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Retro computer roadshow bringing IT skills to NI schools
Old video games, 8-bit computers and mobile phones are helping to inspire pupils to consider a career in IT Pupils are getting hands on with…
Guatemala school uses Unicef funds
Mirrorpix/Getty Images It is a fact that even many die-hard Abba fans do not know. Despite selling millions of copies over more than four decades,…
Council seeks to ‘claw back’ Peter Pan house funds
BBC Millions of pounds were spent on Moat Brae in order to open it as a literature centre Dumfries and Galloway Council has lodged a…
Fears for democracy as buoyant Bangladesh turns 50
Reuters Bangladesh’s economic future looks brighter than before, but what kind of state is it becoming? Bangladesh is held up by many as a model…
Childhood acne inspires Telford woman’s beauty business
Chloe Eggerton Chloe Eggerton launched her business from home in 2021, during the pandemic An entrepreneur said she had been inspired to set up a…
Beyoncé named music’s most powerful woman by BBC Woman’s Hour power list
Getty Images The star was celebrated for her activism, feminism, business acumen and empowering lyrics She says she’s a “black Bill Gates in the making”…
Arrests after Sarco ‘suicide pod’ used in Switzerland
Police in Switzerland made multiple arrests after a woman reportedly ended her life using a so-called suicide pod, in apparently the first case of its…
Agri-food groups promote Edwin Poots’ bill
BBC The agricultural sector is a significant part of the economy in Northern Ireland Agri-food business groups have urged assembly members to back a new…
Why are graduates competing to be prison officers?
BBC Ms Wilkinson (centre) and to her left, Ms Cathcart The government-backed Unlocked Graduates scheme trains university leavers to work as prison officers. But how…
How a love of comics inspired a global fashion brand
Valfre Ilse Valfre has turned her artwork into a fast-growing company Ilse Valfre was just 22 years old when she started a blog that would…