YOU WONT BELIEVE: Alex ballinger - What They Never Told You

Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises

MPs warn axing FCDO’s migration and conflict directorate amid staff cuts risks undermining peace work and expertise

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2025

Trainers’ chief backs radical alternative to government’s gambling tax plan

The National Trainers’ Federation gave its ‘full backing’ to proposals for a big rise in tax rates for operators of online casino games

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2025

Labour backbench MPs push for tough, wholesale changes to gambling regulation

Large and growing group fear ministers may pull their punches when drafting new legislation to appease donors

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025

My 60-year-old dad and I both added one 30-minute strength workout a week on top of our usual riding, here’s the difference it made

Few of us want to forgo bike time for picking up and putting down heavy objects. But what if it’s worth the sacrifice? Alex Ballinger tests the benefit of six weeks’ strength work - and ropes in his dad for good measure

Cycling Weekly · Dec 14, 2023