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Otley Run bar crawl venue wants to admit more customers
Councillors have been urged to reject an application from a Leeds bar which would allow it to admit more people taking part in one of the country's biggest pub owners of Taylor's Sports Bar & Grill want to replace their existing licence with one that would allow them to serve alcohol on the first floor, meaning they could serve more people including those participating in the Otley Run pub application has received objections from residents, councillors and West Yorkshire Police, while rugby league club Leeds Rhinos are among those to have offered their City Council's licensing sub-committee will decide on the plans later. The 19-stop pub crawl has been a part of student life in Leeds for decades but now sees about 4,000 people take part every it continues to grow in popularity, some people feel it is out of control and have called for steps to limit its Yorkshire Police claimed staff at Taylor's directed people who were "in an intoxicated state" to cross the "busy" road to visit the a letter to the licensing committee, a police spokesperson said "unmanageable crowds" had gathered outside the bar, "causing a nuisance to local residents and their families, contributing to making the central area of Headingley feel unsafe and unusable".The council's Environmental Health Services team said the venue had not provided enough information about how they intended to prevent public has previously attracted complaints about noise and crowds, according to a council bar opened in 2023, replacing a café, and has been using temporary event notices, known as TENs, to use the upstairs to several letters submitted in support of the application, the upstairs area - known as the Local Heroes Lounge - had been used as a space for various a letter of support, a spokesperson for Headingley-based Leeds Rhinos said the bar was used by players from its rugby league and netball teams and had become "an ideal [place] to socialise and engage with other sports fans who live locally". Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
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Ben Sulayem says F1 could have V8 engines as soon as 2029
July 7 (Reuters) - Formula One could go back to using noisy V8 engines with fully sustainable fuel by 2029 at the earliest, according to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The sport is entering a new engine era next season but the head of the governing body suggested last February that a return to the naturally-aspirated V8s or V10s was being considered after that. The V8 engines were last used in 2013, before the current 1.6-litre V6 units. "The current engine is so complicated, you have no idea, and it is costly," Ben Sulayem told reporters at the weekend's British Grand Prix. "R&D is reaching 200 million (dollars), and the engine is costing approximately 1.8 to 2.1, so if we go with a straight V8, let's see. "Many of the manufacturers produce V8s in their cars, so commercially it's correct. How much is it? You drop it. The target is more than 50% in everything." Ben Sulayem said the V8 engine would also have significant weight advantages and the sound would be welcomed by both nostalgic fans and the new generation. "To us, the V8 is happening. With the teams now, I'm very optimistic, happy about it. FOM (Formula One Management) are supportive, the teams are realising it is the right way," he said. "We need to do it soon... you need three years, so hopefully by 2029 we have something there, but the fuel is also very expensive, and we have to be very careful with that. Transmissions are very expensive." Ben Sulayem also spoke about the possibility of a Chinese team filling the final 12th slot, something he has mentioned before, and said he still felt the sport needed more cars rather than more races. "The time will come when we feel it is right to open an expression of interest," he said of filling the 12th slot. "We are not here to upset other teams. It won't be just go and do it for the sake of doing it. It has to be worth it for us. The team has to add value to sustaining the business of Formula One." General Motors' Cadillac brand is due to become the 11th team next season, a slot won after initial resistance from the other teams and Liberty Media-owned Formula One.
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Ryder Cup hopefuls face 'two biggest weeks'
Europe's Ryder Cup hopefuls are entering "the two biggest weeks left before qualification ends" for the biennial match against the United States, says captain Luke week's Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club near Edinburgh is followed by the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Donald, who led Europe to a 16½-11½ victory in Rome two years ago, is counting on his key players to step up this month."These are big weeks against the strongest fields so you want to see the top guys play well," Donald told BBC Scotland."There are some guys that have pretty much staked a claim for their place in the team but there are a few spots definitely open and these weeks are big for those guys."Rory McIlroy is the only player to have mathematically guaranteed his spot in the 12-strong team that will face the US at Bethpage Black in New York in pair Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton are in second and third on the list, external with qualifying ending after the British Masters on 24 August - the US qualifying period ends on 17 August after the PGA Tour's BMW top six make the team with Donald picking the six others, while the US team will be selected in a similar way by their skipper Keegan Robert MacIntyre is currently fourth on the European list and has really kicked on from making his Ryder Cup debut in 2023, where he was unbeaten, winning two-and-a-half points out of 28-year-old from Oban followed victory at last year's Canadian Open by winning the Scottish Open, which is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA Tour."It helped him really grow as a golfer and gave him the belief that he could perform with the very best," said Donald of MacIntyre's Ryder Cup the Englishman added that he has been "very impressed" by the way MacIntyre has "adapted his game to the US".The world number 14 has made 15 cuts from his 17 PGA Tour events this season, including his runner-up finish at last month's US Open, where he finished one shot behind champion JJ Spaun at Oakmont."When you make that transition from playing mostly in Europe to playing over there, it is difficult," said Donald."The fields are deeper. It's harder. But he was still consistent and I was watching his stats quite a lot."Even from when he qualified in Rome to where he was before the second place in the US Open, his stats were quite a bit better."He won twice last year, in Canada and here [Scottish Open at Renaissance Club]. I saw the improvement in statistics and it was only a matter of time before he had a really, really good week and he almost pulled it off." 'McIlroy Masters win great for morale' Donald is the first European captain to lead two successive teams since Bernard Gallacher in the 1990s - defeats at Kiawah Island in 1991 and at the Belfry in 1993 were followed by victory at Oak Hill in New York state in leading the team to victory in Rome two years ago Donald says he now has an insight into what is required to win away from home - something Europe has not achieved since the 'Miracle of Medinah' 2012, while the US have not won on European soil since 1993."The guys wanted me to come back and to have another chance," said the 47-year-old Englishman. "Not many people have ever had that chance and certainly I understand that it's a great honour and a great privilege, but also a very tough challenge being in New York."It's hard to win away Ryder Cups but having the continuity of a repeat captain, a lot of the guys know me, know how I work."They already trust in my abilities to lead them and I'm happy, in general, with how things are shaping up. You're always continually trying to learn. "It needs a little bit of a different approach, especially with how to deal with the crowd."That's really my role - getting them into a good frame of mind and giving them the reasons why I think they can win."This season there have been five European winners of PGA Tour events, including McIlroy who joined the list of Grand Slam winners when he became Masters champion at Augusta in April."What Rory did at the Masters is great for our team, for our morale," added Donald. "He's always going to be an amazing leader inside the team room as a player."It's just so many consistent weeks where the top, top guys seem to be playing at a high level. You need that ultimately if you want to win. Without that, it's almost impossible."
