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From Wales to the Champs-Élysées: the selfless rise of Geraint Thomas | William Fotheringham

The remarkable career of a cycling all-rounder whose innate talent has taken him to Tour de France triumph It is 11 years and one month since a chubby-faced Welsh youth stood on London’s Tower Bridge marvelling, along with a slightly less chubby-faced Manx youth, at the fact that they were both about to make their debuts in the Tour de France. Both Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas were products of the legendary British Cycling academy in Manchester, run by the plain-speaking coach Rod Ellingworth, who moved with Thomas to Team Sky in 2010, where the pair have remained ever since. Thomas’s Tour victory on Sunday marks another high point for Ellingworth’s protégés. Related: Geraint Thomas seals maiden Tour de France title with Paris procession Continue reading... from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/29/geraint-thomas-tour-de-france-selfless-rise-champs-elysees-wales via TV In Wigan
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Wednesday’s London weather forecast – frost is likely with temperatures likely to drop well below average

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FROST is likely to form by dawn, with temperatures dropping as low as -2 °C. The frost in the early morning will give way to a mainly dry morning. London weather forecast for 6am on Wednesday Showers in most areas will die out, and sunny spells should be seen in most areas. Feeling warmer than it has done in recent days, there will nonetheless be showers overnight. Temperatures could reach as high as 14 °C. London weather forecast for 12pm on Wednesday UK outlook for Sunday 4 Nov to Tuesday 13 Nov Generally unsettled throughout the period, there will be clear and sunny intervals, mixed with showers and some longer spells of rain. Rain will be heaviest in the west, while showers will be lighter in eastern areas. The northwest will see temperatures below the average, with some sleet or snow occurring on northern hills. The southeast will see slightly higher temperatures, but frosts are nonetheless likely during the night, especially when skies are clear. Some frost and fog ...
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Kavanaugh has revealed the insidious force in global politics: toxic masculinity | Jonathan Freedland

A swaggering machismo. A sense of male entitlement. But the instincts of the supreme court nominee stretch far beyond the partisan battles of Washington

When Donald Trump speaks the truth, it’s usually by accident. A choice example came late on last night, after TV audiences in the US and around the world were riveted by the sight of Trump’s choice for the supreme court ranting and raving, his face twisted in fury, as he insisted he was innocent of the sexual assault that had just been detailed in calm, precise terms by Christine Blasey Ford. “Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him,” Trump tweeted, the statement truer and more revealing than he realised.

For Brett Kavanaugh’s astonishing performance, and that of the Republican senators at Thursday’s hearing, shone a light on a phenomenon that Trump both feeds and exemplifies: a sense of male entitlement so extreme it resents any restraint. It is a swaggering machismo that believes rules are for limp-wristed wimps; that in its most radical form places itself above the law. This phenomenon stretches beyond the partisan battles of Washington DC, beyond even the battlefield of sexual harassment: it is instead a core, if underplayed, aspect of the populist wave currently upending the politics of Asia, continental Europe and Britain.

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from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/29/brett-kavanaugh-insidious-force-global-politics-toxic-masculinity
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