In his episode of Playbill's My Life in the Theatre the Tony-winning director looked back on just a fraction of his creative ouvre There comes a time in every artist's life where they have to take a leap of faith “Before you spend any more time and money going to school why don't you go to New York and see if you even want to do this?” “My character didn't appear until almost the end of the play very late in the second act,” Pierce recalls and just watched and absorbed these amazing actors… finally I got the chance to get up and say my line and they all fell out of their chairs laughing “I found out that John had passed around a note saying we should all fall out of our chairs laughing.’ Which was a very lovely way to welcome me to the theatre.” and the audience fell out of their seats laughing.” Pierce smiles wide the triumph of that moment was short-lived ‘Why don't you go to New York and see if you even want to do this?’ And I thought To learn more about where Pierce’s stage career went from there, including numerous near-death experiences on stage, how Spamalot marked the end of Fraiser and his endless admiration for ensemble performers check out his full walk down memory lane in the video above one Tony winner is playing the trumpet while the other is channeling Madame Rose Due to the expansive nature of Off-Broadway and institutes have been revealed by the industry stalwart and more will star in the Kevin Zak comedy at the Orpheum Theatre Off-Broadway Students at this Georgia school are providing a professional-looking production for their community Thank You!You have now been added to the list Blocking belongson the stage,not on websites Our website is made possible bydisplaying online advertisements to our visitors Please consider supporting us bywhitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.Thank you 1) 0ms,border-color 250ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;transition:background-color 250ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;color:#1976d2;padding:0px;min-width:0;}.css-1sgza6o:hover{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(25 0.04);}@media (hover: none){.css-1sgza6o:hover{background-color:transparent;}}.css-1sgza6o.Mui-disabled{color:rgba(0 1) 0ms;color:#1976d2;padding:0px;min-width:0;}.css-w5p45x::-moz-focus-inner{border-style:none;}.css-w5p45x.Mui-disabled{pointer-events:none;cursor:default;}@media print{.css-w5p45x{-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;}}.css-w5p45x:hover{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(25 0.04);}@media (hover: none){.css-w5p45x:hover{background-color:transparent;}}.css-w5p45x.Mui-disabled{color:rgba(0 0.26);}PrintShareSaveThe death has occurred of Dearly beloved youngest son of Lily (nee Ricken) and the late Michael Reposing at Coughlan’s Funeral Home, Shandon Street on Saturday (3rd May) from 12noon, family in attendance from 3.00pm with Rosary at 4.00pm. Requiem Mass on Monday (5th May) at 10.00am in the North Cathedral. If you wish to view the Mass, click on http://www.corkcathedral.ie and follow link. Funeral afterwards to St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Kilcully. Funeral Service.css-h76uj{display:inherit;margin-right:-4px;margin-left:8px;}Date Published: CondolencesDonate to CharityWould you like to mark a birthday memorial mass or anniversary for a Loved One?You can now create a family notice on RIP.ie to remember your loved one The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish Well, I watched every second of the buildup, flight and aftermath of the first Blue Origin all-female space trip. You’ve heard of one small step for man? This was one giant leap backwards for womankind. I’m kidding, I’m kidding! What could be more empowering or something than watching Lauren Sánchez make going to space sound like brunch with the girrrrrls. Sally Ride could never Given the mixture of freebie rides and seats sold to the super-rich, the thing people always say about Blue Origin tickets is that prices range from zero to $28m dollars A bit like a seat on a RyanAir flight to Tallinn But these spots were all personally gifted by Bezos and Sánchez because this was an Important Mission Which also meant the whole thing was exclusively documented by Blue Origin’s Pravda-like web channel the anchors and reporters kept explaining that – unlike when men went to space in the past – this mission was all about emotions it’s great that we’re valorising emotions above all things because it gives me permission to say how very much I hated this entire Lauren already bills herself as a children’s author and kept being told she was adding “astronaut” to the world’s longest multi-hyphenate “I can’t put it into words but I looked out the window and we got to see the moon.” Back at the viewing platform in the West Texas desert Kris Jenner and a bottom-tier Kardashian (Khloé) Khloé glossed the moment of landing with the words: “it’s literally so hard to explain right now” “There’s one woman whose grandfather is back there and he is 92 and they didn’t even have transportation back then.” I mean Katy Perry kisses the ground on her return to Earth Photograph: BLUE ORIGIN/AFP/Getty ImagesAmid extremely stiff competition the most hardcore gibberish emanated from Perry who served up an entire word salad bar involving the “feminine divine” and being “super-connected to love” “It’s about making space for future woman,” she explained “It’s about taking up space.” Imagine going to actual space and talking instead about therapy-speak “space” When Buzz Aldrin beheld the surface of the moon he described it as “magnificent desolation” if he wanted to feel desolation he could have just tuned into this corner of West Texas on Monday afternoon When a Stem advocate came for her post-flight interview we got to see the apparently lobotomised reporter shriek: “How do you look perfect after just going to space?!” I always thought space travel was futuristic but this was the first time it came off as travelling back in time in this case using their little capsule to take us back to the most ludicrous inanities of 2010s girlboss feminism it felt like a sign of the times that everything was about personal growth rather than affording any new understanding of wider humanity As King put it: “I’m so proud of me right now.” Everyone talked in whatever trite solipsism language has been reduced to by a permanent diet of social media self-care It all made me realise how much I miss humans not permanently crying on TV and being able to find words that don’t sound like they could be printed above a picture of a crossroads sign on Instagram Why do I feel like the most meaningful thing to come out of this will be a three-minute song called Space Cowgirl As claims pile up about the charity he founded he’s learning that smiling and biting your lip can be quite painful and something about her stewardship of the charity has provoked its entire board of trustees to judge that their relationship has broken down irretrievably Chandauka in turn has said that the charity was riddled with “poor governance and accused Prince Harry of “harassment and bullying at scale” And in case that wasn’t clear, in the interests not of balance, but of accuracy, we do have to state that Prince Harry seems like quite hard work, too. Likewise, his wife served as chair of Prince William’s conservation charity and consequently CAN ONLY BE a formal plant by Harry’s brother The theory suggests that Rawlinson is deliberately sabotaging Sentebale and the Sussexes on the orders of the Prince of Wales To be clear: I imagine both Iain and the Prince of Wales would rubbish these claims.) Still it’s some more yarn to pin up across the Squad’s investigation wall which already resembles one of those webs spun by a spider which has ingested considerable quantities of LSD in the interests of running comprehensive denials I imagine the spider would rubbish that claim and insist it had taken nothing stronger than a fly.) It does seem absolutely mad that there is a charity to help some of the world’s poorest children living with the blight of life-threatening disease when the true victims in all of this seem to be very senior professional or royal people who simply can’t work with each other without explosive fallouts and worldwide publicity tours Could there not be a much more worthwhile charity set up to help all these people in positions of power and influence when things go wrong at work instead of children who – let’s face it – aren’t subject to anything like the same pressures and I’m sure the donations would flood right on in Hard to know if her leadership is sheer ineptitude or an act of artistic expression It’s intriguing to watch the Conservative party treating next month’s local elections in England like a movie in which it has a secret cameo Please don’t spoil the surprise for the fans But yes – it turns out it is actually in this film For all of Labour’s many upsets since it came to power it doesn’t feel as though a single one has been skilfully turned in the Tories’ favour very bad – so bad that you can’t even be bothered to come up with anything other than a will-this-do nickname for her instead repeatedly promising the “biggest policy renewal programme in 50 years” Given what minuscule amount has actually emerged I’m afraid my ears can now only rearrange that declaration into “I will come up with some policies in about 50 years” going on to effectively list several examples of ways the Tories could do deals with Reform at local level According to Kemi: “When someone says they want to destroy you you don’t invite them into your house and ask to do a deal.” But also you sometimes do because: “You don’t get to have a rerun of an election at a local level.” Do you get to have reruns of elections at a national level away from her safe space – minor culture-war skirmishes and posting on X – Badenoch tends to come off as incredibly poorly prepared given to relying on a set of about four assumptions in the absence of that preparation and consequently can only be regarded as terminally out of her depth This may well be the conclusion of various donors, with a Times story on Thursday ascribing a drop in donations to the Conservatives to concerns over her leadership It certainly features some eye-catching quotes from big donors “It’s a bit like a new Tesla,” decided one “Do you really want to put your money in it until you see if it’s actually going to get to the end of the road?” Tesla If there’s one stock that the Tory leader would prefer not to be equated with right now our anonymous friend may well have alighted upon it that flight of fancy was a lot more appealing than another big Tory donor who confirmed the withholding of funds from the Badenoch-led iteration of the party by explaining affectlessly: “My lot are waiting for evidence that their money will actually buy influence.” I suppose it’s quite bracing to hear people talking openly about the purchase of political influence even if they won’t put their name to it (yet) All of which suggests we might as well brace for another summer of Conservative attempts to blood-let very little is starting to suggest the onset of long balmy days like the unmistakable desire to throw open the windows the super-rich are beginning to break rank same as this tariffs plan is just economics can it really still be less than a week since a Wall Street Journal poll found 77% of US Republicans thought tariffs would have a positive impact the American people have a great tolerance for pain If only one of their kindly gazillionare firms could come up with some sort of financial opioid epidemic to take the edge off the coming agonies “If the US insists on going its own way,” a spokesperson for Beijing’s commerce ministry stated on Tuesday “China will fight it to the end.” Big talk – but what about Xi’s midterm elections This could really pile political pressure on – oh right Presumably a future stage of Trump’s masterplan will be to explain that for too long the rest of the world has been taking advantage of America because it has indulged them by holding regular elections The United States cannot be made a fool of by democracy any longer and that we were “heading for a self-induced I guess the ONE piece of empirical evidence Ackman overlooked about tariffs was all the many many times during the election campaign that Trump clearly stated he was going to impose tariffs of all the wanky things Trump’s mega-rich backers say about him the most masturbatorial of all is surely “take him seriously but not literally” How many times have we had to sit through this trite little piece of wisdom-effect nonsense gentlemen … he has quite literally done the very serious thing he said he was going to do How to play this wholly unpredictable state of affairs Tell you what – if any of your companies or the ones you invest in need goods or parts from overseas why not simply inform your suppliers that you are taking the presidential tariffs “seriously but not literally” is that this is happening to members of that special class of Trump big-hitters who think about the Roman empire every day I wonder which period of it they’ve been thinking of this past week Especially when Trump hit the golf course while the markets were on fire who has wimped out of saying anything explicit about tariffs preferring instead to drag his brainworms on to his own platform again and post a video of Milton Friedman debunking the very notion of trade taxes Good to see the guy retreating into his clicktivist phase the period where he – along with everyone else on X – thinks that posting about something is the same as doing anything remotely useful And now Nigel’s declining to be meaningfully drawn as Donald Trump – a man in whose colon the Clacton MP has spent more time than his constituency – has unleashed destructive turmoil even though Nigel told everyone he was a very stable genius Nigel always pulls this trick when the going gets tough somewhat like the child who imagines that putting his hands over his eyes means no one can see him We’ve certainly yet to hear him expand on the real-world implications of the tariffs. After all, speaking of “taking medicine”, health secretary Wes Streeting has this morning said that tariffs could affect the UK’s medicine supply would be quite literally – and definitely seriously – “taking medicine” in that it would be taking medicine away from people who urgently need it Elon Musk isn’t the only wingnut to own his own platform so let’s play out with a genuine statement posted to Truth Social by the occupant of the Oval Office “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO Don’t be a PANICAN (a new party based on Weak and Stupid people!) Republican house speaker Mike Johnson declared: “You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy OK?” Do you trust in the instinct of the man who wrote the above word salad Tickets for the BST Hyde Park Darts Championship are now on general sale Four of the sport’s biggest names will take to the famous Great Oak Stage on Tuesday July 8 as they prepare to do battle in a knockout tournament in the capital World number one Luke Humphries and World Champion Luke Littler will headline alongside Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen and former Women’s World Matchplay champion Fallon Sherrock The event – part of Hyde Park’s Open House summer festival – will also see Humphries Van Gerwen and Sherrock take part in a Pro-Am doubles tournament alongside special guests Olly Murs CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS Powered by Zoocha ‘had an incredibly difficult period of time’ and died from bulimia A woman who was jailed for life for murdering a violent man when she was 17 spending five years in prison before a successful appeal suffered exploitation and abuse after she was freed Stacey Hyde faced drug and alcohol issues after her release and the coroner who heard her inquest concluded she died of bulimia Giving evidence to the inquest in Truro, Cornwall her aunt Julie Hyde said: “She did not want to die She said: “Stacey had spent five years in various prisons Stacey did not cope well on her release and turned to a life of drugs generous and funniest person I had the pleasure to know Hyde stabbed Vincent Francis, 34, in the Somerset city of Wells in 2009 after going to the help of her friend Hyde sobbed: “He tried to kill me … I had to help Holly.” At her trial in Bristol in 2010, the jury heard there had been 27 incidents of domestic violence between Francis and Banwell and there was evidence that Francis had been violent towards a previous partner At her inquest on Thursday, the senior coroner Andrew Cox said: “My impression is of a young woman who has had an incredibly difficult period of time. She was convicted of murder, imprisoned, an appeal, which ultimately led to her release five years later, and she had not coped well once released.” Cox said Hyde “fell in with the wrong crowd” and took drugs and alcohol to excess “to cope with what happened in her earlier life”. The court was told Hyde moved to the remote village of Mullion, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, having suffered domestic abuse and violence. She developed a significant cocaine and alcohol problem and was diagnosed with bulimia. A postmortem concluded this had caused her death aged 32 in April 2024. Read moreA risk assessment on her a month before she died recorded a history of drug and alcohol use “sexual and financial exploitation and abuse complex mental health needs including anorexia and bulimia that in turn led to physical health complications” Hyde was admitted to hospital 11 times with vomiting prior to her death and had two heart attacks On the day she died she was taken by ambulance to the Royal Cornwall hospital in Truro where she became unresponsive in a bed and The coroner said he wanted to be clear that Hyde and that her death was not caused by alcohol or an excess of prescribed or illicit drugs When she died, the campaign group Justice for Women, which supported her appeal, said: “Following her release from prison Stacey struggled to adapt to life outside and remained vulnerable to exploitation she supported campaigns for justice and spoke publicly to try to raise awareness and bring hope to other women who had fought back in response to male violence She is remembered fondly by all at Justice for Women for her vivaciousness and sense of humour.” The property in Melbourne’s central business district (CBD) will be reimagined as Hyde Melbourne Place Ennismore has introduced its lifestyle brand Hyde to Australia It was originally designed by local architecture firm Kennedy Nolan Jodi Brown will lead operations at Hyde Melbourne Place Brown has more than 14 years of hospitality experience across various hotels and resorts in the region Hyde Melbourne Place general manager Jodi Brown said: “Melbourne’s creative spirit and cultural richness make it the perfect setting for Hyde’s Australian debut Hyde Melbourne Place will offer guests more than just a stay Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis “We can’t wait to reveal what’s coming and design that truly speaks to the heart of Melbourne’s artistic community.” This hotel is part of Ennismore’s Dis-loyalty membership programme It is one of the Australian openings planned by Ennismore for this year The Melbourne location extends the Hyde brand’s international footprint which already includes cities such as Miami In January this year, Ennismore unveiled its expansion strategy with plans to launch over 20 hotels and more than 35 food and beverage (F&B) destinations globally Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network who spent five years in prison for murder before being cleared of it at a retrial fled to Cornwall to escape abuse (Image: PA)A Bristol woman who was cleared of murder at a retrial after spending five years in prison "didn't want to die but didn't know how to live" who later changed her name to Anastasia Darlison moved to Cornwall to escape a life of abuse in the hope of starting afresh An inquest into her death held in Truro today (Thursday heard of the incredible challenges the 32-year-old faced throughout her life Ms Hyde not only had a difficult childhood but was sent to prison at 17 for killing her friend's boyfriend and with the help of a campaign by Justice for Women she won the right to a retrial and was eventually cleared of murder having convinced a jury that her act had been one of self-defence The hearing was told how Ms Hyde, who was born in Southmead, Bristol, found it difficult to cope with life outside the prison system and she fell prey to others who abused her. She became an alcoholic and also used heroin and cocaine and would be injected with drugs by others. Stacey Hyde, also known as Anastasia Darlison, with her mum Diane Hyde outside court in May 2015 after being cleared of murder (Image: PA)Diagnosed with PTSD in prison, Ms Hyde had a history of bulimia nervosa, hepatitis C, kidney failure and drinking alcohol to excess. Hoping for a better life, Ms Hyde moved first to St Austell before settling in Mullion near Helston. In a moving tribute read out in court on her behalf and also on behalf of Stacey's mum Diane, her aunt Julie Hyde, said: "At 17 she killed a man and was convicted of murder and was sentenced to spend a minimum of eight years in prison. "After a campaign for her release, she appealed and was found not guilty of murder due to self-defence and was immediately released. She had spent five years in prison and she didn't cope well after her release and turned to a life of prostitution, self-harm, drugs and alcohol. She suffered from bulimia too." Mrs Hyde said she and her niece had been very close despite the geographical distance as she lived in Greece. She told the inquest that when Stacey was abroad and came to visit she was fine, but when she was in the UK "her life was a train wreck". She added: "She was the sweetest, kindest, most generous and funniest person I knew. Stacey didn't want to die. She just didn't know how to live." Mrs Hyde also told the hearing that her niece had planned to come out to Greece later in the year to spend some time with her, sort her life out, travel and write a book. She added: "She was clearly looking to the future." In 2017, two years after she was cleared of murder, Ms Hyde disappeared from the Taunton area in Somerset, prompting a police appeal to help locate her following growing concerns for her safety. The inquest heard that because of her bulimia nervosa, Ms Hyde had a history of electrolyte disturbance in her body from bouts of vomiting. As a result, she was admitted to hospital on 11 occasions in the year prior to her death on April 11, 2024. She also suffered two cardiac arrests but was saved on both occasions. On the day of her death, following a consultation with her GP in Mullion she was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske in Truro following 48 hours of vomiting and not being able to keep fluids down. Blood tests revealed that her electrolyte levels were all over the place, including potassium, which can lead to nausea, collapsing and cardiac arrest. The inquest heard that a couple of hours after her admission to A&E she was found unresponsive but despite 30 minutes of CPR and resuscitation work by hospital staff she couldn't be brought back and was declared dead. The medical cause of death was given as bulimia nervosa. The inquest was told that Ms Hyde had been well known to Cornwall's mental health service teams for several years. Concluding in a death from natural causes, senior coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Andrew Cox, said Stacey Hyde had been a young woman who had an incredibly difficult life, who went to prison for murder, appealed against her conviction and was released after a retrial. He added: "She didn't cope well after being released and fell in with the wrong crowd and took drugs and alcohol as a way to cope with what happened in her early life. Alcohol or drugs were not responsible for her death neither was suicide. In fact she had been looking forward to going abroad to go and visit her aunt in Greece. As such this a death from natural causes." The mother of a Cork man who drowned in the river Lee on Wednesday evening has condemned the behaviour of people who filmed the emergency services recovering his body after doing nothing to assist him when he got into difficulty. Luke Hyde (34), from Wolfe Tone Street in Cork, drowned after he got into difficulties while swimming across the north channel of the river Lee from Pope’s Quay to Lavitt’s Quay at around 6.45pm on Wednesday evening. The incident was filmed by onlookers on their phones, with some live-streaming the tragedy. Mr Hyde’s mother, Lily Hyde, rang in to the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork’s Red FM to express her disgust that people could stand on the quayside and film her son drown and not come to his aid and then film his body being removed from the river. Ms Hyde told how she heard the Irish Coast Guard helicopter overhead as it swept up and down the river Lee, so she rang her son’s mobile to know if he was okay, only for it to be answered by a garda. “Luke ... was my baby son. I was disgusted when I heard you talking this morning about those people down there. It was like a circus, watching my son drown, instead of trying to help him,” said Ms Hyde, who lost another son, Brian, when he died in his sleep in 2019. “When I got down, they were putting him into the ambulance and I saw the crowds, I didn’t know what was going on. I said I need to hold my boy, I need to see him. I don’t know what his last thought or words were. I was thinking, ‘Did he call my name?’” “What have people in this world come to? Morons, I don’t think there’s even a word to describe them. It will never leave me, and the clips I saw on the news ... I don’t know how I’ll ever, ever forget it. I never will, it will live with me for evermore.” Taoiseach Micheál Martin extended his sympathies to the family of Mr Hyde and also criticised onlookers’ behaviour. “It’s a very sad and regrettable feature of modern life. We have mobile phones and devices. It was a horrendous what happened, and my understanding is two fellows went in for a swim, both got into difficulty, and one was able to get out and raise the alarm. “I read what the fire officer said, that they found it very difficult to comprehend that there were no lifebuoys thrown in to help, but people were taking photographs or videoing and for family members, it’s very traumatic, and it’s very, very sad.” Cork City Fire Brigade second officer Victor Shine said he hoped the tragedy would bring home to people the importance of assisting in such situations and not just adding to a family’s pain by filming it. “There were hundreds of people down there watching – they were a couple of people deep up along Pope’s Quay, across the Shandon Footbridge and down Lavitt’s Quay. There are three lifebuoys on either quay, and only one person threw one in to help the first guy. “It’s awful but hopefully it will open people’s eyes as to the consequences of such behaviour. We are trying to wake people up – help if you can help, and don’t just be highlighting somebody’s tragedy and adding to their pain and trauma by filming and posting it.” Barry Roche is Southern Correspondent of The Irish Times Facebook pageTwitter feed© 2025 The Irish Times DAC The devastated mother of Luke Hyde who drowned while swimming in the River Lee has expressed her disgust at those people who filmed the incident Luke had got into difficulty while swimming in the Lee near St Mary’s Church in Cork city centre on Wednesday evening entered the north channel of the river from Pope’s Quay with a friend at around 6.45pm to try to swim to Kyrl’s Quay The first man successfully made it across the channel however Luke got into difficulty as he neared the quay wall and disappeared beneath the surface of the water which was rising towards high tide at 8.20pm later recovered the body of the swimmer not far from where he had gone underwater Emergency service officials hit out after it emerged that the drowning and the recovery of the man’s remains had been recorded by some onlookers Elizabeth Hyde (76) said she was "disgusted" as she questioned why someone would stand by and film Luke's tragic death rather than do something to save him Today's News in 90 Seconds - Friday May 2 Speaking to Neil Prendeville on Cork’s Red FM on Friday Them watching my son drown instead of trying to help him." “I don’t think I can get through this,” she added “This is my second son [to die] in five years “I heard you talking this morning about what the people were doing there watching my son drown instead of trying to help him I don’t know if these people know the heartache and the suffering we in his family are going through “I don’t know how I am going to get through it the second time I don’t think there is even a word to describe it “I want people to know that I am his mother and my baby was nearly 34 years old Elizabeth described Luke as the most “pleasant young fella” who ever lived She said he fought an alcohol problem but was doing well and had started a job in a supermarket on the Douglas Road in Cork last week I would be phoning him saying ‘where are you Luke?’ If they live to be a hundred and you are 200 they are your child “I was sitting downstairs watching the television last Wednesday night and I heard the helicopter going up and down the river I thought God help us who are they looking for I thought ‘I hope they find the person.’ Little did I know that it was my own son.” Ms Hyde said she rang her son's phone on the day of the tragedy and when a garda answered she ran down Shandon Street to the scene of the incident they were putting him into the ambulance and I saw the crowds She said another son who was there tried to shield her from the scene but was adamant she wanted to hold her son one last time saying: "I need to hold my boy Ms Hyde said: "I don't know what his last thought or words were She said she hoped those who filmed the tragedy were listening to a "broken-hearted mother" Funeral arrangement will be finalised in the coming days Please check your inbox to verify your details Now download the free app for all the latest Sunday World News, Crime, Irish Showbiz and Sport. Available on Apple and Android devices The local elections results tell us one clear thing: the ‘two main parties’ offer a change that actually changes nothing – and voters know it Anyway: the local elections, where the big thing that people said could never happen seems to be happening. Farage now leads Reform UK which even last year used to be bundled in the “other” category by political pollsters – now its standalone poll results frequently top the charts with the eponymous two parties of The Two-Party System doing not a whole lot better than simply wailing that it isn’t supposed to be this way one of Labour’s safest seats in the general election you might dimly recall it won by a massive landslide 10 months ago Reform might have nicked it in record-breaking fashion by only six votes but the word you rightly keep hearing is “seismic” the missing link between that and the vegetable kingdom – former Conservative Andrea Jenkyns – was victorious in the Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election and is now the most questionably gifted entity ever to hold the position of mayor including Mayor Humdinger in Paw Patrol and that goat that was once elected somewhere in Texas The Runcorn byelection may have been forced by the former Labour MP literally punching one of his constituents but people’s metaphorical sense of having been mugged by politics-as-usual was surely a big part of Reform’s surge Keir Starmer didn’t even bother to go to Runcorn during the entire campaign Hearing repeatedly this morning from the Labour party chair that “traditionally prime ministers don’t campaign in byelections” felt like just another way of falling back on weird conventions that no one normal has ever heard of Hearing people talk politician-speak has tipped over from being annoying Yet as the Runcorn result was confirmed early this morning, Labour issued a statement that in many ways epitomises the sense that the old guard won’t – or perhaps can’t – see that they are going to have to find completely different ways of talking to people “Voters are still rightly furious with the state of the country after 14 years of failure and clearly expect the government to move faster with the Plan for Change,” it droned robotically “While Labour has suffered an extremely narrow defeat the shock is that the Conservative vote has collapsed Moderate voters are clearly appalled by the talk of a Tory-Reform pact.” Leaving aside the amusingly questionable analysis in an age which supposedly prizes authenticity over all things that most political parties are still communicating in a weird desiccated way that has all the welcoming charm and accessibility of a panic room the people in question quite clearly aren’t voting for tinkering They are voting for destruction – creative or otherwise – of the old ways The Tory leader was in seclusion at time of writing but her party’s co-chair did emerge to explain: “Kemi has said this is a marathon not a sprint.” I’m sure whoever used to finish fourth to Usain Bolt liked to claim the same the stadium will have been knocked down and redeveloped before Badenoch has a full policy platform a huge amount of tearful wank was expended over the past few years about people “normalising” Farage by extension suggesting that any voter who had time for his messages couldn’t really be normal This is what I think of as the “People’s Vote Fallacy” so-called after the equally wanky second referendum movement that was named in such a way as to suggest that its leadership were unaware either that there had already been a people’s vote or didn’t really consider those who had won it to be people at all Even now you have the general secretary of the TUC this week informing people via the pages of this newspaper that Farage is “a political fraud and hypocrite” and a “public school-educated ex-metals trader cosplaying as a champion of the working class” Paul must know plenty of trade unionists voted for Farage Is he saying they’re too dumb to see through him or just conceding that more of the working class might end up drawn to Farage’s movement than his Across the conventional political spectrum you can find bigwigs lining up to say Farage is appalling and a chancer apparently without realising what that then makes them someone people find less appealing than that guy and though it is unclear what new order is coming down the line it is increasingly possible to see that the old one has been fractured There’s a good line in a Martin Amis novel about a man who begins to crave a cigarette even while he is smoking a cigarette and on initial inspection it might seem like there is something of that to England But that would presuppose Labour had contrived to effect any sort of change at all – if it ever even had a plan for it politics is beginning to feel ineluctably tidal – like change is happening to this government World number one Luke Humphries and World Champion Luke Littler will headline the BST Hyde Park Darts Championship alongside Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen and former Women’s World Matchplay champion Fallon Sherrock in July “We’re really looking forward to putting on a world class darts show as part of this year’s BST Hyde Park Open House Festival,” said PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter “It is an iconic part of British Summer Time and darts is an iconic part of British culture so to bring the two together is a really exciting concept and we can’t wait for what will be a fun Tickets for the Hyde Park Darts Championship will go on sale from 1000 BST on Friday May 2, with further information available here. A man has paid a broken tribute to his younger brother who died while swimming in the River Lee in Cork city Emergency services recovered the body of a man who got into difficulty while swimming in the river Lee near St Mary’s Church in Cork city centre on Wednesday evening 30 April who has been named locally as Luke Hyde (36) from Cork’s northside entered the north channel of the river Lee from Pope’s Quay with a friend at around 6.45pm to try to swim to Kyrl’s Quay however Mr Hyde got into difficulty as he neared the quay wall and disappeared beneath the surface of the water Irish Coast Guard Marine Rescue Centre at Valentia Island co-ordinated the rescue operation and tasked the Irish Coast Guard Sikorski helicopter from Waterford Today's News in 90 Seconds - Friday May 2 recovered the body of the swimmer not far from where he had gone underwater The man was pronounced dead at the scene by a local doctor In a heartfelt tribute on social media his brother Mark wrote: "Luke I’m absolutely and totally heartbroken and cannot believe that you have been taken from us in a cruel way "I’m still waiting for you to ring me and tell me snap out of it and that this is all a bad dream You are and always will be my baby brother and I love you unconditionally with all my heart and soul brother "You were a gentle giant and didn’t have a bad bone in your body.” No funeral arrangements have been made as yet The prime minister is apparently pursuing ways to land the 2028 Open for the president POTUS surely won’t be carrying his own clubs At what point does realpolitik tip over into nakedly facilitating conflict of interest/corruption? I only ask in the strictest hypothetical terms after reading that Keir Starmer’s government has been exploring whether golf bosses could host the 2028 Open championship at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort in Ayrshire It’s almost as if the prime minister is compiling material for a seminal 2025 business manual Perhaps Starmer could ask the Treasury to “explore” buying a load of Trump meme coins the actual reply seems to have been: “Capital idea And so it is that officials from the Department for Culture Media and Sport are said to have been sounding out the R&A – which organises the Open – as to the potential obstacles to Turnberry hosting the championship an event almost as lucrative as it is prestigious Turnberry has made a profit precisely once in the past 10 years and is currently one of the many operating companies run by Trump’s sons but the advent of a major championship would certainly turn that around the R&A effectively suspended Turnberry from the list of eligible Open venues over the matter of the January 6 attack on the seat of US democracy has made more positive noises about the course at the same time as stressing that infrastructure at the location remains a challenge given how much the event has grown in size in recent years Darbon has previously said that keeping pace with that growth would require 60,000 hotel beds I can only imagine what the prime minister is thinking so someone would need to build some more hotels What a great opportunity for some lucky business genius …” Enduring another round of this is supposedly our best card or security guarantees for Ukraine – or indeed security guarantees for ourselves No world leader has ever got anything out of inviting Trump into their gifting suite perhaps imagining that repeating the same play multiple times and expecting different results is the definition of statecraft To anyone who thinks about it for more than 10 nanoseconds even discussing the possibility of returning the Open to Turnberry while Trump is president lays you open to being involved in mucky inducement giving personally valuable gifts in supposed exchange for preferential treatment seems to be legit when the recipient is the president We can only speculate about quite why civil servants should be required to conduct these grubby little feasibility studies Perhaps Starmer is too cowardly or wet to find a way of explaining to Trump that obviously it wouldn’t be appropriate and has instead kicked the president’s persistent inquiries down the chain in the hope that someone else will make the decision instead That would be an interesting impression for a country to give of itself wouldn’t it – the idea that the only thing stopping Starmer from leaning wholly into an obviously immoral quid pro quo is the width of the A719 And that the person who makes the tough decisions isn’t the prime minister GB News reporter Dougie Beattie expressed his excitement at the "absolutely fabulous" weather in London as he reported live from a pedalo in Hyde Park Speaking to Britain's Newsroom hosts Bev Turner and Andrew Pierce Dougie said: "Usually when I report the weather I'm standing on the side of a cliff somewhere getting absolutely soaked and bothered by the wind I've just been sitting here for about the last ten minutes and taking it all in Although I must say most of the people around here are quackers - but the sunshine is absolutely fabulous." This special report follows an investigation carried out under paragraph 49 of the Housing Ombudsman Scheme which allows the Ombudsman to conduct further investigation into whether there is a systemic failure The investigation was announced and began in November 2023 the Housing Ombudsman found repeated failings in repairs complaint handling and how the landlord responded to residents’ enquiries about service charges caused distress and inconvenience to residents with unreasonable delays to repairs barriers to complaints and poor communication The landlord engaged extensively as part of this investigation and has taken action to make improvements in these key areas The investigation was prompted by the landlord’s 10 severe maladministration findings and a high overall maladministration rate including in areas such as repairs (94%) and damp and mould (100%) These included 23 findings of severe maladministration (10 relating to property condition There was an overall maladministration rate of 82% The Ombudsman put forward 548 orders to put things right for residents in these cases The report sets out 3 key areas for the landlord to improve in and a series of recommendations to help it achieve that Barriers to the complaints process still existed in policy and practice and the report found that the intention of the Code had been skewed in the landlord’s policy towards its choice and control There was a failure to escalate complaints with the Ombudsman intervening in 25 out of 44 cases to ask the landlord to accept or progress the complaint The evidence suggested that many of the issues resulted from historical under resourcing of its complaints team and complaints being held whilst delayed repairs were taking place Poor systems and knowledge and information management also contributed at times the landlord provided inadequate redress It is encouraging that the landlord has invested in knowledge systems training and has recruited a complaint quality and improvement officer the report recommended the landlord ensures its complaints policy is in line with the Code and it takes learning from the Ombudsman’s determinations seriously to identify the root cause of complaints There were a significant amount of repair cases with unreasonable delays mainly caused by poor knowledge exchange with repairs contractors missed or otherwise ineffective appointments and failure to effectively manage or oversee contractors’ work on individual repair jobs This was further exacerbated during the coronavirus pandemic when the landlord struggled to keep up as delivering compliant repair became harder There were also issues with the landlord’s response to reports of leaks Other issues in this theme included poor communication and failure to assist the resident with an insurance claim The landlord identified its need to reduce repairs times and has worked on this The report recommends that the landlord reviews the causes of its wasted appointments and create an action plan seeking to minimise these as well as update its damp and mould policies and procedures The landlord experiences peaks in service charge enquiries twice per year in response to it sending out information at set times It appeared enquiries were placed in a queue for response and answered in turn without any triage for common queries or process or criteria for prioritising responses This had historically resulted in residents typically waiting 5 or 6 months for a response but sometimes up to a year these were not specific enough or did not cover all the points they needed to The landlord has undertaken a number of improvements in this area The report has recommended it makes its policies clear and consistent about when a service charge enquiry becomes a complaint including appropriate signposting to the complaints procedure as well as making sure its systems and processes are effective so that residents receive timely and sufficiently detailed answers to their enquiries There are also a range of cross-cutting themes identified as part of this investigation including knowledge and information management communication and taking vulnerabilities into account in addition to changes it has already made to improve services for residents it responded promptly and constructively to requests for information and volunteered additional helpful information Hyde Housing Association special investigation report (PDF) this form is to collect feedback to improve the website Comments will not get a response from the Housing Ombudsman Service If you need advice, please contact us Accessibility Cookies How we look after your data Freedom of Information Publication scheme Register of Interests Hospitality and gifts Careers Vacancies the fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality company is proud to announce its continued global growth with the signing of Melbourne Place in the heart of Melbourne's CBD The celebrated property will be reimagined and relaunched as Hyde Melbourne Place set to officially open under the Hyde flag on May 2 The hotel will offer a fresh and unique experience for locals and travellers blending contemporary design with Melbourne's synonymous cultural essence which has expanded its global presence to cities like Miami brings its bold vision for lifestyle hospitality to Australia Hyde Melbourne Place will feature a variety of guest rooms and public spaces that reflect Melbourne's renowned artistic and cultural vibrancy full details on the hotel's design features Hyde Melbourne Place will join Ennismore's trio of flagship openings in Australia this year - Hyde Perth and 25hours Hotel Sydney The Olympia - marking the group's highly anticipated debut in the country Jodi Brown will help further cement Hyde's commitment to excellence in its Australian debut With over 14 years of experience in the hospitality sector across various hotels and resorts throughout Australia and a passion for creating extraordinary hospitality experiences Melbourne Place has already been recognised as one of the city's most exciting new destinations recently earning a coveted spot on the Condé Nast Traveller Hot List 2025 and connection to Melbourne's creative pulse the property's next chapter under Hyde promises to build on this strong foundation introducing bold new experiences while honouring the cultural vibrancy that defines it Originally designed by the renowned Melbourne-based architecture studio Kennedy Nolan Known for their distinctive approach that blends urban sensitivity with bold Nolan has ensured that every element of the hotel reflects a coherent and uniquely Melbourne character Hyde Melbourne Place will be part of Dis-loyalty, Ennismore's game-changing travel and food membership that gives members up to 50% off 100+ hotels globally. Find out more at Dis-loyalty.com Hotel website Brand OwnerEnnismore Dozens were seen gathering in Hyde Park for the annual 420 rally News | London Four people have been arrested and five sound systems seized during an annual cannabis protest in Hyde Park Dozens of protesters gathered for the annual ‘420 Day’ rally on Easter Sunday which is part of an international movement to protest against cannabis being illegal A number of police vans were seen parked inside the famous park as groups of protesters gathered on the grass while officers were spotted patrolling nearby The Met Police said there was a police presence throughout the 420 rally, explaining that officers intervened and used enforcement options where necessary. The force said four people were arrested for offences including possession of an imitation firearm failure to appear in court and assault against a police officer The Met added that officers issued 45 community resolutions issued 27 dispersal notices and six penalty notices Officers are expected to remain in the area and a dispersal order is in place until midnight on Sunday The Royal Parks, which takes care of Hyde Park, had previously warned that people who gathered for the protest may be liable for arrest The Royal Parks explained that the event took place without its permission and said the demonstration breached its regulations a Met Police spokesperson previously told the Standard there would be a “strong and visible police presence across Hyde Park” when the rally took place Police search for trans-rights activists after statues defaced in Westminster Appeal to find hit-and-run victim who was carried on car’s bonnet for 30 yards ‘Drunk’ hit-run driver rams woman outside Wembley concert by Alkaline Past AXA Startup Angel winners share their tips A Met spokesperson said: “The Met is aware of the 420 Day rally 20 April and have a policing plan for the day “Using cannabis and other recreational drugs is illegal Officers will intervene and use enforcement options where proportionate and necessary “Our main priority is to ensure park users are safe and achieving that requires officers to make pragmatic decisions potentially prioritising those offences that pose the most immediate risk “Officers will enforce legislation under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 through community resolution orders particularly if there is associated anti-social behaviour “There will be a strong and visible police presence across Hyde Park We encourage park users to speak to officers if they have concerns There are pro-drug rallies worldwide on April 20 but Hyde Park is known as the largest in the country with this year’s event taking place on Easter Sunday Loud clouds of smoke have previously been seen wafting above crowds of protesters at Hyde Park during the annual protest due to so many people smoking at once Prince Louis steals the show at VE Day parade as he keeps dad William looking sharp and mimics brother George Prince Louis steals show with sweet antics at VE parade VE Day 2025 fashion: best looks from the day VE Day 2025 fashion: Princess of Wales to Lady Victoria Starmer Ukraine 'launches stunning Kursk offensive' in major blow for Putin ahead of Victory Day celebrations Ukraine 'launches stunning Kursk offensive' in blow for Putin Stacey Solomon 'regrets doing reality show with Joe Swash' for tough reason Stacey Solomon 'regrets reality show with Joe Swash' for tough reason Rihanna shows off baby bump at star-studded Met Gala 2025 as singer's third pregnancy with A$AP Rocky announced Rihanna debuts baby bump on star-studded Met Gala blue carpet Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy London without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. London Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen will compete in the Hyde Park Darts Championship in July You’ve all heard of the darts at Ally Pally Now a massive new darts championship is coming to London PDC Presents the Hyde Park Darts Championship will take place at the London park this Tuesday This is a chance to catch darts big hitters Luke Littler Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock in action If you’re not familiar with the players 18-year-old Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler won the nation’s hearts at his Ally Pally debut in 2023 the athlete was the youngest player ever to reach the final There will also be special guests Olly Murs The pro-am darts tournament is part of BST Hyde Park’s Open House – a series of midweek events occurring at the festival which will also see mega stars Olivia Rodrigo Sabrina Carpenter and Noah Kahan headline.  A ticket to the Hyde Park darts show will also gain you entry to BREW//LDN a massive craft beer festival taking place in the park It will feature more than 100 indie and established drinks brands, with guests able to try more than 1,000 different tipples.  Set your alarms, darts fans. Tickets to PDC at Hyde Park go on sale at 10am on Friday, May 2 via the BST website There is also an Amex presale at 9am on the same day for American Express members.  The London airport just named worst in the UK for delays.  London Marathon 2025: all the best freebies and perks runners can claim for completing this year’s race.  Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends. Just follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out London newsletter for the best of the city Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! tiktokfacebooktwitteryoutubeAbout us Contact us Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news there’s a new darts extravaganza in town The Professional Darts Corporation is putting on a brand new darts championship in Hyde Park aptly named the Hyde Park Darts Championship It’s a chance to catch bulls-eyeing big hitters like Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock Roman Kemp and Dion Dublin in attendance.  The pro-am darts tournament is part of BST Hyde Park’s Open House programme and tickets will also gain you entry to the mega craft beer festival BREW//LDN where you can sip on suds from 100 indie and established drinks brands It has been announced that Jackie (Jacqueline) Hyde Vice President of Artist Relations at Sony Music UK is among those who have been recognised on the King’s New Year Honours list and joins the Members of the Order of the British Empire.   The New Year Honours List recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK and the recognition comes in the same year that Jackie marks an astonishing 46 years working at Sony Music Jackie Hyde says: “Receiving this recognition feels overwhelming and I never thought an honour such as this would be given to me When I joined CBS Records/Sony Music back in 1979 I couldn’t have imagined that I would be in the industry 45 years later or that I would receive an MBE It’s been an incredible and very happy career in the business and a privilege to have worked with such brilliant artists Jackie has been a huge part of Sony Music UK’s success over the years and has forged trusted relationships with iconic Sony Music stars including George Michael, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie She has supported artists from their very first showcase all the way through to headlining festivals and stadium tours Jackie has spent years dedicated to charitable causes in the music sector She is on the Board for the annual Music Industry Trust Awards which has raised more than £8million for Nordoff & Robbins and The BRIT School in Croydon since its launch in 1992. Jackie also serves on the Board for the Silver Clef charity lunch – an event that has raised more than £16 million for Nordoff & Robbins since its first event in the 1970s.  but as a group decide nothing can be done" Had Mr Allen been alive to survey the beguiling spectacle of another week in Britain's war on terror he might have revised this judgment on the basis that it is clearly preposterously flattering to the good burghers of the intelligence and security committee he might have been momentarily charmed by legislative posturing in a country where the bite of the average select committee makes its church hall equivalent look like the Watergate hearings But nothing rains on the Westminster village fete like large-scale loss of life and it is impossible to understand how anyone can hold - when the fertiliser bomb trial has revealed the surveillance blunders that allowed two of the July 7 bombers to strike - that the ISC's sketchy report of its inquiry into the matter can remain a satisfactory last word So adept is Tony Blair at styling himself the saintly taker of unpopular yet unimpeachably right decisions that if he eventually judges himself rich enough to take a peerage his heraldic crest should feature a halo-sporting figure dragging a ploughshare through a lonely furrow "The reason people want another inquiry," he kindly explained as he dismissed the idea this week "and I totally understand both the grief of the victims of 7/7 and their anxiety to have another inquiry is that people want another inquiry to reach a different conclusion." If anything is indicative of Mr Blair's serial willingness to misrepresent those he serves - a willingness that amounts to little more than contempt - then it is that use of "want" People do not "want" it to be established that mistakes were made by those in whom they have to trust to keep them safe People do not "want" to live with any potential conclusion that lives were needlessly lost as a result of a cock-ups or arcane funding decisions But people would prefer to think a credible body had unearthed the truth about the competence with which they are allegedly protected from the very forces of darkness Mr Blair claims surround them under the present system of committee inquiries you will no more satisfy this eminently reasonable desire in the public than you will convince them that the PM and his chancellor have always been best friends granted an interview to this newspaper after she had been constructively removed from her job she despaired of the assumption that the public are too skittish and moronic to be presented with even the sanitised conclusions of regulatory bodies The public look at the facts," she insisted they know perfectly well what matters and what doesn't." Yet her dealings with the standards and privileges committee had left her concerned "as to whether there are some situations where the possibility of preferment or party influence had got in the way" Naturally Ms Filkin speaks in the measured tones of a civil servant The less restrained among us would be surprised if the latter had ever not got in the way In the Escher-like structure that is our system of checks and balances and their chairs appointed by the government which can in turn prevent advisers and civil servants from appearing before them it is impossible not to feel deeply envious when you observe a congressional inquiry at full throttle If Gordon Brown is the Atlanticist he claims to be he cannot fail to appreciate the totemic power of these hearings in terms of preserving trust in the legislature Think of Oliver North before the Iran-Contra hearings The image of Alastair Campbell facing down the media committee over the Kelly affair never made quite the same impression consider Ms Filkin's claim that John Reid had intimidated witnesses to her inquiry into the forbidden use of taxpayer money for the benefit of the Labour party "I don't think you can investigate anything too rigorously," she said "because you're not being fair to people unless you do that." In one of those charmless ironies of British political life Ms Filkin subsequently found herself out of a job and the 7/7 cock-up one of the many contentious matters from which he has kept himself so studiedly disassociated Gordon Brown could mark his first days in No 10 with an announcement that would echo the brave new dawn of his granting independence to the Bank of England when he took control of the Treasury Nothing less than a complete overhaul of the committee system should be promised with greater powers of investigation and independence granted to every inquiry that would scrutinise his forthcoming glorious works Alas, one suspects he may shy from surrendering a great chunk of his power the minute he finally gets his hands on it, in which case merely the impression of an overhaul may be judged to suffice. Such inaction is very easily achieved, of course. He need simply leave the idea in the hands of a committee. marina.hyde@theguardian.com Ambitions must translate into improved resident experience finds Ombudsman special investigation after Hyde accepts failings in complaint handling repairs and service charges enquiry delays The Housing Ombudsman has published its special investigation report into Hyde Housing Association complaint handling and how it responded to residents’ enquiries about service charges The investigation was prompted by the landlord’s 10 severe maladministration findings and a high overall maladministration rate These included 23 findings of severe maladministration (10 relating to property condition There was an overall maladministration rate of 82% The Ombudsman put forward 548 orders to put things right for residents in these cases the landlord inferred blame for the severity of a leak on a resident as they were away at the time the leak occurred The landlord disputed that their home was uninhabitable and whether a bed had been damaged by water It also did not offer appropriate compensation despite the resident dealing with the additional stress of having cancer the landlord failed to make a repair for nearly a year leaving a vulnerable resident with peeling wallpaper The resident was afraid to use the heating due to the issues the landlord failed to provide appropriate redress and the report found that the intention of the Code had been skewed in the landlord’s policy towards its choice and control the report recommended the landlord ensures its complaints policy is in line with the Code and it takes learning from the Ombudsman’s determinations seriously to identify the root cause of complaints and failure to effectively manage or oversee contractors’ work on individual repair jobs There were also issues with the landlord’s response to reports of leaks Hyde special investigation summary and full report said: “The timing of this investigation provides a valuable opportunity for the landlord to further establish an open positive complaint handling culture throughout what is a growing organisation “Our investigation shows that residents have experienced the same problems repeatedly over several years but the landlord was initially slow to recognise and respond to these “Problems within repairs and maintenance in particular the management and monitoring of contractors had consequences across other teams which meant residents received poor service from more than one part of the landlord The landlord was complacent about delays in numerous areas of its service Action has been taken on delays in 3 service areas there has been a focus on better communication with residents and recognition of the need to improve the adequacy of redress offered and our more recent investigations highlight and we will work with the landlord to help reach the ambitious goals it has set itself “We have also seen that the landlord’s service failures can contribute to profoundly increased distress to residents This can then be compounded further by the landlord appearing reluctant to provide appropriate redress “If a landlord misses or undermines its own opportunities to contribute to repairing or restoring the relationship then it increases the risk it will undermine trust further   Setting the right tone and behaviours will encourage learning from complaints “Where a landlord has provided poor service to any resident a focus should be on opportunities to offer meaningful redress We understand there needs to be a careful individualised balancing between fulfilling its obligations as an employer when managing complex relationships with a resident but it must ensure it delivers on its obligations as a social housing provider.” the Ombudsman invites the landlord to provide a learning statement We recognise that historically we haven’t always met some of our customer’s expectations and we apologise to those customers where we could have done things better We know the impact this can have and are committed to learning from these experiences to ensure we do better in the future While challenges remain for charities like Hyde this report recognises our ambition to continue evolving and improving our services We will continue to deliver homes and communities that meet the highest standards Providing homes and communities that people are proud of is central to everything we do we’ve taken significant steps to improve our services and strengthen relationships with our customers to achieve better outcomes This includes increasing investment in customers’ homes and adopting a more localised approach We’re also supporting customers online to help them manage their homes more conveniently alongside the launch of our new Customer Service Centre and digital offering which is enabling our colleagues to resolve around nine in ten customer enquiries at the first point of contact we’ve also doubled the number of colleagues handling complaints and brought our repair service in-house most customers now receive their repairs in around three days and customer satisfaction with our repairs teams is sector leading at over 95% We’ve engaged with the Housing Ombudsman Service throughout this process sharing extensive information about the changes we’ve made We value timely actionable insights and remain committed to engaging with the thriving communities that we serve BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — There were plenty of celebrity sightings at Sahlen Field in Downtown Buffalo, Sunday, the site of the fifth annual Micah Hyde Charity Softball Game. Fans braved the weather to watch some of their favorite Buffalo Bills players swing for the fences, all in the name of a great cause. There was a softball game, along with a home run derby. Hyde says the money raised will be split between his Imagine for Youth Foundation and the foundations for six of his former teammates. Hyde's game has become a must-attend event in Buffalo, allowing Bills Mafia to interact with their favorite players. Hyde's foundation was started in 2015 to help children achieve healthy, active, and educated lives by providing them with necessary supplies, resources and equipment. We want to hear what’s going on in your community. Share your voice and hear from your neighbors. Luke Hyde: His mother Lily sent her thanks to those whom tried to help him, especially the gardaí, paramedics, air corps, and fire service. after he and another man went swimming in the northern channel of the River Lee at Pope’s Quay The 34-year-old got into difficulties and a major search and recovery operation was launched During his funeral Mass in the North Cathedral Fr Marius O’Reilly said: “Luke was here for a lot shorter than anyone would have expected but he was a gift to this world and we bring forward with us the memories that we have had with Luke and we thank God because Luke was unique to this world.  "There was never anyone like him nor will there ever be anyone like him He had something unique to contribute to this world that nobody else could."  "But I have been hearing a lot about him over these last number of days and some of the things which really struck me about Luke was that he didn’t have it easy in life He lost his father at a young age and then he lost his brother Brian and these had a big impact on him at such a young age too.  which everyone seems to talk about is how gentle a person he was and that he had a loving caring nature and I even heard how he would love the animals "That is not something you would hear about too often [He was] very much someone as well who would reach out to people and try to help other people He had his own troubles and difficulties but he would think of other people as well so he is a great lesson to all of us in that sense." His mother Lily led the readings. On Friday, she had spoken of her heartbreak after people at the scene of his drowning filmed and livestreamed the incident instead of trying to help her son The actions have also been condemned by Taoiseach Micheál Martin Fr O’Reilly said: “Lily asked me as well in a special way to thank those who tried to help Luke fire service and all the people who have been so generous and so kind with their support and their words in particular.”  From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer Already a subscriber? Sign in Follow and share the latest news and stories more cork - news articles Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence The musician was commissioned to create an album inspired by the north-east’s mining history – and then discovered his ancestors died in a local disaster they never got out’: the Futureheads’ Barry Hyde commemorates his mining heritageThis article is more than 1 month oldThe musician was commissioned to create an album inspired by the north-east’s mining history – and then discovered his ancestors died in a local disaster he was astonished to discover an unexpected personal connection to the project “A historian friend of mine – Keith Gregson – told me that at least two and perhaps more of my ancestors had died in the Trimdon Grange mining disaster,” the singer says referring to the 1882 explosion in County Durham that killed 69 men and boys ‘We think he may have been related’ … the memorial listing William J Hyde as one of the victims of the Trimdon Grange disaster Photograph: Gary Calton/The GuardianThe discovery has given his resulting album The tragic story of Hyde’s young ancestors is directly referenced on the final track on which the singer adapts words written after the explosion by “pitman’s poet” Tommy Armstrong never let them cry for bread,’” the singer admits We’re talking in the Peacock, the beautiful Sunderland pub that Hyde runs with family members but the pub was previously called the Londonderry and its former name is still visible carved in the glass of one older window “The Marquis of Londonderry owned lots of the mines,” Hyde says “Mining’s this huge thing that has been lost The Futureheads man has done commissioned work before from music for a colliery band to a prison songwriting project he says he felt “a deep responsibility to make it authentic So he delved into archives to immerse himself in how these workers lived “Imagine people going to work not knowing if they’re coming home at the end of the day,” he says “They worked in virtual darkness and the job was to remove the walls around them The other side of that is how the fear of loss bound communities together.” adapting old mining songs and books gives the lyrics a genuine “I found these great old songs about camaraderie Hyde at the memorial Photograph: Gary Calton/The GuardianHyde plays virtually all the instruments on the album and the eclectic mix of uplifting anthems folky pop and gentle orchestrations captures the full spectrum of the mining experience he was inspired by Gavin Bryars’ remarkable track Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (which features a loop of a homeless man singing) to put musical backing to ex-miner Jim Moreland’s chilling narrative about how a co-worker lost a limb in a mining accident Hyde found the lyrics for rousing unionisation anthem Come All You Colliers in AL Lloyd’s 1952 book Come All Ye Bold Miners “For the drums I channelled the energy of my dearly departed friend Dave Harper,” he says referring to the drummer of Futureheads contemporaries Frankie & the Heartstrings Miners’ Ballads is the latest instalment of the unusual journey Hyde has been on since 2013 when the Futureheads took a few years out (they returned in 2019) having been introduced to finer cuisine by Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill when he produced their eponymous 2004 debut album ‘Have you ever tried partridge?’” Hyde chuckles “‘How about kimchi?’” Cooking became “an occasional hobby but after realising it wasn’t for him he then became a music teacher “I remember standing in front of a crowd of kids in primary school who were all singing thinking: I used to do this at Glastonbury!” but got involved in the Peacock after taking on part of the building to establish a music school; he was then offered the opportunity to renovate the derelict pub downstairs “It was full of black mould and rats and had holes in the roof,” he says 26” is among the names on the memorial to the 1882 disaster “A lot of them are buried under there,” Hyde says staring at the stone column in torrential rain “Because they never got out.” He admits that making Miners’ Ballads has been “a life-changing experience What matters is doing something meaningful I feel I’ve created something I can be really proud of.” Miners’ Ballads is out now on Sirenspire Records. Hyde performs Miners’ Ballads with Durham Miners Association brass band at Redhills Durham Miners hall as part of Durham Brass festival on 14 July Welcome to building.co.uk. This site uses cookies. Read our policy A festival focused on the future of digital construction By 2025-03-14T11:15:00+00:00 Residents claim firm’s offer of compensation at luxury flats scheme was ‘insufficent’ but builder says ‘matter could have been resolved years ago’  The row between residents of One Hyde Park and its builder Laing O‘Rourke over repairs at the development has deepened with furious owners claiming the contractor has “walked away from its responsibilities” to fix a series of defects at the luxury flats scheme in London residents accuse the contractor of “stringing them along” over repairs needed at the complex which they claim will cost £35m to put right which overlooks Hyde Park and includes a £175m penthouse are problems with the ductwork and corroding pipes Residents claim the cost of repairs at the development has hit £35m Residents said: “Defects were discovered from 2014 onwards and for the past decade Laing O’Rourke has carried out ad hoc remedial work whilst refusing to agree to an appropriate settlement.” Details about the dispute became public when O’Rourke chief executive Cathal O’Rourke wrote to clients three weeks ago saying that one of its dormant companies Companies House records show the firm went into liquidation on 28 February In his letter O’Rourke wrote: “Laing O’Rourke Construction South was recently the subject of a legal claim relating to a historic development and despite our best efforts to reach an amicable solution on this matter our counterparty did not engage fully with us in order to reach an agreement.” Although O’Rourke did not name the project it emerged the scheme at the centre of the dispute was One Hyde Park which it completed in 2009 and which opened its doors two years later One Hyde Park residents say they were forced to begin legal action in 2021 after failing to reach an agreement with the contractor over the repairs The claim has been brought by One Hyde Park Limited (OHP) which owns the freehold of the building and is in turn owned by the residents They said: “The dispute between OHP and LOR [Laing O’Rourke] was not ‘recent’ as LOR suggest the suggestion that OHP ‘did not engage fully’ with LOR is preposterous “While the parties engaged in settlement discussions LOR’s offers to carry out the remediation works came with unacceptable caveats and the compensation offered by LOR was insufficient to fund such works by a third party OHP suspects that during this period LOR was pursuing a deliberate strategy of stringing along OHP in the hope of delaying the time when it would have to pay damages or carry out remedial works leaving OHP with no option but to launch litigation in 2021.” They added: “Despite OHP seeking assurances regarding the financial health of LOR from LOR and its parent companies and LOR continuously defending and participating in these proceedings OHP was shocked and dismayed to receive a letter on 12 February 2025 indicating that LOR Group was not prepared to continue to fund the litigation and LOR plc’s subsequent announcement that it was placing its subsidiary in liquidation “This action can only be seen to be an attempt to avoid the very substantial judgment we expect in OHP’s favour.” The court hearing on 27 February at the T&C Court in London was held without representatives from Laing O’Rourke attending with a judgement from Mrs Justice Jefford expected in the next few weeks The residents added: “Laing O’Rourke has contested the claim throughout but just as our case and demand for £35m compensation was about to face the scrutiny of the court room it walked away from its responsibilities.” Laing O’Rourke said: “Laing O’Rourke has worked extensively over the past decade to try and find an amicable resolution to this issue with One Hyde Park’s management company multiple offers of compensation and an offer to undertake remedial work for free One Hyde Park’s management company continued to pursue a costly litigation process against Laing O’Rourke Construction South a dormant subsidiary that had not traded since 2011 and had no assets this matter could have been resolved years ago if One Hyde Park’s management company had approached matters in a more professional and constructive manner.” Investigation relates to data centre built in Netherlands for Microsoft Job is believed to $2bn-plus turnover Limak’s first in UK DESNZ will boost green skills under its Warm Homes Plan through financial awards  Former Interserve subsidiary posts turnover of £542m for 2024 150 Aldersgate was fully pre-let to social media giant prior to completion and includes new terraces a reconfigured entrance and a public art installation Site powered by Webvision Cloud SEASON TICKETS               CLUB SHOP               COMMUNITY TRUST Last weekend’s 3-2 defeat at Manchester Laces proved a tough one to take with the result ending any hopes Dale had of taking the title race to the final day including themselves Dale will end the season in third spot but will want to carry momentum ahead of a huge cup final on the horizon Visitors Hyde United need to avoid defeat if they want to be crowned champions with Laces Hyde were unbeaten up until the beginning of March when they seemed to be storming towards promotion but three defeats in their last five games including a defeat to Laces has seen the race go down to the last matchday Hyde were 2-0 winners with Maisie Malone and Abbie Turner on the scoresheet in September bettered only by the club’s top scorer Natasha Sithole who is on 12 Eleanor Ashton and Dolcie O’Connor are the two in form for Dale with Ashton on 11 goals in 9 games and O’Connor’s brace last weekend seeing her notch nine in as many games Supporters are free to attend this fixture Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Accessibility | Company Details G15 landlord Hyde has completed its partnership agreement with a 3,500-home London housing association that is currently non-compliant with the English regulator’s standards Tower Hamlets Community Housing (THCH) has joined the 120,000-home group as a subsidiary and has rebranded to THCH: Powered by Hyde This legal completion marks the first phase of integration by bringing together people THCH was handed ratings of G3/V3 in 2023 after the English regulator found it was unable to meet the costs of its day-to-day operating activities and repair liabilities Hyde previously said it believed a partnership with THCH would bring “stability” to the landlord said: “We’re delighted to welcome THCH customers and colleagues to the group “Our vision for the partnership reflects the feedback we’ve had from the communities THCH serves and can be best captured as THCH: Powered by Hyde – representing stability “With Hyde’s strong foundations and expertise the partnership aims to deliver safe and decent homes strong communities and a real voice for customers “By maintaining local roots and connections with the community and combining this with new investment in homes and improved customer services including a new dedicated in-house repairs service we’ll create places people can be proud of.” The decision to move forward follows what both landlords described as “extensive due diligence reviews of both organisations’ finances As part of the business case for the merged organisation there are plans for additional investment in homes and communities over the first three years of the partnership The boards also considered feedback from THCH’s resident consultation before giving approval strengthened building safety and built a more positive internal culture and we’re pleased to have found the right partner to build on this work “Joining the Hyde Group is a major milestone investment and expertise to do even more for our customers while staying true to the community-focused values that make THCH special “I want to thank everyone who’s played a part in this journey whose leadership has left a lasting and positive mark on the organisation “I’d also like to thank Mark Thrasher for his time as board chair commitment and steady leadership have been instrumental in getting us to this point.” When the merger talks were first announced last year, rating agency S&P said Hyde’s plans to take on THCH would not have an “immediate impact” on its creditworthiness due to its large asset base and “extremely strong” liquidity New to Inside Housing? 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Click here to manage your newsletters By 2025-03-12T12:12:00 Contractor says it could have resolved problems “years ago” instead of ending up in court Laing O’Rourke has written to clients telling them that one of its dormant companies has been put into liquidation Existing subscriber? LOGIN Stay at the forefront of thought leadership with news and analysis from award-winning journalists technical project know-how and the latest innovations Get your free guest access  SIGN UP TODAY Subscribe to Building today and you will benefit from: View our subscription options and join our community The Royal Parks has warned that ‘people may be liable for prosecution or arrest’ The Royal Parks has warned that people planning to gather for an annual cannabis protest in Hyde Park could be liable for arrest Thousands are gearing up for the annual ‘420 Day’ rally in Hyde Park on Sunday has said the event will be taking place without its permission and said the demonstration breaches its regulations which looks after London’s eight royal parks added that “enforcement of the law and of park regulations is a matter for the Metropolitan Police” a Met Police spokesperson told the Standard there will be a “strong and visible police presence across Hyde Park” when the rally takes place Meal2Deal: on a mission to make food poverty history A statement issued by the Royal Parks said: “Please be aware that a ‘420 Day’ rally which is part of an international movement to protest against the illegality of cannabis is expected to take place in Hyde Park on Sunday 20 April without our permission we anticipate that thousands of people will turn up and Hyde Park may be busier than usual “The Royal Parks has not given permission for this unauthorised assembly in Hyde Park and it is in breach of The Royal Parks’ regulations The Metropolitan Police are aware that this unauthorised assembly is due to take place and have advised that people may be liable for prosecution or arrest Enforcement of the law and of park regulations is a matter for the Metropolitan Police we advise visitors to be aware that this rally is taking place and to note that both The Royal Parks Shop and boating on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park will be closed on that day.” a group of award-winning property management and real estate firms announces that applications are available now for Logan Square Residences a 63-unit affordable housing community for persons aged 55 and older located at 1201 River Street in Hyde Park Logan Square Residences features 63 one-bedroom one-bath apartments within a four-story building The apartment complex also offers resident services and social programming in coordination with outside gencies The ground floor includes commercial space The Logan Square offers a peaceful residential setting with convenient access to local shops It’s the perfect balance of neighborhood tranquility and urban accessibility “We’re excited to announce availability at Logan Square Residences,” said Melissa Fish-Crane principal and CEO of The Peabody Companies “With both an aging population and rapidly increasing house prices affordable apartments for seniors are highly needed We’re proud to offer this remarkable community to eligible applicants and look forward to welcoming them to their new home.” demonstrating a remarkable blend of quality service and expertise underscores a deep commitment to enhancing resident experiences by focusing exclusively on developing supportive services and programs for affordable housing communities certified by the Massachusetts State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) The Peabody Companies has been recognized for its dedication to diversity and inclusion This commitment is further evidenced by their ranking on the 2023 National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) Affordable 100 List and their repeated recognition as a Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe in 2017 © Copyright 2012 - 2023 | citybiz | All Rights Reserved Micah Hyde held his charity softball game in Buffalo on Sunday and Bills Mafia is wondering where one of the most popular players was Every year Micah Hyde holds a charity softball game to benefit his charity that helps out multiple organizations in Western New York.  This year he was also splitting the funds from the game with at least 6 of his teammates ⬇️⬇️⬇️Keep Scrolling For Pictures Of The Event Below⬇️⬇️⬇️ It's become one of the premier charity events of the year for Bills Mafia.  It's an incredible opportunity to see some of your favorite Buffalo Bills.  But this year one of the biggest names on the team wasn't there Although he's been the reigning champion of the homerun derby for years (except for the year that Spencer Brown won it) Josh Allen was not seen at the charity softball game this year.  Micah shared a video of the locker room on his story on social media and it appeared as though Josh had his own locker with a jersey hanging with #17 on it but he was not seen there it should be said that they never promoted that Josh would be there.  So it's not as though he committed and just didn't show.  He wasn't the only player that wasn't there either.  It just stood out that he wasn't there because most years Read More: Unique Golf Experience Coming To Highmark Stadium In Western NY  Most people seemed to think that him not being at the game was a sure sign that his wedding will be coming very soon.  They were guessing that he might have been a little busy with wedding planning and that's why he couldn't be there but congratulations to DeWayne Carter who brought home his first Micah Hyde Charity Softball Homerun Derby championship Gallery Credit: Ed Nice Micah Hyde held his charity softball game in Buffalo on Sunday and Bills Mafia is wondering where one of the most popular players was.\nRead More Read More: Unique Golf Experience Coming To Highmark Stadium In Western NY  Most people seemed to think that him not being at the game was a sure sign that his wedding will be coming very soon.  They were guessing that he might have been a little busy with wedding planning and that's why he couldn't be there. He was certainly missed, but congratulations to DeWayne Carter who brought home his first Micah Hyde Charity Softball Homerun Derby championship! got in to difficulties while swimming across the river from Pope’s Quay to Lavitt’s Quay shortly before 7pm on Wednesday read the two main readings at the funeral of her son at the North Cathedral church in Cork this morning She also placed the crucifix and a copy of the bible on the coffin of her son A framed picture of Luke was also on the coffin He had started a new job in a supermarket in Douglas in Cork last week Luke was the youngest of her adult children and they shared a close bond Parish priest Fr Marius O’Reilly told mourners at 10am requiem mass today that Luke didn’t have it easy in life having lost his father Michael when he was a young boy Fr O’Reilly noted that Luke subsequently had to grieve the death of his older brother Brian Fr O’Reilly stated that in spite of all the tragedy Luke experienced in life he still retained his loving nature “These (losses) had a big impact on him at such a young age But the thing that everyone seems to talk about is what a gentle person he was “I even heard how he would love the animals and even the worms How he would look after even worms — wanting to care for them That is not something you would hear about too often He was also someone who would reach out to people and try to help people But he was a great lesson to all of us in that sense.”  Fr O’Reilly told mourners that Luke loved sport and played with the Na Piarsaigh Hurling and Football Club in Cork city “Sport was something that was very important to him in this life He was a rare breed — a Leeds United supporter He added that Ms Hyde had asked him to thank the gardaí medics and the local community for their assistance and support since the loss of Luke Prayers of the Faithful were recited by nuns from the Missions of Charity Sisters in Blarney Co Cork with whom Luke had a “good relationship.” a family friend from the Sacred Heart Church in the Western Road also celebrated the mass alongside Fr O’Reilly Commendation prayers were recited by Bishop Emeritus who also comforted the relatives of the deceased The coffin was carried from the church for burial as a soloist sang the hymn “Going Home.” The mother of the late Luke Hyde shook the hands of well wishers as she walked behind the remains of her son extended family and a large circle of friends He was buried at St Catherine’s Cemetery in Kilcully Keep up-to-date with the top stories in Cork with our daily newsletter straight to your inbox Please click here for our privacy statement. Add Echolive.ie to your home screen - easy access to Cork news Officials are drawing up plans to use a volunteer force made up of retired ceremonial soldiers to support state occasions like Trooping the Colour The move comes as the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment - the Armed Forces' busiest ceremonial unit - looks for ways to ease mounting pressure on its personnel.  Former members and those nearing retirement have already been approached to see if they would consider getting back in the saddle described efforts to build a Reserve capability as a "generational opportunity" that could "ensure our traditions endure in the years ahead" sent to members of the Life Guards Association also suggested the scheme would offer a "wonderful opportunity to re-engage with old friends and make use of the many excellent facilities and venues within Central London" The plans are still at an early scoping phase with officials hoping to gauge the appetite of ex-troopers It is not yet clear whether volunteers would take part in public duties or support behind-the-scenes tasks such as mucking out the stables While some veterans have branded the proposals "terrible" and "bizarre" others have expressed support for bringing back the expertise of former soldiers one former Lance Corporal of Horse said he welcomed the idea and understood the reasoning behind it So I think any additional help would always be welcome." who served in both operational and ceremonial roles added: "I think it would be a positive move in terms of lending a helping hand "But I also think it could cause some issues as differing generations may have a conflict of opinions on the way things are done "But on the whole I believe that any help to maintain the standards required would be a positive move." Forces News has asked the Ministry of Defence for comment While most people associate the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment with its public-facing duties like providing the King's Life Guard or taking part in major events such as Trooping the Colour there are a host of behind-the-scenes roles that keep ceremonial life running with troopers heading to the stables to carry out essential tasks such as mucking out the horses' living spaces horses are matched with riders for exercise - usually around Hyde Park or the streets of West London - often just as the sun rises Other daily duties include grooming the horses and cleaning their kit in preparation for ceremonial appearances Specialist trades also play a key role within the regiment Some troopers are assigned as stablemen or orderlies responsible for maintaining the uniforms and equipment of more senior personnel Please select at least one newsletter to subscribe to: Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times Award-winning actor Reece Shearsmith (Inside No.9 Psychoville) draws us into the strange and eerie world of Dr Jekyll and Mr in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic gothic novella exploring the duality of human nature is alerted to a series of strange occurrences involving his friend Jekyll has been experimenting with a potion that transforms him into Mr allowing him to indulge in immoral acts without guilt But as Hyde’s actions become increasingly violent Jekyll struggles to control his transformations and Hyde’s personality begins to dominate… The Read is a series of outstanding performance readings of iconic British novels Reese Shearsmith was filmed on location in Bradford A Rural Studios production for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer Filmed on location in Bradford it is directed by Kieran Stringfellow the Executive Producer is Grant Black and the commissioner for BBC Arts is Stephen James-Yeoman Hides preview environment warning banner on preview pages Select a theme and theme mode and click "Load theme" to load in your theme combination World number one Luke Humphries and world champion Luke Littler will headline the BST Hyde Park Darts Championship Joining them will be Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen and former Women’s World Matchplay champion Fallon Sherrock Hyde Park Darts Championship tickets are on sale now Four of the sport’s biggest names will take to the famous Great Oak Stage as they prepare to do battle in a knockout tournament in the capital  The event takes place on Tuesday 8 July as part of Hyde Park’s Open House summer festival Van Gerwen and Sherrock will also take part in a Pro-Am doubles tournament Tickets to the show will also include entry to BREW//LDN a massive craft beer festival taking place in the park Featuring more than 100 indie and established drinks brands guests will be able to try out a 1,000+ different products “We’re really looking forward to putting on a world-class darts show as part of this year’s BST Hyde Park Open House Festival,” said PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter So to bring the two together is a really exciting concept 🎟️ Hyde Park Darts Championship tickets are on sale via the ‘Get Tickets’ link Travel tips: BST Hyde Park takes place on the Parade Ground on the East side of Hyde Park.  The postcode is W2 2UH.  The central London location is well served by public transport including underground and overground stations and buses.  A temporary bike rack at the Albert Gate entrance to Hyde Park will also be available.  For more information see the BST Hyde Park transport guide. 👀 LOVE LIVE SPORT?  Visit our ‘What’s On’ page here for the No. 1 guide to spectator experiences coming up in LONDON.  And to ensure you don’t miss a moment of the action subscribe here to our newsletter Subscribe now ⤵️ for news on the A to Z of spectator events taking place in the capital - straight to your inbox