Finland shocked by suspected ‘racist’ stabbings
Foreign-born citizens in the city of Oulu in northern Finland have said they feel unsafe after two stabbings police suspect may have been racially motivated. The attacks took place in the main shopping centre in Oulu over the course of one week. On 13 June, a 33-year-old local man – a former member of the […]
Furlough’s further furlong
Getty Images The Job Retention Scheme has been retained across the UK, while England enters a new month of lockdown. But it’s not clear it will also be there if Scotland needs to deploy it at a time when England does not. Businesses welcome the return of furlough, but there’s dismay in some sectors about […]
Nesting ospreys ruin ministers’ £4.25m festival farm plan
Green Man: Nesting ospreys ruin ministers’ £4.25m festival farm plan Two birds of prey have scuppered plans that saw the Welsh government spend £4.25m on a farm to help the Green Man festival company. A restricted zone has been put in place on Gilestone Farm, Powys, to protect the nest of two ospreys – making […]
South Korea-Japan summit sees hope for better relations
Reuters It’s been a difficult year for Moon Jae-in (left) and Shinzo Abe The leaders of South Korea and Japan have met in an attempt to improve ties after a difficult period in their countries’ bilateral relationship. President Moon Jae-in and PM Shinzo Abe held talks as part of a group summit with Chinese Premier […]
Charity lifts technology “darkness” for asylum seeker
BBC Mohammad Saleem Nezami was an IT specialist in Afghanistan An Afghan refugee has described how a charity that refurbishes old phones and computers helped him “out of the darkness”. Oxfordshire-based Sofea was recently awarded a £100,000 grant to expand its work providing technology devices to those in need. Now living in Southampton, Mohammad Saleem […]
Marcus Rashford: Special BBC award at Sports Personality show for Man Utd forward
The Football Black List, first published in 2008, highlights black industry professionals who are positive influencers. Rashford is named on the players’ list alongside Aston Villa’s Tyrone Mings, Watford’s Troy Deeney and Crystal Palace’s Chloe Morgan and Wilfried Zaha. The names in eight categories are decided by a panel with representatives from the Premier League, […]
The battle against AI bias
Getty Images Google’s head of AI is tackling the biases of algorithms For someone tasked with advancing a technology which, in the words of Google’s chief executive, is “more profound than electricity and fire”, Jeff Dean is a remarkably calm man. As the head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the tech giant, he is responsible […]
Microsoft back as most valuable listed company as Nvidia slips
Nvidia has handed back the position as the world’s most valuable company to Microsoft after its share price fell by more than 3.5% on Thursday. The artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant briefly held the top spot from Tuesday, with a stock market valuation of $3.34tn (£2.64tn). But Nvidia’s shares fell to $130.78 on Thursday, sending […]
NI businesses welcome relaxed rules for Christmas
Getty Images Some coronavirus restrictions are being eased from next Friday Pubs that do not serve food will have to remain shut. But health professionals have warned there will be an increase in transmission due to the eased rules. Many hospitality businesses, including restaurants, cafes and hotels, can resume trading but must be closed at […]
Daily Politics and Sunday Politics highlights of 2018
The Daily and Sunday Politics are on-air six days a week for much of the year reporting the political news from Westminster and beyond. Here are some of the clips from our interviews hosted by Andrew Neil, Sarah Smith and Jo Coburn, with films from our reporting team. Follow us on twitter or ‘like’ us […]