Alpha Real gets planning for Frankfurt data centre - Alpha Real Trust has successfully secured detailed planning consent for a 40,338 square metre data centre building at its data centre site, together with a commitment from the local utility provider to connect a 35 MVA dual feed power supply to the site. As announced in November 2016, Alpha Real Trust entered into a conditional agreement to purchase, via a SPV, an industrial site in Frankfurt which it identified as being...

This afternoon the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, told the House of Commons Defence Committee that criticism of the Saudi Arabian regime and its brutal bombardment of Yemen is a hindrance to arms sales. This was part of an update he gave on negotiations to sell a further batch of Eurofighter jets to the Saudi Royal Air Force. UK has licensed £3.8 billion worth of arms to Saudi forces since the bombing of Yemen began in 2015 and...

Since launching their Ancient Grains range of beers in the UK last year, Green’s has become quickly renowned for a unique and complex brewing approach, which doesn’t use wheat or barley in the brewing process. As a result, the beers are naturally gluten-free, targeting a constantly growing community of experimental beer connoisseurs. In addition to being suitable for those in need of a gluten-free diet – Green’s beers are naturally gentle on the digestive system and boast healthy attributes, with high levels of...

Socialising with family and friends, eating out and DRIVING have emerged among a list of activities we would miss most if we could no longer do them. Researchers who carried out a detailed study also found we would rue an inability to cook, play with the kids and exercise if our health were to go downhill. Working and, bizarrely, food shopping also made the list. The study also revealed as many as two fifths of Brits have never considered the...

A receptionist has been hailed a hero after she saved the life of a baby boy she helped deliver in a hotel car park. Cool-headed Karen Dyass, 46, sprang into action when Heather McSharry’s waters broke outside a Travelodge as the family stopped for a toilet break en route to hospital. Mum-of-two Karen and Heather’s husband Matthew teamed up to bring little Michael into the world as paramedics talked them through the delivery from the other end of the line...

Going shopping when you’re emotional is bad for your bank balance, according to research. A poll of 2,000 adults found retail therapy can turn out to be anything but if you are silly enough to embark on a shopping trip when you are whilst in a bad mood. According to the study the typical Brit will shell out £104 more a month than they’d usually spend if the hit stores while feeling sad or stressed. It also emerged 46 per...

A teen was recruited by a gang to approach jurors with £500 to return a 'not guilty' verdict during a trial but “got her words WRONG” - and asked them to find the defendants GUILTY, a court heard. The girl, 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was part of a trio who allegedly approached five members of a jury to attempt to bribe them with cash to find the defendants not guilty. Leeds Crown Court, West Yorks., heard...

A vulnerable teenage girl with learning difficulties was forced into prostitution by an 18-year-old man she had just met, a court heard. The girl, who was just 17 at the time of the alleged offence in 2005, was tricked into meeting defendant Shane Whiteley in a car with another male. Whiteley, 30, who was 18 at the time, asked to meet his victim under false pretenses and it was only when she got into his car with another unknown male...

Rural homes could be heated by recycled cooking oil within the next five years, according to a new report. More than 1.1 millions properties on the national gas grid could have their supply replaced with cheaper and more efficient alternative, according to Oftec. The trade association for the oil and heating industry says the green ‘biofuel’ could play an big role in reducing carbon emissions and provide a long term, sustainable solution for rural heating. Workman works on changing a...