Could the coronavirus crisis spur a green recovery?
Getty Images Should post-covid-19 investment go solely to self-evidently green sectors like solar power? The Covid-19 lockdown has cut climate change emissions – for now. But some governments want to go further by harnessing their economic recovery plans to boost low-carbon industries. Their slogan is “Build Back Better”, but can they succeed? I’ve just had […]
Show boss says fans, not reviews, are scary
Prime Video A digital Keanu Reeves appears in an episode of Secret Level based on giant robot shooter Armored Core You can’t please all of the people all of the time, and that’s especially true of gamers. It’s something Tim Miller, the producer of Amazon’s new series Secret Level, knows all too well. The animated […]
Eating fish same as eating cats, Cleethorpes animal rights poster suggests
BBC The Peta digital billboard shows a fishmonger holding a fish which transforms into an image of a dead cat An advert which suggests eating fish is the same as eating pets has been put up by an animal rights charity near a seaside fish and chip shop. The electronic billboard advert in Cleethorpes, by […]
Harlequins Women v Leinster Women: Linda Djougang’s amazing journey to Twickenham
By the age of nine Djougang had never left the city of her birth. But, leaving her mother behind, she undertook the flight alone and was met by her father in Ireland. She describes arriving in Rush, with its different language, culture and food, as “terrifying” but 14 years later the prop is settled in […]
‘Feeling of dread’ for fishing industry
Adela BM79 Brixham fisherman Tristan Northway said: “At the moment all I am worried about is my business, where my next wage is coming from, if I have got food in my belly and a roof over my head.” The new lockdown may cause fish prices to plummet as the hospitality industry closes its doors […]
UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned women
BBC Women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to be told their photos fail UK passport rules when they submit them online than lighter-skinned men, according to a BBC investigation. One black student said she was wrongly told her mouth looked open each time she uploaded five different photos to the government […]
Manchester Arena attack ‘could have been stopped’
PA Police lay flowers after the Manchester Arena attack The Manchester Arena bomber had been a “subject of interest” and opportunities to stop him were missed, a review says. Its author, David Anderson QC, said it was conceivable Salman Abedi’s attack, which killed 22 people, could have been avoided had “cards fallen differently”. But he […]
Metal legends Iron Maiden unveil new drummer from Suffolk
Iron Maiden/Facebook Simon Dawson will be playing the drums for Iron Maiden at live gigs Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have announced they will be touring with a new drummer. Iron Maiden were formed in east London in 1975 by bass player Steve Harris, were pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement […]
Trudeau slams ‘unacceptable’ protests as police warn truckers
Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hit out at protests by truckers around the country as “unacceptable”. Speaking to parliament in Ottawa, he defended the Covid restrictions that have prompted truckers to converge on the nation’s capital. Ottawa police meanwhile warned protesters could be arrested, and a conviction might cost them their jobs. The […]
How the Danish political drama has been ‘reinvented’
Netflix Sidse Babett Knudsen plays Danish politician Birgitte Nyborg in the series Danish political drama Borgen is back on the small screen after an almost decade-long break. A fictional oil discovery in Greenland drives the plot, and the idea came to life after a sitting politician met its writer on a cooking show. Running from […]