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• Riding back to good health on an e-bike | Brief letters

  15-10-2023 17:49
  
  Electric bicycles | 18th-century bathing pools | Question of sport | Lisa Cameron’s defectionIt’s good to see the recent tips for keeping fit , but please don’t dismiss the value of electric bikes in the same breath as cars or scooters (Letters, 11 October). An e-bike will take you nowhere without physical input from the rider. Having undergone major heart surgery some years ago, I can testify to the huge benefits to my wellbeing as a result of the thousands of miles I have cov
  
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• Stella McCartney’s plans for remote Scottish home stir controversy

  15-10-2023 16:41
  
  Local council receives more than 50 objections to scheme, many on environmental groundsPlans for an “unashamedly contemporary” house for the fashion designer Stella McCartney in a remote Scottish coastal area have received dozens of objections on environmental grounds.In a planning application, McCartney’s architects say the glass-fronted home near Roshven on the west coast would enhance the landscape and “retain the wild nature of the site”. Continue reading...
  
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