Pinterest in $22.5m gender discrimination payout
Getty Images Ms Brougher realised her pay was unfair when the firm disclosed executive compensation details for its public listing Social media firm Pinterest has agreed to pay $22.5m (£16.9m) to settle claims of gender discrimination brought by its former chief operating officer. The settlement with Francoise Brougher is the largest payout of its kind […]
Sochi 2014: Team GB winter sports set to receive funding boost
“It’s been an outstanding Games and the athletes need and deserve the support,” said UK Sport chief Liz Nicholl. “I can’t say what the investment will be from sport-to-sport as we’ll discuss that with them over the coming weeks and months, but I am anticipating more investment in winter sport.” Lizzy Yarnold continued Britain’s proud […]
Married at First Sight groom reveals truth about homestay and misleading edits
Channel 4 Mr Campbell (centre left) and Lacey Martin were one of the final couples on the Channel 4 reality show A Married at First Sight groom with ADHD hopes he has helped partners of people with neurodiversity conditions be “more aware”. Nathan Campbell, 26, from Frome, married Lacey Martin on the Channel 4 reality […]
Italians find new ways to eat out
Francesco Conversano Antonella serves the food at this Bologna restaurant, while her husband Mirco cooks It’s eight o’clock inside a traditional restaurant in Via de’ Coltelli in central Bologna. Customers arrive punctually to be seated at one of the six available tables. Faced with the resurgence of Covid-19 in Italy, this Bolognese osteria is doing […]
A surprise lockdown apology from my ex
Somsara Rielly A Reddit post by a woman who explained her mixed emotions at receiving an out-of-the-blue apology from her first boyfriend during lockdown prompted dozens of others to share details of their own experiences. The BBC spoke to a man who has sent two unexpected lockdown apologies – and to a woman who has […]
Sochi 2014: How did Team GB perform at the Winter Olympics?
Jackson, who defied doctors by fighting back from a serious Achilles injury, drove his crew of Joel Fearon, Stuart Benson and Bruce Tasker to within 0.11s of an Olympic medal. The quartet, who came to Sochi as European silver medallists, achieved their Games target of a top-six finish. Lamin Deen’s GBR2 four-man squad narrowly qualified […]
How a single IT update caused global havoc
A single update pushed out from an anti-virus company in the US has managed to cause global havoc today. It’s being described as the biggest outage ever, and while there have been a few lately, it’s certainly hard to recall something that has taken out as many services and companies across the world as this […]
Soldier’s WWI sketches found in wardrobe go on display in Sale
David Burrows David Burrows Sketches of life on the frontline of the Somme in France by 2nd Lt Noel Whittles Sketches of life on the front-line of the Somme in France by 2nd Lt Noel Whittles Sketches drawn by an army officer during World War One are being shown in an exhibition after his grandson […]
New weapons and nuclear threats in a week of change
Getty Images The war reached its 1000th day this week The stakes have never been higher in the Ukraine-Russia war. In the week that saw the conflict pass its 1000th day, Western powers substantially boosted Ukraine’s military arsenal – and the Kremlin made its loudest threats yet of a nuclear strike. Here is how the […]
French power threat in Jersey fishing row is ‘unacceptable’
BBC The Government of Jersey granted 41 licences to French fishing boats on Friday A French government threat to cut off Jersey’s electricity over a post-Brexit fishing dispute was “clearly unacceptable and disproportionate”, the UK government has said. About 95% of the island’s electricity comes from France via undersea cables. A UK government spokesman said […]