An award-winning Westcliff micropub fears it may have to shut its doors in just a few months time, leaving regulars devastated. The Mile and A Third pub, on the corner of Canewdon Road and Hamlet Court Road, in Westcliff, has built up a devoted audience of customers attracted to the pubs’ wide range of alcohol and alternative atmosphere.
Back in October I cautiously suggested that the tide was turning in the battle for the Black Sea and that Russia, hit repeatedly by innovative and daring attacks, was then withdrawing ships ever further east in an uncoordinated and undignified manner.
The Japanese man who made headlines throughout the year for chronicling his journey as a “dog” has apparently flunked an agility course. What happened: The man, known to his followers as Toco, posted a series of photos on Instagram this week showing what appeared to be moments of failure in a Crufts-style agility course. About Toco: Toco rose to fame in 2022 after commissioning Zeppet, a Japanese model and sculpture company, to create a hyperrealistic rough collie costume for 2 million yen (around $16,000 at the time).
Omid Scobie has admitted that he named the two members of the royal family involved in a race row, but adds that the move was an error on the part of the Dutch publisher
The Russian missile ship the Askold, which was destroyed on Nov. 4 after a Ukrainian missile struck the shipyard in Kerch, on the east coast of the occupied Crimean peninsula, will not be repaired, a Telegram news channel has claimed.