Jayne Ludlow and Becky James inducted into Hall of Fame
Wales football manager Jayne Ludlow has been inducted into the Welsh Sports hall of fame. Ludlow is one of four women among the 2018 inductees alongside Rio 2016 Olympics medal winning cyclist Becky James. Welsh cricketer and hockey player Lynne Thomas, Commonwealth Games badminton champion Kelly Morgan and rugby league legend Roy Francis were also […]
‘We knew Christmas before your ancestors’
AFP Orthodox Ethiopian Christians celebrate Christmas on 7 January Forty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and Irish pop music past and present are once again asking whether Ethiopians know it is Christmas. In 1984, responding to horrific images of the famine in northern Ethiopia broadcast on the BBC, musicians Bob […]
Afghanistan’s Nila Ibrahimi wins Children’s Peace Prize
Getty Images Nila Ibrahimi beat 165 other nominees to be named this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize winner When Nila Ibrahimi set out to build a website telling the stories of Afghan girls, it wasn’t just to give them a voice. The 17-year-old Afghan refugee was also determined to remind her fellow Gen Zs in […]
UK pub numbers rise for the first time in a decade
Getty Images The total number rose by 315, or 0.8%, last year to 39,130, driven by food sales. The ONS said that the first increase seen since the financial crisis also saw a boost for smaller pubs. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) said it “cautiously welcomed” the news. According to ONS data, the […]
High-tech sensor firm Novosound boosted by £1m grant
Novosound The spin-out company was founded by Richard Cooper (left) and Dr Dave Hughes A Scottish sensor technology firm is to boost its research and development activity after receiving a £1m grant from Scottish Enterprise. Novosound, which has patented a technique to mass-manufacture printable ultrasound sensors, will focus on the industrial and medical markets. Novosound […]
Giselle Gorringe: Welsh teenager can reach Winter Olympics, says Chemmy Alcott
Although the 2020 season was cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gorringe is as determined as ever to continue racing and become full-time next year. She focuses mainly on slalom and giant slalom but has recently started super giant slalom racing, with the hope of doing downhill in the future. “Because Chem has been […]
Global services slowly recovering after bug causes chaos
EPA The outage has caused major delays at airports around the world Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems for hours on Thursday and Friday. Businesses, banks, hospitals and airlines were among the worst-hit after cyber-security firm CrowdStrike issued a faulty software update which affected […]
Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in climate deal
Eko Siswono Toyudho/Getty Images New funding could help vulnerable countries prepare for the worst impacts of climate change Richer countries have pledged to give a record $300bn (£238bn) to the developing world to help them prepare for and prevent climate change. The talks at the UN climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan ran 33 hours late, […]
Lincolnshire beans could provide British solution to imports
MartinRLee/Getty The haricot beans used by the major British baked bean brands are currently imported from the US, Canada, Ethiopia and China Farmers and scientists say they are optimistic that a commercial crop of beans sown in Lincolnshire will mark the start of home-grown beans on toast. Until now, it has been impossible for farmers […]
why purpose is good for your health
Getty Meaningful care and volunteer work has been shown to help with a plethora of health issues (Credit: Getty) In a bid to improve health and wellbeing, social prescriptions can cover everything from volunteering and art classes to support with household bills. But do they really work? Akeela Shaikh is a natural carer. After becoming […]