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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is refreshing its Climate Change and Air Quality Strategy, which was first adopted in 2021. The update aims to build on the achievements made so far, as the council approaches its target to become carbon neutral by December 2025. These ambitious targets were set when the council declared a climate emergency in 2019. The initial proposals for updating the strategy will be developed in the coming months, as the council collaborates with experts, community groups, councillors, businesses, and regional and national organisations. This initiative began with councillors on the council’s environment and infrastructure committee sharing their views at a meeting on Thursday, December 5. The public and organisations will have the chance to express their opinions on the borough’s proposed approach and ambitions for reaching net zero in a public consultation next summer. This feedback will help shape the final version of the strategy, which will be considered for adoption by councillors at the end of next year. Cllr Chris Tomblin, cabinet member for the climate and ecological emergency, said: "We’ve made tremendous progress under our current climate strategy, shrinking this council’s carbon footprint by around two-thirds and cutting the borough’s emissions by almost a fifth since our emergency declaration back in 2019. "But while the aim of this council being carbon neutral by next December is firmly in reach, we need everyone who lives and works in Basingstoke and Deane to do much more for the borough to achieve its climate change target at the end of the decade." Cllr Tomblin also highlighted the need for collective action to achieve the borough's net zero target. He said: "But cutting the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of emissions necessary to make our borough net zero would require substantial action including by us, the Government, businesses, and our communities. "This would need to include insulating thousands of homes and creating hundreds of new vehicle chargers every year, to name just two possible actions." He also stressed the importance of considering the emerging opportunities and challenges for reducing carbon presented by low-emission technologies and several significant updates to national policies, including planning and recycling, since the strategy was adopted three and a half years ago.
Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. A striker and a left-sided centre-back remain on Hearts’ wishlist for the forthcoming January transfer window. However, injury to Stephen Kingsley adds greater importance to the latter of the two, according to head coach Neil Critchley. Kingsley requires surgery on a hamstring tear and will be sidelined for several months. Hearts want a forward with pace and mobility to add to their squad next month. They had also earmarked a left-footed central defender given clubs are showing interest in the Australian internationalist Kye Rowles. Losing Kingsley merely increases the need to strengthen in that department. “Potentially, yes,” explained Critchley. “It was still an area of the pitch that we were looking at anyway. With Stephen being out, that is something that we'll have to consider.” Advertisement Advertisement A striker has been a priority for some time, even before Critchley arrived in Gorgie in mid-October. “It goes without saying, you always want strikers to be able to score goals,” he said. “I also think they've got to complement the players that are already here. “I sometimes feel slightly uncomfortable talking about January when we're at the start of December because lots can change, i.e. a Stephen Kingsley situation or injuries. It's hard for me to talk in great confidence in saying this and this because things can change. Is that an area of the pitch we'd like to strengthen? Yes, of course it is.” Lawrence Shankland’s goal drought hasn’t helped as the club captain runs down his Hearts contract. That is not a major issue influencing the striker search, though. “No, I just think we need competition,” said Critchley. “If you ever bring in a player to the club, particularly on a permanent deal, then you've always got the short term but the long term - what it's going to look like in the future. READ MORE: Hearts injury update on Baningime, Kent and Kingsley Advertisement Advertisement “That then fits into your strategy of a football club and the identity you want your team to have in the future. Do those players fit your way of playing, how you want to play the game? Anyone we want to bring in has got to fit into what we're hoping is going to be the heart, weight, our identity for the long term.” Hearts’ busy schedule this season places extra strain on players and leads to injuries, such as Kingsley’s. He was stretchered off against Aberdeen last weekend before fellow defender Frankie Kent was also substituted with a quad muscle injury. Beni Baningime did not train on Friday due to a knee issue and Critchley admitted the demands of domestic and European football combined have had an impact. “Yes, it has. Touch wood. Until that [recent] period, we haven't had injuries in my time here at the club. I'd like to think that through my previous experiences and how to manage your week, how to manage your training load, you try to minimise them as much as you can. Sometimes, unfortunately, injuries are part and parcel of football. “I'd like to think how we periodise our week and month, days off, recovery, training, appropriate training, how hard we train them, slight rotations of players and freshness, you try to minimise that as much as possible. Sometimes you're trying to avoid the muscle injuries as much as you can but it's been well-documented and well-publicised in the last 12 months about the amount of games and the amount of injuries. They're on the increase significantly. Games come non-stop - midweek, weekend. Advertisement Advertisement “I wouldn't say I've changed anything because to play the way we want to play, you have to train a certain way. It's just using your staff around you, good communication, preparing, talking about every player, putting a lot of time and effort into what's right for every single player, every game, every day. That's the conversations we have and you try to put all that information that we get, all the data, and put that all into helping you make the best informed decision on how to take the appropriate care for every single individual.” Adding pace to Hearts’ forward line can be done before January with the return of Japanese winger Yutaro Oda. Critchley has liked what he has seen of Oda in training but injuries and illness have prevented him deploying the winger in matches to date. He is available to face Dundee on Saturday. “Yutaro would have been involved last week. He was actually due to be on the bench against [Cercle] Brugge but he was sick prior to the game,” said the head coach. “He was actually there, he was on the teamsheet. We had to change the team sheet prior to the game. “Yutaro is fit, he missed the Aberdeen game still through illness but he's trained this week. so he'll be in contention. Calem [Nieuwenhof] has been progressing, doing more training, more team training. He's been on a little bit of steady progression of non-contact, partial training and then he'll join in full team training. He's getting towards that point but then he'll probably still need a few weeks to be ready or to be considered for a matchday squad. READ MORE: Hearts expected XI v Dundee Advertisement Advertisement “When Calem does return, then he's like every single other player: As soon as you cross the white line you're there to do your best and play to your ability. You get judged like everyone else. Internally that might be different, we can understand where he's at and what he needs and Calem will need a bit of time but I'm confident with the work that he's been doing and how he's been working. He's so conscientious about how he works that when he returns he'll be good to go.” Hearts sit bottom of the Premiership and consequently need points against Dundee. They recorded five defeats and a draw in their last seven games in all competitions. Critchley is content with performance levels and insisted there is no issue with morale at Riccarton. He is convinced his team can move clear of the relegation zone over the coming weeks. “Our form has been good, we've played well in the games,” he said. “We've actually drawn confidence and been buoyed by how we've played. We’ve just missed the last little bit, that is it. We should have beaten Aberdeen last weekend, we were the better team. We should have won the game. That's against a team who's flying high and won game after game in this league. “If you look at our performances against Aberdeen, we've more than matched them home anyway. Celtic, Rangers, the European games - there's been no dip in morale at all. In fact, I think it's been the opposite. I think we've drawn confidence and belief in what we've been doing. What we've got to do now is turn that into results because that's the business, that's what we're in. Advertisement Advertisement “If you look at a lot of the games we've played recently, it's been isolated moments. It's not like we've been camped in our own half and there's been shot after shot, it's three or four goals and you're thinking: ‘We've got a real problem.’ We've got to make sure in those isolated moments where we're harder to score against, we're better concentrated, more competitive and we make slightly better decisions in our own penalty area. “That prevents those moments from happening. That's the work that hopefully we can try to do as much as we can on the training pitch with the limited time that we get. It's quite a simple format and I keep coming back to it. We just need to do better at both ends of the pitch.” Despite a potentially-pivotal UEFA Conference League tie away to FC Copenhagen lying just days away, Critchley wants Hearts simply to focus on Dundee. “Without a doubt. We prepare the same for every single game, regardless of who we're playing against: Celtic, Rangers, Dundee, Copenhagen next week, Cercle Brugge the other week - we prepare exactly the same way. “We give full focus to the opposition and then we try and concentrate on how we're going to play in that game to give us the best chance of winning the game. So, all our conversation this week and all our focus is on Dundee, Tynecastle, Saturday, 3pm, and how do we win that game?”
Lululemon Athletica ( NASDAQ:LULU – Get Free Report ) had its target price raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $345.00 to $414.00 in a report released on Friday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an “overweight” rating on the apparel retailer’s stock. Morgan Stanley’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 3.60% from the company’s previous close. LULU has been the subject of several other reports. Raymond James boosted their price objective on Lululemon Athletica from $320.00 to $355.00 in a report on Thursday. Oppenheimer dropped their price target on shares of Lululemon Athletica from $445.00 to $380.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Lululemon Athletica from $338.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Lululemon Athletica from $265.00 to $302.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group raised their price target on Lululemon Athletica from $360.00 to $430.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and nineteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Lululemon Athletica currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $379.52. Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on LULU Lululemon Athletica Stock Up 15.9 % Lululemon Athletica ( NASDAQ:LULU – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 5th. The apparel retailer reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.69 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $2.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. Lululemon Athletica had a return on equity of 42.59% and a net margin of 16.34%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.53 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Lululemon Athletica will post 13.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Insider Transactions at Lululemon Athletica In related news, insider Nicole Neuburger sold 486 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $269.59, for a total transaction of $131,020.74. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6,198 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,670,918.82. This represents a 7.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink . 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in LULU. Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd grew its holdings in Lululemon Athletica by 19,890.3% during the second quarter. Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd now owns 4,653,746 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $1,390,074,000 after purchasing an additional 4,630,466 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Lululemon Athletica by 74,856.2% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 895,726 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock worth $243,055,000 after acquiring an additional 894,531 shares during the period. Maverick Capital Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Lululemon Athletica during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $93,476,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in Lululemon Athletica by 136.3% in the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 529,295 shares of the apparel retailer’s stock valued at $143,624,000 after acquiring an additional 305,302 shares during the period. Finally, Southpoint Capital Advisors LP bought a new position in Lululemon Athletica during the third quarter worth $81,405,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.20% of the company’s stock. Lululemon Athletica Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Lululemon Athletica Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, distributes, and retails athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories under the lululemon brand for women and men. It offers pants, shorts, tops, and jackets for healthy lifestyle, such as yoga, running, training, and other activities. 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OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. Read this article for free: Already have an account? As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to keep you safe and informed. Now, more than ever, we need your support. Starting at $14.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content as it appears on our website. or call circulation directly at (204) 727-0527. Your pledge helps to ensure we provide the news that matters most to your community! OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? OTTAWA – Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party’s last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. But he offered up Thursday that he changed some of the language he was using after getting pushback from an Indian diplomat that some of his comments could sound like he was endorsing ideas of Sikh nationalism. Brown, who was a candidate for the leadership in 2022, was summoned to a House of Commons committee Thursday to answer questions on the 2022 race after a report from a committee on national security referred to allegations of Indian interference in an unspecified Conservative leadership campaign. “I don’t believe foreign intervention affected the final outcome of the Conservative leadership race,” Brown told the House of Commons public safety and national security committee Thursday. A CBC/Radio-Canada article this week quoted several confidential sources from Brown’s campaign alleging that representatives from India’s consulate interfered to undermine his leadership bid. On Monday, Brown posted on social media about the committee’s summons to say that he had no new evidence to add, and that the public inquiry on foreign interference was the proper venue to evaluate the allegations. Brown insisted to the committee Thursday that no members of the Indian government reached out to him or his campaign workers during his leadership bid, saying the relationship was “already very strained” at that point. The CBC News story also contained allegations that his national campaign co-chair Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner was pressured to withdraw her support for Brown — something she denied. When NDP MP Alistair MacGregor quizzed him on the news report, asking why she left the campaign, Brown said she left seeking to launch her own leadership bid to replace UCP leader Jason Kenney in Alberta — not from pressure from India. “At no time when we talked about her departing the campaign did she ever say it was over pressure from the consul general,” he said. He said the article likely referred to a conference call more than a month before she left, after the consul general raised concerns with Rempel Garner about Brown using the words “Sikh nation.” “The consul general had expressed directly to (Rempel Garner) that, obviously that was something they didn’t agree with, that it could be viewed in nationalistic terms towards the Sikh community,” he said. That led him to change the language he was employing to a Punjabi term that he said meant the same thing. Liberal MP Jennifer O’Connell asked if that’s “an appropriate election activity by a foreign government,” charging it was a clear instance of foreign interference. Brown replied that Indian officials “have been more robust in their opinions than some of us would be comfortable with.” A bombshell report by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians into foreign interference released last spring referred to “India’s alleged interference in a Conservative Party of Canada leadership race.” Brown said he was not under any kind of non-disclosure agreement with the Conservative Party that prevents him from speaking publicly about what happened during the race. He said he believes it’s important to guard against foreign meddling in democracy but that he does not want to get drawn into partisan debates on Parliament Hill. Brown was not included as a witness in the public inquiry into foreign interference, which wrapped up hearings earlier this fall with a final report due in the new year. He was disqualified from the party’s 2022 leadership race due to allegations related to financing rules in the Canada Elections Act. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 5, 2024. Advertisement AdvertisementElon Musk has ignited speculation regarding the potential creation of a U.S. Bitcoin BTC/USD strategic reserve. This comes as Bitcoin’s value soars past the $100,000 mark, following the victory of President-elect Donald Trump . What Happened : According to a report Musk’s hints at a significant shift in the Bitcoin and crypto market have led traders and analysts to speculate on the possibility of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve. Musk, who has emerged as an influential advisor to Trump after the election, is viewed as a crucial figure in the pro-cryptocurrency administration. According to the report by Forbes, despite distancing himself from the sector following the 2021 bull run, Musk’s company, Tesla, continues to hold approximately 10,000 Bitcoin, valued at nearly $1 billion. Cryptocurrency and financial markets analyst Richard Ptardio told the outlet, “With Bitcoin and crypto’s most famous cheerleader in Elon Musk at Trump’s side, we can expect the most pro-cryptocurrency administration to date.” Also Read: Musk’s Net Worth Tops One-Third of a Trillion Dollars As the price of Bitcoin crossed the $100,000 threshold, Musk commended El Salvador’s Bitcoin investment profits, further fueling speculation about the establishment of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve. However, many Bitcoin and crypto observers still consider the creation of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve as unlikely, with the Polymarket prediction platform forecasting a 25% chance. Why It Matters : The establishment of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve could significantly impact the cryptocurrency market. It would not only legitimize Bitcoin as a strategic asset but also potentially stabilize its price. Musk’s influence in the Trump administration and his company’s significant Bitcoin holdings make his support for such a move noteworthy. However, the skepticism among Bitcoin and crypto watchers indicates that the establishment of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve is far from a done deal. The market will closely watch Musk’s actions and statements in the coming months. Read Next Elon Musk Aims For Mars by 2030, But Experts Say Don’t Count On It © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
ENGLEWOOD – Broncos defensive end Zach Allen apparently suffered a heel injury Friday in practice and was listed as questionable for Sunday's game at Las Vegas. Allen had been listed as a full participant in Thursday's practice and there was no designation of a heel injury. However, he was listed as limited in Friday's workout due to such an injury. The Broncos on Friday listed no injury designation for safety Brandon Jones, who missed last Sunday's 38-6 win over Atlanta with an abdomen issue. So, he will return against the Raiders. The Broncos also announced that wide receiver Josh Reynolds will not be activated off the injured list and linebacker Drew Sanders won't be activated off the physically unable to perform list (PUP) for Sunday's game after both had been full participants all week in practice. Reynolds suffered a fractured finger Oct. 6 against the Raiders and sustained minor injuries as a victim of an Oct. 18 shooting in Denver. Sanders has been on the PUP list all season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in a workout last April. The Raiders listed as out cornerbacks Jakorian Bennett (shoulder) and Nate Hobbs (ankle), as doubtful running backs Alexander Mattison (ankle) and Zamir White (quad) and as questionable tight end Harrison Bryant (ankle), center Andre James (ankle), cornerback Jack Jones (back) and guard Cody Whitehair (ankle).