Kobe Bryant‘s shooting woes this season have been well documented. Let me explain… no, there is too much. Let me sum up. Kobe is shooting 31.1 percent overall and 19.5 percent from three, all while jacking up more threes than ever before. He was 1-of-14 shooting against Cleveland, and that’s as many shots as rookies D'Angelo Russell and Julius Randle got combined. If Kobe keeps shooting like this while dominating the ball, is it time to bench Kobe? Coach Byron Scott laughed at the idea, Read more [...]

Anthony Davis was listed as probable for Saturday night's game against the Utah Jazz on the latest New Orleans Pelicans' injury list. Davis suffered a bruised right knee in Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers after point guard Chris Paul collided into him. Paul's knee bumped into Davis', which caused the injury late in the third quarter. Davis did not return to play after he was taken to the locker room to be treated. On Saturday afternoon, the Pelicans also listed Davis Read more [...]

AN application for repair work to a timber-framed cottage at Severn Stoke, near Worcester, has been submitted to Malvern Hills District Council. The work proposed at Firlands Cottage, Kinnersley, a listed building, includes demolishing and rebuilding an existing gable wall which is unstable and in urgent need of replacement. The application also includes building a glazed link between the main house and the nearby garage. The applicants are Mr Read more [...]

Mercedes is seeking clarification from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stewards with regard to the use of listed parts and the aerodynamic testing restrictions in Formula 1.Mercedes claims there to be a number of ambiguities within appendices six (listed parts) and eight (ATR) of the 2015 F1 sporting regulations, and has requested a settlement of the matter.The situation follows an email sent from Mercedes technical executive director Paddy Lowe to FIA technical Read more [...]

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Companies listed on the local main board and the over-the-counter (OTC) market enjoyed improving profitability for the first nine months of this year, even though the local economy showed signs of a slowdown, according to the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC).The FSC cited statistics as saying that more than 1,550 listed companies on the main board and the OTC market posted NT$1.5 trillion (US$45.73 billion) in aggregate pretax profit for the nine-month period, up 6.52 Read more [...]

Two Vivo X6 Plus smartphone variants, namely X6 Plus L and X6 Plus D, were listed on the Chinese Tenna certification website last week. The listing at that time did not show the images of the smartphones. However, now the variants have once again appeared on the certification website along with images. In addition, a third variant with X6 Plus A moniker has also been listed. All the three-handset listing pages fail to reveal any specifications. From the images, both the Vivo X6 Plus L and Vivo X6 Read more [...]

The FTSE 100 was led lower by mining stocks - down 0.3pc to 6,374 - as another indicator of a sharp economic slowdown panicked investors. European shares also eased back from three-month highs, with the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index down 0.3pc at 1,512. With US markets closed on Thursday due to Thanksgiving, analysts at IG said equity volumes were only at 60pc of the average November trading day. Chinese stocks plunge as regulators widen probe into market Mike van Dulken, of Accendo Read more [...]

A SECONDARY school's controversial £16 million rebuild project has hit a new hurdle. Changes may have to be made to the building plans for Oakbank School, Keighley, following a request to grant listed building status to part of the existing campus. Historic England has for the past four months been assessing an application to give the status to Haggas House, the oldest part of the existing school. Haggas House, along with the rest of the school’s existing buildings, Read more [...]

Image copyright Historic England Image caption Channels covered in netting led away from the ponds and were used to catch wildfowl A 17th Century duck decoy pond in Kent has been given protected status as one of Historic England's Read more [...]

OAKBANK School’s controversial £16 million rebuild project has hit a major new hurdle. It has been revealed this week changes may have to be made to the building plans following a request to grant listed building status to part of the existing campus. Historic England has for the past four months been assessing an application to give the status to Haggas House, the oldest part of the existing school. Haggas House, along with the rest of the school’s existing buildings, Read more [...]