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By Joey Gardiner2021-04-09T05:00:00+01:00 Private developers and councils will have chance to bid for affordable housing funding for the first time Housing quango Homes England has opened bidding for its latest round of long-term funding deals designed to deliver new affordable housing. The quango said housing associations and – for the first time – councils, private developers and for-profit developers will have until 18 May to submit bids in to the multi-billion pound strategic partnership programme. Groups have until next month to submit bids for funding The latest round of the progr...

‘I Saw What Happens to an Artist in New York’: Alex Hay on Why He Left the Art World 50 Years Ago for a Quiet Life on the Mexican Border In 1971, Hay had a well-received career survey in New York. Then he disappeared into the desert and didn't show again for 32 years. April 6, 2021 Alex Hay, on the right, with Robert Rauschenberg. The two were close friends and collaborators throughout the 1960s. Richard Avdeon, Robert Rauschenberg and Alex Hay, artists, New York, January 19, 1965. © The Richard Avedon Foundation. Alex Hay was a relatively little-known artist when he posed with his clos...

The Future is not Pretty The world is on a trajectory that will see global warming reach 2.9°C by 2100, far exceeding the 1.5° C increase the world signed on at the Paris Agreement. What does this mean? Research released this week by the Australian Academy of Science explores this scenario in detail and it is not a pretty sight. As the driest inhabited continent, Australia already has a highly variable climate of droughts and flooding rains. This is why of all developed nations, Australia has been identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. A scientific projection of Au...

Letters to the editor: Moving skate park will create more problems 1 Mar, 2021 08:00 PM 2 minutes to read Relocating the Rotorua skate park from its current site is a bad idea, writes one reader. Photo / File Relocating the Rotorua skate park from its current site is a bad idea, writes one reader. Photo / File Rotorua Daily Post As a Kuirau Park neighbour, I have received an update of the plans for a proposed skate park on the corner of Kuirau and Pukuatua Sts. I am horrified by this proposal and question the expenditure of $750,000 for this project and the need to move fr...

Cllr Gavin Booth, of the Liberal Democrats, said: “When this came to the overview and scrutiny committee, we said this year wasn’t the right year to be changing it because it does hit those on the lowest incomes. “From the [public consultation] feedback, you can see a lot of those people are working but on very low incomes. He added: “What you’ve got here is hitting the very poorest in society at a time when they are being hit with the constraints of having to work with Covid-19 around.” Cllr Gavin Booth spoke against Fenland District Council's motion to increase Council Tax Suppo...