Last year (Saturday 1 March 2025), The Times devoted a page to the Richmond Project, a charity that is being set up by the former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty. The project’s purpose is the improvement of numeracy. Such a project poses quite a challenge. On 12 January 2026, the Sunaks were interviewed on the BBC Breakfast program about the progress of the project.
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The end of the traditional pint
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the traditional ale pint.
On 1 January 1826, the traditional ale gallon of 282 cubic inches was replaced by the smaller imperial gallon; equal to the volume of ten pounds of water. This meant a reduction in the size of a pint of beer, from about 578 ml to about 568 ml.
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