Sensors and AI to monitor Dorset social care patients
Getty Images One hundred people in Dorset who need social care are to be monitored by artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a three-month pilot. Sensors installed in homes will track behaviour and electricity usage which the AI will analyse to spot potential health problems. Lilli, the UK-based firm behind the technology, says it could […]
India’s next government will have a growth problem
Reuters Economists say India’s growth is powered by the ‘top 100 million’ people As India lumbers towards the final phase of an exhausting general election and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP seeks a second term in power, there’s some worrying news. The world’s fastest growing major economy appears to be headed for a slowdown. Getty […]
Union negotiating ‘working hours’ for Guernsey teachers
Teachers in Guernsey are leaving the profession because of poor job satisfaction relating to pay and conditions, a teaching union has said. The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) said it was in talks with the States of Guernsey to negotiate changes to “terms and working conditions” to address problems with staff […]
Middlesbrough Women Football Club officially join Championship club
Middlesbrough Women have been officially affiliated to the Championship club. The team has played independently of the main club since its start in 1976 but has now merged with the men’s side. Middlesbrough Women play in the fourth tier of the women’s game, in National League Division One North, where they finished tenth last season. […]
Cardiff Museum of Military Medicine plan go-head despite petition
Scott Brownrigg An artist’s impression of the museum, which it is hoped would attract 250,000 visitors a year Plans have been approved for a museum of military medicine on the site of a playground and open space in Cardiff Bay despite thousands of objections. The museum, based at barracks in Surrey, is set to move […]
From hit movie to West End musical
When The Devil Wears Prada came out in 2006, the movie shone a light on the cut-throat world of fashion and over the years has become a pop culture cornerstone. Nearly 20 years on from the film, a musical adaptation has just opened at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End. The production features music […]
Bristol food app brings ‘hope’ back to food industry
Pepe Blanco Pepe Blanco said: ‘It’s a massive help and they are keeping us venues feeling like we’re in this together.’ Independent food venues say the launch of a delivery app is giving them “hope” for their future after lockdown ends. The Bristol British Association of Independents (BARBI) App will take on 40 enterprises, with […]
Wintry scenes, Aardman and Cary Grant
Tech South West The Tech South West Awards brought cutting-edge companies from across the West to Ashton Gate this week We got a brief taste of winter this week, with snow falling in the city on Tuesday but not giving the covering seen in other parts of the West. The flurries did add to the […]
‘The Batgirl film I’d like to see’
Getty Images When the Oscar-nominated writer Joss Whedon joined the Batgirl project last year, it’s fair to say expectations were high. The hope was he’d match the other female comic character success that was Wonder Woman, however 12 months on, he’s pulled out. He claimed he “didn’t have a story”. So we’re speaking to women […]
More improvement at top grades in Wales
BBC There has been a further improvement in Welsh students’ performance at the top grades at A-level. Performances for the top grades are the best since 2009 – with 26.3% getting A* and A grades. Results show 8.7% of grades awarded were A* – the highest since the grade was introduced in 2010. These are […]