‘I was wrong about this town of my childhood’
The BBC’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen grew up in South Wales and would visit Merthyr Tydfil as a child. He returned for a series in which our reporters are revisiting areas of the UK to see the impact of Covid, and found his assumptions about the town were wrong. Getty Images Where is the […]
Ed Davey promises ‘to be the voice of carers’
Ed Davey tells the UK’s nine million carers: “I will be your voice.” Sir Ed Davey has promised to be “the voice of nine million carers” in his first speech to the Liberal Democrat conference as party leader. Speaking via video link, he drew on his experience of looking after his mother and later his […]
Tech giants targeted in harmful content crackdown
Getty Images Sending “genuinely threatening” or “knowingly false” messages are among new criminal offences being added to proposed online safety laws. If passed, the government’s online safety bill could see social networks fined 10% of their global turnover if they fail to remove harmful content. The changes mean they will also have to proactively remove […]
Is this the capital of kimchi?
4kodiak/Getty Images Is this the capital of kimchi? (Credit: 4kodiak/Getty Images) In a nation known for its amazing food, in a province known for the top-quality ingredients, Gwangju has become almost a city-scale distillation of essential Korean cuisine. On a recent trip to Gwangju in South Korea, I was invited to a barbecue by my […]
Samsung expects profits to soar with boost from AI
Samsung Electronics expects its profits for the three months to June 2024 to jump 15-fold compared to the same period last year. An artificial intelligence (AI) boom has lifted the prices of advanced chips, driving up the firm’s forecast for the second quarter. The South Korean tech giant is the world’s largest maker of memory […]
UK government ‘in denial’ over EU seafood and fish exports
Reuters Seafood firms say customs red tape has had a serious impact on exports to the EU Scottish seafood and fishing industry figures have accused the UK government of being “in denial” about the scale of problems facing exporters to the EU. Scotland Food and Drink chief executive James Withers told the Scottish Affairs Committee […]
Google ‘drops everything’ to fix burger emoji
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has tasked employees returning to work on Monday morning with one key objective: fix the burger emoji. The tech giant’s big cheese (sorry) stepped in after a tweet from author Thomas Baekdal highlighted inconsistencies in different tech companies’ burger construction. Amid the cheesy puns (sorrier) and breathless bewilderment, it was the […]
Waste shark drone to clean canals and rivers in Leeds
Yorkshire Design Group The litter shark can swim along the waterways capturing waste on the surface in its wide mouth A robotic drone is being used to clean up the waterways in Leeds. The cutting-edge technology has been developed in the Netherlands and is the first of its kind to be used in the UK, […]
UK using 1.2 billion tonnes of material a year
Getty Images The UK is using 1.2 billion tonnes of materials a year – that’s the equivalent of 18.5 tonnes of material for every person in the country. The materials include food, timber products, metals, construction materials and fossil fuels. They are vital to the economy, but the figures show the UK is increasingly reliant […]
24 staff investigated over conduct
JAGGERY/GEOGRAPH North Wales Police’s report into standards is one of a series being commissioned across the UK North Wales Police is investigating 27 misconduct claims relating to 24 of its staff, the force has announced. Thirteen cases relate to violence against women and girls, including sexual misconduct and domestic abuse. Police misconduct reports have been […]