London’s top tourist attractions see visitor numbers fall
Getty Images London’s top 10 tourist attractions saw nearly two million fewer visitors in 2017, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions Visitor numbers fell at London’s top tourist attractions last year due to the high cost of travel, food and drink costs, a tourism chief has said. The UK’s top 10 attractions, including […]
‘My $60m weight-loss app cured my personal pain’
BBC Victoria Repa avidly read business books as a child The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Ukrainian entrepreneur Victoria Repa, founder of weight-loss and fitness app BetterMe. Victoria Repa had an unlikely start in life for a successful tech entrepreneur – she […]
The women smashing Ethiopia’s glass ceiling
ullstein bild Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi’s work as a lawyer led to a Hollywood film Ethiopia is changing rapidly under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, with women now wielding enormous power in a country where they have mostly been confined to traditional roles, writes BBC Tigrinya’s Hana Zeratsyon. Ethiopians like to say they were ruled by […]
The UK’s rivers are riddled with sewage pollution – new wetlands could help clean them up
Getty Images None of the UK’s rivers are in a healthy state (Credit: Getty Images) As effluent from sewage works and agricultural pollution flow freely into rivers, researchers and local citizens are urgently seeking to clean up the UK’s waterways. New wildlife-rich wetlands could be an answer. The Norfolk Broads in the east of England […]
Ex-Buckingham mayor hopes book inspires future councillors
Jon Harvey The Mayor’s Bear features a magical bear called Strumbold A former mayor has published a children’s book that he hoped would inspire young people to join their local councils. While Jon Harvey was Buckingham Town Mayor between 2017 and 2019 he opened a school library, but was saddened to discover there were no […]
Brexit Party MEPs fear MPs will block a no-deal Brexit
BBC Nathan Gill was elected as an MEP for UKIP in 2014 Wales’ Brexit Party MEPs fear there will be another delay to Brexit. The UK is due to leave the European Union on 31 October but Nathan Gill and James Wells believe MPs will block a no-deal Brexit. Mr Wells said most Brexit Party […]
Homeless Scottish veteran tells of his journey back to work
Beam Terry found it difficult to adjust to life after he finished serving A veteran from the Highlands has been telling of his journey from being a mechanic in a bomb disposal team, to ending up homeless in someone’s attic to rebuilding his life through work. Terry, from Inverness, spent seven years serving in the […]
How Somali women are breaking tradition to write novels
Kate Stanworth In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe considers how Somalia’s story-telling tradition has changed since the civil war. I recently met the award-winning writer Ubah Cristina Ali Farah at a literary festival on the Italian island of Sicily. She is a member of a handful of globally acclaimed Somali female […]
Ed Sheeran releases Christmas music video shot in Southwold
Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran posed for pictures with fans during a break from filming on Southwold beach A film company which helped Ed Sheeran shoot his latest music video in Suffolk said it was a “real pleasure” to work with him. The former Framlingham schoolboy filmed the video for his newest Christmas single Under The […]
CBI and NFU lobby Welsh MPs on food and drink
BBC Penderyn is one of the larger food and drink businesses, employing 55 people but the sector employs 240,000 in Wales Wales’ £6.9bn-a-year food and drink sector needs to be protected after Brexit, leading business and farming bodies have urged. The CBI and the NFU Cymru have written a joint letter to 40 Welsh MPs, […]