Kickstarter replies to complaints from seven years ago
Getty Images Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has surprised some of its users by replying to complaints they made seven years ago. Many focused on a book which attracted huge numbers of complaints about encouraging sexual assault. Users who received responses to long-expired projects from 2013 took to Twitter to congratulate the company on its response times. […]
Wolverhampton Literature Festival line up announced
Wolverhampton Literature Festival Journalist and broadcaster Ashley John-Baptist is among those due to appear at the festival Wolverhampton Literature Festival has announced the full programme for its 2025 event. The ninth annual festival will run from 31 January to 2 February at venues across the city. Chris Burden, the council’s cabinet member for city development, […]
Bird flu prevention zone set to come in at midnight
PA Biosecurity rules have been tightened in Northern Ireland in an attempt to stop an outbreak of bird flu in commercial flocks. Now officials have announced that an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone will take effect from midnight. It brings Northern Ireland into line with the rest of Great Britain. The poultry industry is big business […]
Grab set for $40bn valuation in US share listing
Grab Grab, the dominant ride-hailing and food delivery firm in South East Asia, is preparing to list shares in the US in a deal that values the firm at nearly $40bn (£29bn). Shares will trade following a merger with US-listed Altimeter Growth Corp. Grab expects to raise more than $4bn via the transaction, which is […]
Scotland Women stalwarts boost coaching conveyor belt
“With Shelley’s appointment, it’s great to have somebody who is Scottish, who’s played, who a lot of the girls know, look up to and aspire to.” The Seattle Reign defender reckons an increase in the number of female managers is a natural progression. “It’s about having the experienced players who have a lot of knowledge […]
Essex waste incinerator ‘better for climate than landfill’
John Fairhall/BBC The incinerator was first given planning permission in 2010 A new £600m incinerator will be better for the environment than sending waste to landfill, the company building it has claimed, as construction continues. The plant at Rivenhall, near Braintree, Essex, will generate electricity by burning unrecyclable waste from 2025. Campaigners are concerned about […]
Fishers protest over more development
BBC Protesters against further development at the Teesworks site gathered there on Wednesday Fishers and campaigners have protested against further developments on the River Tees after crustacean deaths off the North East and Yorkshire coasts. However, the government and Tees Valley Combined Authority reject that claim. However, it has since established an independent panel of […]
Ministers should not appeal against gender ruling
PA Media Kate Forbes stood for the leadership of the SNP earlier this year The former finance secretary, Kate Forbes, has urged the Scottish government not to appeal a court decision to uphold the UK government’s block on gender reform. Ms Forbes said politicians should work to “heal divisions not exacerbate them”. She said a […]
Harvey Weinstein arrives for sentencing in New York rape trial
Getty Images Weinstein faces between five and 29 years after being found guilty Harvey Weinstein has arrived in court in New York for sentencing, weeks after being found guilty of sexual assault and rape in a landmark trial. Once one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, Weinstein could face up to 29 years in prison. His […]
New police CCTV use rules criticised as bare bones
Getty Images A proposed code of practice covering police use of live facial recognition in England and Wales has been criticised by human rights groups. Live facial-recognition systems compare faces captured on closed-circuit television with those on a watch-list, alerting officers to a match. Former CCTV watchdog Tony Porter said the new rules were “bare […]