Number of UK nightclubs has halved in the past decade
The number of nightclubs in the UK has been in sharp decline for some time, a new study has claimed
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The number of nightclubs in the UK has been in sharp decline for some time, a new study has claimed
When the Cricket World Cup opens in India next month several players will carry Kashmiri willow wood bats, but manufacturers say over-exploitation of trees means their craft faces ruin.
A worker crafts a Kashmiri willow wood cricket bat at a factory in Kashmir's Sangam village, on August 19, 2023 - Copyright AFP Tauseef MUSTAFAParvaiz BUKHARIWhen the Cricket World Cup opens in India next month several players will carry Kashmiri willow wood bats, but manufacturers say over-exploitation of trees means their craft faces ruin. Unchecked […]
When the Cricket World Cup opens in India next month several players will carry Kashmiri willow wood bats, but manufacturers say over-exploitation of trees means their craft faces ruin.
When the Cricket World Cup opens in India next month several players will carry Kashmiri willow wood bats, but manufacturers say over-exploitation of trees means their craft faces ruin. Unchecked logging without replanting has reduced swathes of woodland to scrub in the disputed Indian-administered Himalayan territory, and bat manufacturers face a bleak future, said AFP. "It's a case of culling all the time and no sowing," said Irfan Ali Shah, a senior official in the government's forest service.