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The Freedom of Information has uncovered road where drivers hit most with PCNs for parking or traffic violationsThe Tunbridge Wells street earning council highest income from traffic or parking violations(Image: KentLive)The street in Tunbridge Wells where the most income is earned for council coffers from traffic or parking violations has been revealed. Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) earned Tunbridge Wells Borough Council a whopping £2,399,490 during the past financial year.Across the borough during the same period, 68,308 PCNs, were issued between April 2024 and March 31,. 2025. A Freedom of Information request submitted to the council, was answered on January 7.The…

Gillingham have a date in mind for the opening of their much-anticipated fanzone.The demolition work was completed before the end of the year at the back of the Medway Stand to make way for the new facility at Priestfield Stadium.Rainham End supporters will get a new venue from next season to eat and drink Picture: Stuart WatsonGillingham Football Club put plans in over a year ago for a 900-capacity area that will provide additional facilities for supporters on matchdays and an entertainment space for other events.The club plans to have the new area ready for the start of next season, but…

Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan has slammed the idea that Bitcoin shouldn’t be used for investment and 401(k)s because of its volatility — arguing that some stocks are also prone to even larger price swings. Hougan made the comments on the same day US Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for answers on how it would mitigate risks involved in allowing crypto in retirement funds. In August last year, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Labor Department to reevaluate restrictions around alternative assets in defined-contribution plans, opening the door for cryptocurrencies…

Ever since Ronald Reagan was president, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a value to human life. If you think too long about it, it’s a bit crass, but the upshot was to provide some cost-benefit analysis of pollution controls. Lowering pollution can prolong human life, so if the health benefits of reducing pollution outweighed the costs, then there was an economic argument to be made in favor of those reductions.  Every administration since has assigned some value to human life when determining how to regulate air pollution. The Trump administration is planning to throw decades of accepted practice out…

New data from Zoopla has revealed the housing markets with the greatest prospects for house growth in 2026. Zoopla assessed a range of key housing market indicators, including: The affordability of homes How quickly homes are selling How much asking prices are being cut to attract demand How many homes have been on the market for more than six months These factors have been collated and ranked across 120 postal areas of the UK to create an overall ranking of the areas with the best prospects for 2026. Areas across Scotland and Northern England have the best prospects for house…

Grapevine, TX, January 12, 2026 –(PR.com)– Bowmen Sports, a North Texas youth sports instruction company founded in 2003, announced the opening of its 17th location with new programming at The Rec of Grapevine. The expansion marks the company’s newest partnership with a local recreation facility and extends Bowmen Sports’ footprint across the DFW Metroplex.The company is known for beginner-friendly instruction that emphasizes fundamentals, movement, and confidence-building for school-age athletes. Bowmen Sports delivers a mix of year-round and seasonal options, including Private PE classes, evening sport-specific skills classes, and summer sports camps designed around coaching and measurable improvement.Bowmen Sports introduced Private PE…

James Kingston made it four wins in a row at Saturday’s Kent County Cross-Country Championships.Tonbridge AC’s Kingston completed the 12,000m distance in 38min16sec – two seconds faster than his 2025 time and more than a minute clear of Tunbridge Wells Harriers’ Dillon Hobbs (39.19). Completing the top three was Blackheath & Bromley Harriers’ Charlie Davis (39.26).James Kingston on his way to another county success at Brands Hatch. Picture: Mark HookwayThere were wins at both six and 12-to-score for Tonbridge’s senior men’s team.Blackheath & Bromley Harriers’ Andrea Clement took the senior women’s honours this year, her 31.07 was 10 seconds faster…

On Monday, Anthropic announced a new tool called Cowork, designed as a more accessible version of Claude Code. Built into the Claude Desktop app, the new tool lets users designate a specific folder where Claude can read or modify files, with further instructions given through the standard chat interface. The result is similar to a sandboxed instance of Claude Code, but requires far less technical savvy to set up. Currently in research preview, Cowork is only available to Max subscribers, with a waitlist available for users on other plans. The new tool is inspired in part by the growing number…

California has built its reputation as the engine room of American innovation. From Silicon Valley to Hollywood, the state attracts founders, investors and global talent at a scale few places can match. But, it seems like that might be about to change. Has it already? A proposed wealth tax targeting billionaires has reopened an uncomfortable question: could California be pushing its most valuable economic contributors away, and what would that mean for businesses and the wider economy? The proposal, often referred to as the Billionaire Tax Act, aims to levy a one-time tax on extreme wealth to boost public finances.…

Tuesday 13 January 2026 1:53 am  |  Updated:  Monday 12 January 2026 6:21 pm By: Felix Armstrong and Simon Hunt Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email East London’s Truman Brewery is among sites earmarked for a new data centre Data centre planning applications hit an all-time high in the UK in 2025, City AM can reveal, as investors rushed to gain a foothold in the burgeoning AI market.More than 60 separate planning applications for the construction of new data centres were filed in England and Wales…