Meadow clary and other wildflowers on a road verge in Blackheath, London
Credit: Matt Collins
Back in March, I visited a nearby wood for signs of spring after the long winter, walking beneath broad oaks and colossal ash trees and along avenues of thick, silvery hazel coppice. I found bird cherries clothed tip to root in breaking buds, tumbling over lemon primroses and the arrowhead leaves of arum lily; brimstone butterflies floated the rides, hornets hummed drowsily by, and right across the wood, willow catkins like fat caterpillars clasped the morning light as brightly as apple blossom.
But I had come looking for a sign of spring altogether new – new to me, at least – and relatively rare: the elusive yellow star of Bethlehem,
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12:00 PM April 3, 2021
Ross Hanrahan and Jack Kempton are set to open their new gym in Brandon on April 12.
- Credit: Emily Thomson
Gym owners are hoping their new facility will become a hub in the community, as more than 500 people have pre-registered in the run-up to its opening.
The new gym, located on Wimbledon Avenue, London Road Industrial Estate, has been built by best friends and ex-military men, Ross Hanrahan and Jack Kempton, following the success of their first business in New Market.
Ross Hanrahan and Jack Kempton are set to open their new gym in Brandon on April 12.
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The site in Newbury that has been earmarked for a major development Long-awaited plans to build over 150 homes in Newbury are about to take a big step forward. There are plans for a “mixed use” 26,554sqm development on land in Faraday Road, which is currently occupied by an industrial estate. The project, that includes 160 apartments, 330 car parking spaces, shops, offices, restaurants, an apart-hotel, and a car dealership was given the green light back in May 2009. After several delays, developer Faraday Development Ltd now wants to press ahead with the project. It has agreed to complete the construction in five phases and ensure 48 of the new homes are affordable, but a completion date has not yet been set.