of the political parties in scotland can do to make a real difference. i will vote, i have always voted, but i honestly don t think any of them are any. a politician will always tell you what you want to hear, but none of them actually follow through and do it the majority of the time. so i think if they were going to do something about it, they would have stepped up and done it before now. at the last local elections in 2017, the snp won 431 seats, the conservatives 276, labour 262, the lib dems 67 and the scottish greens 19, and non party candidates won 168 seats. significant increases on those results will be viewed as a success by any of the competing parties. the pro independence alba party and the scottish family party are also putting up a significant number of candidates. like other councils across scotland, inverclyde s budgets have been
i ve returned to my home city of melbourne, after a long time away during the covid crisis. while the city has come through the pandemic well so far, in terms of preserving life it has still suffered a big upheaval. if you ask the locals, they will tell you melbourne is the most locked down city in the world. that may or may not be exactly true but it s certain that this city has endured a lot of restrictions, with 262 days of lockdown between march 2020 and october 2021. and one of the things hardest hit was its internationally renowned food scene. but i d heard that among the challenges they faced, industry here was adapting and evolving. melbourne s food scene is really unique. i think it s because we are so isolated down here in the bottom of the planet, we ve had to actually do it ourselves but we re also the product
but it s certain that this city has endured a lot of restrictions, with 262 days of lockdown between march 2020 and october 2021. and one of the things hardest hit was its internationally renowned food scene. but i d heard that among the challenges they faced, industry here was adapting and evolving. melbourne s food scene is really unique. i think it s because we are so isolated down here on the bottom of the planet, we ve had to actually do it ourselves, but we re also the product of every different nation in the world which has come here over the last couple of hundred years and set up shop here. without the footfall of the city workers during the pandemic, melbourne city centre restaurants in particular suffered. but in the suburbs of melbourne, the opposite was happening. people were able to walk to their local takeaway or restaurants were turned into enotecas and delis. ok, so we re here,
after great britain s loss in the atp cup earlier, and he said he felt if he was the one without the vaccine, he wouldn t be getting an exemption. there are some players jamie murray s not in this bracket who decided to have the vaccine just to compete at the australian open. and players are human beings, so they ll think there s lots of people will be thinking, yes, one rule for one and a different rule for another, the number one has an exemption but as i pointed out, it is a stringent process, and the process is meant to be anonymous. as for the crowd, melbourne s lockdowns totaled 262 days. so we ll have to wait and see how they greet the nine time champion when he makes the defence of his title a couple weeks from now. russell fuller there. cornelius kersten has become the first long track speed skater to be selected for team gb in 30 years. the 27 year old will compete in the 1,000 and 1,500 metres in beijing next month. kersten has had a successful season, finishing 11th
is for 262 days in australia, so we have to wait and see how they greet the nine time champion as he makes the nine time champion as he makes the defence of his title. yes! the nine time champion as he makes the defence of his title. the defence of his title. yes, the rece tion the defence of his title. yes, the reception he the defence of his title. yes, the reception he gets the defence of his title. yes, the reception he gets will the defence of his title. yes, the reception he gets will be - the defence of his title. yes, the reception he gets will be very . reception he gets will be very interesting. thanks for that. andy murray has lost his first match of the year. it was a three set defeat to the world number 76 facundo bagnis at the melbourne summer series event. some of murray s fellow britons are playing in the atp cup in sydney the team beat germany over the weekend and dan evans got them off to a great start against canada, beating denis shapovalov in straight sets