Is there a problem with salmon farming?
David Ainsley takes tourists on his boat to visit the beauty of the west coast of Scotland. Scottish salmon is marketed as healthy, sustainable and environmentally-friendly but is that image accurate? It was once considered a luxury but now a staggering one million salmon meals are eaten in the UK every day. The fish is […]
Tokyo Olympics: Felix & Kenny set records, Jamaica take relay gold, storm brewing
American athlete Allyson Felix and British cyclist Laura Kenny set medal records in their sports and Italy celebrated more track success on day 14 in Tokyo. Felix, 35, became the most decorated female track and field athlete by taking bronze in a 400m final where Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas retained her title. At the […]
Gloucestershire’s rural residents in need to benefit from funding
Gloucestershire Rural Community Council Jonathan Eastwood, from The National Lottery Community Fund, said GRCC is “vital in supporting people in Gloucestershire to connect with others and reduce social isolation” Rural residents in need are set to benefit from £289k in digital funding from the National Lottery over three years. Access to the internet and technology […]
Auld Scotia calling Nova Scotia
Getty Images With unemployment low, skill shortages are increasing, and more occupations have been found to require recruits from beyond the UK and the European Union. The official adviser on work visas is telling Whitehall it should open up fast-track, lower-cost visas to a much wider range of jobs. Scotland is the only part of […]
Dull campaign could still produce a seismic result
Getty Images Most controversy in the campaign has surrounded election posters Many people have commented that the campaign for the Northern Ireland Assembly election has been sluggish, or even boring. But as I know from many years of covering elections, dull campaigns are nothing new. Late November in Northern Ireland is not a great time […]
Electric F1 racing is ‘simply not possible’
Getty Images Jean Todt says motorsports has a big role to play in pioneering tech for future road cars The car industry may be going green and heading for an all-electric future, but the same cannot be said of Formula One motor racing – at least, not for decades. That’s according to the outgoing president […]
Tokyo Olympics: GB’s Keely Hodgkinson wins silver behind USA’s Athing Mu
Nineteen-year-old Keely Hodgkinson won a sensational 800m silver medal at the Olympic Games in a new British record of one minute 55.88 seconds as US teenager Athing Mu took gold. Hodgkinson looked shocked by her achievement, saying “that is mental” in response to being told she was an Olympic silver medallist. Great Britain came close […]
BT fined millions for failing to connect 999 calls
Getty Images BT has been fined £17.5m for a “catastrophic failure” of its emergency call handling service which led to thousands of 999 calls not being connected. The network fault, which lasted for more than 10 hours on 25 June last year, led to 14,000 calls to emergency services failing to connect. Following an investigation […]
Brexit uncertainty as Aberystwyth University department turns 100
BBC Dr Thornton said there were concerns about what would happen to funding after Brexit Plant scientists at a Welsh university say they worry about the future of their department on a “weekly basis”. The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University is celebrating its 100th anniversary. When the department opened […]
Egyptian refugee engineer faced discrimination
Shrouk El-Attar Shrouk El-Attar was a finalist in the Institute of Engineering and Technology’s women engineer of the year award. A former refugee said she struggled against gender and racial discrimination in the tech industry. Shrouk El-Attar, 27, from Bristol, said despite the discrimination, she wanted to “fight for equality in tech”. Jo Foster, from […]