Australian football suffers despite Matildas
Getty Images The Matildas have become national heroes And yet, these days, Matildas captain Sam Kerr is the face of football in the country – something unimaginable for a female player even a decade ago. So watching her beloved team kick off their World Cup campaign on home soil, you’d be forgiven for thinking that […]
Hairdressers offer virtual appointments in lockdown
Paul Phillips / Chopp Hair Paul Phillips has been offering consultations over FaceTime Hairdressers have been offering virtual appointments to help people style their hair at home. Stylists are using apps including FaceTime, Zoom, and YouTube to provide customers live one-to-one advice and tutorials. While salons have already reopened in France and Germany, hairdressers in […]
As the Eras Tour bows out, what will she do next?
Getty Images The Eras Tour has broken box office records, and been seen by 10.1 million fans “I used to think one day we’d tell the story of us / How we met and the sparks flew instantly / And people would say, ‘They’re the lucky ones‘.” This weekend will be a bittersweet goodbye for […]
Trading relationships three months after Brexit
Getty Images Three months on, new trading relationships are being sought, but the disruption to European trade has been significant. Starting with fish, it extends across the food sector, and a different set of problems beset Scottish engineering firms. Smaller companies face the biggest problems with multiple consignments in one truck. And without guaranteed delivery, […]
Norfolk college helping students get ‘heat pump ready’
Getty Images Heat pumps are expected to be the main replacement used for traditional gas boilers A college said it hoped its new training centre would help meet a need for more engineers to install heat pumps. Easton College, near Norwich, said its new Renewables Hub had £100,000 of equipment for students and apprentices to […]
Trial begins for Nxivm ‘sex cult’ leader
Reuters Suspected sex cult leader Keith Raniere appears in court A Brooklyn courtroom has heard opening statements at the sex trafficking and conspiracy trial of Keith Raniere, the leader of a suspected sex cult. Speaking in court on Tuesday, Assistant US Attorney Tanya Hajjar called Mr Raniere a “predator” who exploited women, including a 15-year-old […]
Huawei calls US rules ‘arbitrary and pernicious’
Getty Images Huawei has said new US export rules to limit its access to key technology are “arbitrary and pernicious”. The Chinese tech giant warned investors the restrictions would “inevitably” hurt its business, and could damage the global technology industry. The US had already put Huawei on a blacklist last year, calling the company a […]
Food boss says prices could rise by up to 15%
Getty Images A leading food industry boss has warned that prices will spike as a result of the war in Ukraine. Ronald Kers, the boss of food firm 2 Sisters, told the BBC that the cost of food could rise by up to 15% this year. He added that the price the company pays for […]
Is she Photoshopped? In France, they now have to tell you
Alamy It’s no secret that images of models are often retouched to make their bodies look thinner or curvier in certain places, to lengthen their legs to mannequin-esque proportions, or to smooth out their skin and widen their eyes. From Sunday, in France, any commercial image that has been digitally altered to make a model […]
IWF warning over use of AI-generated abuse images
BBC Child protection experts warn AI technology is being used to generate new images of real victims of child sexual abuse A leading child protection organisation has warned that abuse of AI technology threatens to “overwhelm” the internet. It says it has found thousands of AI-generated images which are so realistic they are criminal under […]