is stored in a commercial bank with FDIC insurance. The Palau government issues the PSC on the XRP Ledger (XRPL).Additionally, Anson highlighted…

Supernovae-stellar explosions as bright as an entire galaxy-have fascinated us since time immemorial. Yet, there are more hydrogen-poor supernovae than astrophysicists can explain. Now, a new Assistant Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has played a pivotal role in identifying the missing precursor star population. The results, now published in Science, go back to a conversation the involved professors had many years ago as junior scientists. Some stars do not simply die down, but explode in a stellar blast that could outshine entire galaxies. These cosmic phenomena, called supernovae, spread light, elements, energy, and radiation in…

Jane Cleary, consultant midwife at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, has. been honoured with the prestigious Chief Midwifery Officer award for her “significant and outstanding contribution to midwifery practice”. The Chief Midwifery Award is awarded to healthcare staff for “going beyond the expectations of their everyday role, demonstrating excellence in clinical practice, education, research, leadership and focusing on diversity and health inequalities”. “I was overwhelmed and delighted to receive the Chief Midwifery Award for my contribution to Midwifery,” said Jane. “I have loved working within maternity services and remain passionate that we strive to listen to women and…

Gillingham playmaker Jonny Williams has been declared fit to face a team he almost joined in the summer.Williams needed stitches in a facial wound as the Gills beat Charlton in the FA Cup two weeks ago and since then his team-mates have been told to steer clear of him in training to avoid making the injury worse.Jonny Williams has recovered from a facial injury he suffered when the Gills played Charlton in the FA CupMore: Boss sees positives of an unexpected breakHead coach Stephen Clemence has said the 30-year-old former Welsh international is now good to go this Saturday and…

Location : The M62 eastbound entry slip at junction J22 . Reason : Road Management. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 09:45 and 10:00 on 17 December 2023. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 09:45 and 10:00 on 17 December 2023. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed. Source link

Labour’s plans to borrow £28bn to invest in decarbonisation and green energy would lead to tax rises, the chief secretary to the Treasury has argued. Writing in the Times, Laura Trott criticised Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ promise to borrow £28bn a year by the end of the next parliament, which the party say will be invested in “jobs and energy investment”. Funding for the measures would equate to a four per cent increase in income tax, six per cent on national insurance or a nine per cent rise in corporation tax, Trott suggested. And…

However, with the festive period comes restricted travel times and days when the whole public transport network ceases to operate. If you’re looking to catch a train on Christmas Day or are trying to travel from Aberdeen to Glasgow over the festive period, here is everything you need to know. When will Scottish buses, trains and more operate over the Christmas period? Here are the operating times and dates for the likes of trains, buses and trams in Scotland over the Christmas and Hogmanay periods. ScotRail trains will not operate over Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. (Image: PA) Trains (ScotRail) ScotRail…

Virginia Tech, a university in the United States, has published a report outlining potential biases in the artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT, suggesting variations in its outputs on environmental justice issues across different counties.In a recent report, researchers from Virginia Tech have alleged that ChatGPT has limitations in delivering area-specific information regarding environmental justice issues. However, the study identified a trend indicating that the information was more readily available to the larger, densely populated states.”In states with larger urban populations such as Delaware or California, fewer than 1 percent of the population lived in counties that cannot receive specific information.”Meanwhile, regions with…

By Debashis Panda of Imperial College London and others. CC-4.0 Each year at its annual meeting, the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics sponsors a contest for the best images in a variety of categories, all related to the flow of fluids. This year’s Gallery was presented at the Division’s 76th meeting in November in Washington, D.C., with 12 artistic videos and images being selected in four different categories. Here are some of the winners. ‘Liquid lace’ 3D polymer printers require careful adjustment to spool their material out into a substrate. Depositing too much polymer too slowly can lead…