CEO and team principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing
commented after the Miami Grand Prix: "We gave it everything today but well done to McLaren
they were in a different league so P4 and a double points finish is as good as we could get from an often chaotic Miami GP
Max put up a staunch defence of his lead and position in the opening stint
but the VSC gave others the opportunity to capitalise on Max’s earlier stop and ultimately cost him a podium finish
P10 for Yuki who did well to hold onto his point in the end
The race showed that we still have a lot of work to do on the car to find that ultimate race pace
We’ll take our learnings back to Milton Keynes and come back with everything we have for our 400th race in Imola in a couple of weeks time."
Published on 05 May 2025 by Coen Versteeg
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Restaurant Boury in Roeselare gets the best score in the latest edition of the renowned restaurant guide Gault&Millau
Boury shares this honour with L'air du temps in Liernu (Eghezée)
which was left without a score last year because it changed hands
makes a comeback with a score of 18 points out of a possible 20
Glenn Verhasselt of restaurant Sir Kwinten in Lennik is Chef of the Year
Gault&Millau's anonymous inspectors set out this year to try out a whole series of Belgian restaurants
The result is a new guide - the 22nd edition by now - with over 1,400 addresses across the country
Boury in Roeselare and L'air du temps in Eghezée each scored 19 out of a possible 20
That puts 5 chef's hats behind their names as well as the label ‘exceptional’
Two Antwerp restaurants are hot on their heels: The Jane and Zilte
Peter Goossens' former right-hand man
The highest newcomers are Haut in Ostend in Flanders (with 15.5 points)
Le Beau Rivage by Curtis in Dave in Wallonia (14) and Quartz in Brussels in the Brussels region (14)
There were a few more significant changes at the top of Belgian gastronomy: Bozar Restaurant (Brussels)
La Table de Maxime (Paliseul) and Sir Kwinten (Lennik) score 17.5 and also get 4 chef's hats
17/20 and 4 chef's hats go to Colette (Averbode)
Oak in Ghent can count on a score of 16/20 and 3 chef's hats
Gault&Millau says Glenn Verhasselt of Sir Kwinten in Lennik may call himself Chef of the Year
in perfect fellowship with partner Yannick Dehandschutter
who manages the restaurant and the choice of wine like the best,’ the inspectors say
‘Glenn consistently delivers dishes that betray great maturity and a balance of flavour.’
The Young Chefs of the Year are Alex Verhoeven (Hert restaurant in Turnhout
Seir in Kasterlee and Bink in Turnhout) for Flanders
François-Xavier Simon (Bistrot Blaise in Marche-en-Famenne) for Wallonia and Elliott Van de Velde (Entropy in Brussels) for the Brussels region
There are also numerous side categories in this year’s guide including most beautiful terrace (La Rigue in Knokke-Heist)
vegetable menu of the year (Cécila By Mélanie Englebin in Ottignies) and gastro-bistro of the year (Elders in Ghent)
The best ‘price-pleasure ratio’ in Flanders
playing ever-greater role in overheating planet
Cutting carbon dioxide is not enough to solve the climate crisis – the world must act swiftly on another powerful greenhouse gas
Leading climate scientists will give their starkest warning yet – that we are rushing to the brink of climate catastrophe – in a landmark report on Monday. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will publish its sixth assessment report
a comprehensive review of the world’s knowledge of the climate crisis and how human actions are altering the planet
It will show in detail how close the world is to irreversible change
Read moreDurwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development and a lead reviewer for the IPCC, said methane reductions were probably the only way of staving off temperature rises of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, beyond which extreme weather will increase and “tipping points” could be reached
“Cutting methane is the biggest opportunity to slow warming between now and 2040,” he said
Zaelke said policymakers must heed the IPCC findings on methane before the UN climate talks, Cop26
“We need to see at Cop26 a recognition of this problem
Cutting methane could balance the impact of phasing out coal, a key goal at Cop26 because it is the dirtiest fossil fuel and has caused sharp rises in emissions in recent years. However, coal use has a perverse climate effect: the particles of sulphur it produces shield the Earth from some warming by deflecting some sunlight.
That means the immediate effect of cutting coal use could be to increase warming, although protecting the Earth in the medium and long term. Zaelke said cutting methane could offset that. “Defossilisation will not lead to cooling until about 2050. Sulphur falling out of the atmosphere will unmask warming that is already in the system,” he said.
“Climate change is like a marathon – we need to stay in the race. Cutting carbon dioxide will not lead to cooling in the next 10 years, and beyond that our ability to tackle climate change will be so severely compromised that we will not be able to run on. Cutting methane gives us time.”
Read moreLevels of methane have risen sharply in recent years
“Today more than 40% of EU gas is methane heavy gas from Russia
which is worse than coal for the climate,” said Paul Bledsoe
a former Clinton White House climate adviser now with the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington
“The EU should begin to measure and then regulate methane emissions from all its natural gas imports to begin a cleanup of global natural gas.”
The UN’s assessment found that about half of the reductions in methane needed could be achieved with a quick payback
Zaelke urged governments to consider crafting a new deal
that would cover methane and require countries to sharply reduce their gas
“I predict we will have to have a global methane agreement,” he said
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In the investigation into the activities a Romanian-Moldavian gang specialised in the theft of expensive racing cycles and mountain bikes
the Halle-Vilvoorde Judicial Authorities have had a large number of bikes that were recovered earlier this year returned to Belgium
They were found in a cycle shop in the Romanian town of Piatra Neamt in early April
The bikes that have been returned to Belgium were stolen in Waremme (Liège Province) Eghezée (Namur Province)
Haacht (Flemish Brabant) and Kaprijke and Wetteren (both East Flanders)
The cycles will now be returned to their rightful owners
The investigation into the bicycle thefts was started in the summer of last year
After a first theft from a bicycle shop in Kampenhout (Flemish Brabant) there were further thefts from cycle retailers in Beernem (West Flanders)
Geraardsbergen (both East Flanders) and Florennes (Namur Province)
On 22 December a number of bikes were recovered that had been stolen from Florennes
The thieves had packed the bikes up and had loaded them into the luggage trailer of a coach that brought them to Romania
Belgian detectives went to Romania in April and worked with their Romanian colleagues to find the person that was buying the stolen bikes
They were able to arrest a bicycle store owner from Piatra Neamt in the north of the country
Police found bicycles in his shop that had been stolen in Belgium