Image caption The new Top Trio: Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff In recent years, the motoring elements of Top Gear have taken a back seat to the drama surrounding the presenters. Things have been turbulent since the 2015 departure of Clarkson, Hammond and May, with relatively short-lived stints for the likes of Chris […]
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Jacob Cushley works in a Stonegate pub in Plymouth. He is one of 125,000 UK workers whose employer lets them access part of their salary as they earn it rather than waiting for payday. “It’s helped me out with being able to do things socially and also with some unexpected bills,” he says. “It’s reassuring
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The last time Detroit Tigers teammates Brandon Dixon and Grayson Greiner were at TD Ameritrade Park, they were on opposing teams in the 2012 College World Series finals. Dixon’s tiebreaking double in the ninth inning produced a national championship for the Arizona over South Carolina. Greiner’s fly to right in the bottom half ended the
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WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department announced on Thursday that it planned to relocate two scientific divisions to the Kansas City region from Washington, despite resistance from career staff members and concern that the move will erode the quality of research at the agency. More than 500 jobs will shift across the country as the department
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The list of counties that added the most manufacturing jobs in 2017 and 2018 highlights that divide. It is led by Harris County, Tex., which includes Houston and factories that supply the oil and gas industry. It also includes Alameda County, Calif., in the Bay Area, and Storey County, Nev., east of Reno, which are
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Image caption “Bad May” written across one of the May 2020 pages to be replaced Changing the date of next year’s early May bank holiday will cost one calendar maker about £200,000, it has said. Last week, the government announced the bank holiday, set for Monday 4 May, would be switched to Friday 8 May,
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BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the week’s best technology stories including: Images of tens of thousands of people crossing the US border with Mexico have been stolen in a major hack, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has said. Uber has said Australia will become the first international market for its
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At age 100, Marge Kirchhoefer is among the oldest St. Louis Blues fans and now that they are Stanley Cup champions, she knows exactly how she will celebrate. “It’s too good to be true,” Kirchhoefer said. “I have friends and we all party together. We’re going to drink champagne. I may get loaded! I don’t
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Mr. Castro needs to have a breakthrough moment For candidates who have participated in Fox News town halls, the setting has provided them an occasion to promote their campaigns on a network that often tops cable news ratings. It has also afforded some of them a sizzling, quasi-viral moment or two. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of
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Nelson Cruz homered and had three RBIs and utility infielder Ehire Adrianza’s hustle keyed a six-run sixth and the Minnesota Twins topped the Seattle Mariners 10-5 on Thursday. Cruz, who played for the Mariners from 2015-18 before joining Minnesota as a free agent, homered in the third and added a two-run single in the sixth
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