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BTCC Snetterton: Hill beats Thompson to race one victory

Hill, who had a disastrous outing last time out at Brands Hatch, predictably converted his pole position into the race lead with his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, while new-for-this-weekend team-mate Bobby Thompson surged from fifth to third behind championship leader Ash Sutton’s Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford…

Autosport

Texas leaders zero in on exploding hemp market

Thousands of hemp dispensaries have sprung up in Texas in the years since consumable hemp became legal.

The Texas Tribune

Hill tops first official BTCC test

On his local circuit, Hill put in a late run at the end of the day to snatch the top position away by 0.065 seconds from BTCC returnee Rob Huff, the 2012 World Touring Car champion gearing up for his first domestic season in 20 years with the Speedworks Motorsport-run…

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New team joins BTCC with Cupras as Hard folds

Restart Racing has acquired two of Team Hard’s Cupra Leons – the new-for-2023 chassis used this year by Bobby Thompson and Dan Lloyd – and will step up from the TCR UK championship with 2022 title winner Chris Smiley.

Autosport

What the UK government's back to work plan covers – and why it is unlikely to boost people's job prospects

Ahead of the UK government’s latest economic statement, the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and the secretary of state for work and pensions, Mel Stride, unveiled a new employment support package dubbed the back to work plan.

The Conversation

Thousands of Prisoners in Lebanon at Risk of Starvation

Prisoners in crisis-hit Lebanon are not only deprived of their freedom - due to the constant postponement of trials as a result of judicial strikes – but also face a shortage of medical supplies, lack of hygiene, and an increasing risk of starvation. In fact, the prisons’ food crisis is…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scheme to help long-term unemployed ‘overestimated support by almost half’

The Restart scheme was designed to help 1.4 million people into work post-Covid but its ambitions were scaled back.

The Independent UK

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How a BTCC reunion yielded glory in Britain's 'other' tin-top series

Chris Smiley and Restart Racing chief Bert Taylor found too many obstacles to remain in the British Touring Car Championship. Now they’re reigning champions of TCR UK, a series that’s massively on the up

Autosport

Man who lives on vegetable juice stopped using oven after Universal Credit was cut

Errol Livingstone said he now can’t afford to travel and insists having a Greggs is now a ‘luxury’ after the DWP cut his benefits.

Daily Record

UK government’s £2.9bn job search scheme has put only 7% of participants in work to date

Intensive ‘Restart’ programme is also struggling to find enough participants to meet predicted caseload

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow man confined to house for half his life with crippling OCD feared 'Victorian asylum'

Joseph Devlin has opened up on the battle to reclaim his life after falling into a spiral of compulsive rituals more than two decades ago that left him struggling to cope.

Glasgow Live

Smartphone rentals help disadvantaged in Japan secure places to live and work

Having a smartphone and access to Wi-Fi has become an indispensable part of finding a job and a place to live. Various groups and organizations are working to provide these vital tools to people in need, backed by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and local governments.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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