Manchester United get Women’s Championship licence; West Ham join top flight
Manchester United have confirmed that their new team will be based at The Cliff training ground in Salford, once redevelopment work has been completed. Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said in a statement: “The board is delighted that the FA has approved the application. “The new women’s team will build on the success of the Girls’ […]
The entrepreneurs celebrating their past failures
BBC Vithushan Namasivayasivam is now the boss of a successful training firm Success in business is rightfully acclaimed, but should failure also be celebrated? When Vithushan Namasivayasivam was previously working as a software engineer for one of the main global music streamers he made a huge mistake. It was the kind of error that you […]
Businesses reflect on 2021 as restrictions ease
BBC Diana Kaye said the idea her business could have collapsed was frightening With most of England’s Covid-19 restrictions being legally lifted on Monday, the BBC followed a number of business owners during 2021 to see how the pandemic had affected their lives. Florist Diana Kaye has shops in Newcastle, Yarm and Gilling West, North […]
Is charm offensive a pivot or point-scoring?
PA Media The first minister stood as God Save the King was played ahead of a football match at Windsor Park Question three: If you’re a principal from whatever sector who can’t pay their school oil bill, do you care that Paul Givan spoke a few words of Irish before a céili dance at a […]
Oksana Linde and the forgotten pioneers of electronic music
Mardonio Díaz Oksana Linde (Credit: Mardonio Díaz) The recent release of an album 39 years in the making is part of a global movement shedding a light on women composers who have been overlooked, writes Allyson McCabe. When she was 17 years old, Daphne Oram was told by the famous medium Leslie Flint that she […]
South Korea’s President Yoon backs out of plan to visit parliament amid chaos
Why PPP might not want Yoon impeachedpublished at 05:16 Greenwich Mean Time 05:16 GMT Laura Bickerin Seoul Han says he’s found new information about the night when martial law was declared, and there is evidence that President Yoon was going to put politicians in a detention centre. Yoon remains a risk to the public safety […]
Exam failure who became a multi-millionaire hotelier
Robin Hutson Robin Hutson has had an illustrious career in the hotel industry The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Robin Hutson, founder and chief executive of UK hotel business Home Grown Hotels. Robin Hutson’s life would probably have been far less successful […]
Votes counted as reports suggest low turnout
Getty Images Friday’s elections have been seen as a crucial test of legitimacy and national support for Iran’s leadership – but a low turnout was expected Election officials in Iran are counting ballots after Friday’s parliamentary election, as unofficial reports suggest the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The election was the first since […]
How gaming became a form of meditation
Everything Soothing game Everything has been described as ‘joyfully expansive’ The new ‘gentle’ video games are absorbing, beautiful and silly – and, says Kate Spicer, they can help keep us calm in a crisis. Outside my window the streets are quiet, the world is weird, the future uncertain. Conspiracy theorists are bombarding my social media […]
What can we expect from Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle?
EPA “Reshuffles go wrong more often than they go right.” So says one seasoned politician who was in the cabinet for many years, regaling the time when they refused to accept the job that was pressed upon them for two full hours by the then chief whip, who may as well have been shouting into […]