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Etag recruits former Saint-Gobain chief

Mike Newnham , Etag’s new chair Mike Newnham has joined Etag from Saint-Gobain, having been chief executive of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd and managing director of sister company Jewsons. He stepped down in April 2023 shortly after the two business were taken over by Stark Group, a Danish building materials distributor owned by private equity […]

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Trump makes 'two genders' and anti-DEI policy official

US President Donald Trump issued executive orders shortly after he was sworn in to change the US government’s policies on gender and diversity, following through on promises he made on the campaign trail. He rolled back orders from the Biden administration that the Trump White House called “unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every

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As Ohio State collects Big Ten's second straight national title, the SEC is left wondering where its dominance went

ATLANTA — Dan Jarvis traveled here from Wheelersburg, Ohio, not merely to watch his Ohio State Buckeyes beat Notre Dame, 34-23, and win the national championship on Monday. He came with a sign so he could mock the SEC, which for most of the last two decades dominated college football. Front Row: $8,000 Hotel: $1,000

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Sheppey leisure centre to get £15m makeover

artist’s impression of how the Beachfields leisure site might look (image from Alliance Leisure) Transformation of the Beachfields leisure site in Sheerness is a key component of the wider £20m Sheerness Revival programme, funded by the UK government. The Beachfields site, near Sheerness town centre, the waterfront and the train station, will be revamped, with

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College Football Playoff: Golf cart carrying Ryan Day, Ohio State crashed into a wall, and people had jokes

The Buckeyes beat Notre Dame to win their first national championship since 2014 on Monday night. (AP/Brynn Anderson) Instead of a smooth ride through the tunnels at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night, Ohio State coach Ryan Day found himself in a precarious situation. Day and several others were on a golf cart that

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College Football Playoff: Kirk Herbstreit gets emotional on ESPN after Ohio State's win over Notre Dame

Kirk Herbstreit reached for a tissue and got emotional when talking about the Buckeyes’ win on ESPN on Monday night. (Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Kirk Herbstreit couldn’t help but get emotional in the broadcast booth on Monday night. The longtime ESPN college football announcer, who has become one of the key voices in

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Cooper Flagg's NBA comps with John Fanta & trade chatter with Bobby Marks | Kevin O'Connor Show

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show On this absolutely jam-packed edition of the Kevin O’Connor Show, ESPN’s Bobby Marks *and* college basketball guru John Fanta both stop by to talk hoops. First up, the Front Office insider Marks is asked whether he believes the Memphis Grizzlies

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Trump orders Justice Department to not enforce TikTok ban

Washington — President Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the Justice Department to not enforce a law that effectively bans TikTok for 75 days.  It directs the Justice Department not to take action or impose penalties against “any entity for any noncompliance” with the law.  The widely popular short-form video app briefly shuttered

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