David Powell

Nov 28, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | David Powell |Emily Rose Carubia

Roger Brenninkmeyer was jailed for six years and eight months for causing death by dangerous drivingA dangerous driver was driving with his accelerator "fully depressed" when his BMW collided with another car killing a "caring and gentle" 20-year-old. Driver Roger Brenninkmeyer's BMW was travelling at nearly 100mph when it hit an embankment on a rural road, overturned, collided with the victim's car and spun into a field, stopping 99 metres away.

Oct 14, 2024 | climateoutreach.org | David Powell

Just before the election, we went to the seaside. Together with More in Common, we at Climate Outreach ran focus groups in a few coastal constituencies, like Clacton and Hartlepool. We wanted to hear the real climate stories of people in places caricatured or even feared by greeny campaigners or commentators. In Clacton, voters were set to vote in Nigel Farage, a man who hates wind farms and describes them as “useless”. So you’d have been justified in thinking people in Clacton hate wind farms too.

Sep 29, 2024 | dnronline.com | David Powell

While in my idealistic 20s, I volunteered with a Christian-based organization in rural Haiti for three years, joining other North Americans seeking to enhance lives there through agricultural, health, and community development. Haitians had every reason to resent our presence there. The U.S. had occupied Haiti for almost 20 years in the early 20th century.

Sep 11, 2024 | bloomberg.com | David Powell |Nick Hallmark

The new ECBspeak Index from Bloomberg Economics suggests the Governing Council reached peak dovishness in the summer, making a rate cut on Thursday almost certain. What comes afterward is less clear. The index of policymaker sentiment — based on a natural language processing algorithm that used 54,000 Bloomberg news headlines on ECB speakers stretching back to 2011 — has moved sideways since June, with elevated wage growth and sticky services inflation limiting appetite for rapid easing.

Aug 21, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Jess Molyneux |David Powell

The former manor house has a fascinating historyA stunning house which boasts 30 bedrooms is up for sale for £1.2m - and it's only around two hours away from Liverpool. Every year, thousands of Scousers head to North Wales for scenic walks, weekends away or day trips to visit beautiful villages that boast amazing, historic buildings. But now one distinctive property, a Grade II-listed former manor house, is up for grabs.