Lessons from livestream failure during Guernsey royal visit
The director of a software company has said the failure of the livestream during Guernsey’s royal visit could have been avoided. Viewers from the island, the UK and further afield had voiced their disappointment on social media after the stream crashed during the visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla last week. Guernsey software […]
Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen win big at country music awards
Singer Chris Stapleton won three prizes, including male vocalist of the year, at the annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in Nashville on Wednesday. However, the biggest award of the night, entertainer of the year, went to fellow superstar Morgan Wallen. Country music has been enjoying a resurgence lately, with artists such as Beyoncé embracing […]
How Congo-Brazzaville’s shark population came under threat
Christopher Clark Shark fishermen from the central African country Congo-Brazzaville say they are catching fewer fish and an increasing number of juveniles in a sign that stocks are coming under pressure. The practice is largely unregulated contrary to a raft of international recommendations, and environmental groups are beginning to raise the alarm. In the 1980s […]
No hope of election win if inflation sticks
PA Media The Tories can “kiss goodbye” to winning the next election if inflation is not brought under control quickly, Rishi Sunak has said. Speaking at a leadership hustings in Eastbourne, the ex-chancellor, who wants to prioritise tackling rising prices before cutting taxes, seized on a warning by the Bank of England. Rival Liz Truss […]
Meet Susi Pudjiastuti, the Indonesian minister blowing up boats
BBC President Joko Widodo said he needed ‘a crazy person’ in order to make a breakthrough in the fight against illegal fishing Indonesia has never had a political figure like Susi Pudjiastuti. The minister of maritime affairs is a tattooed high school dropout turned self-made businesswomen, and is leading a tough crackdown on illegal and […]
The global terror network that started in Pontypridd
BBC A terror network established in south Wales is now suspected to have been a much more elaborate and sophisticated operation. BBC Wales Investigates reveals the complex web which began with the arrival in Pontypridd of a “vulnerable looking” computer engineering student. In late December 2015 a uniformed Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, made a […]
Alvarez v Fielding: Briton ready to seize chance against Mexican legend
Three months later, Fielding was in bed while his partner fed their newborn daughter Romi. His trainer Jamie Moore phoned him. Fielding explains: “Jamie said ‘Canelo wants to fight you’, so I said ‘what?’ “I asked what weight and when he said my weight – super-middleweight – I said ‘sound, let’s do it’. “Then I’m […]
West Sussex County Council cuts buildings’ carbon footprint
West Sussex County Council says it has significantly reduced the carbon footprint of some of its buildings. The authority has spent £8.2m on new heating and insulation systems at seven libraries, six fire stations and a day centre. It said this will prevent more than 200 tonnes of carbon being released into the atmosphere each […]
‘I’ve lost £20,000 in sales because of shipping delays’
AFP Toy store owner Hellen Stirling-Baker says container delays have cost her £20,000 in sales so far – 40% of her annual turnover Delays at UK ports mean a number of toy orders will now miss Christmas, according to the British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA). The industry body has called on the government to […]
Is the use of jetpacks finally about to take off?
Leigh Coates Leigh Coates, pictured, says that flying in a jetpack is an “incredible feeling” Leigh Coates says that when you speed through the air wearing a jetpack it feels as if you are able to fly like a superhero. “It is an incredible feeling,” says the retired US helicopter pilot. “You really do feel […]