NI top auditor criticises Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute over rehiring
BBC Kieran Donnelly is Northern Ireland’s most senior auditor and leads the NI audit office Northern Ireland’s top auditor has criticised a government body for the way it rehired former staff let go under a redundancy scheme. The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) re-employed 11 people who had taken a package to leave the civil […]
Managers need to adapt for home working, boss says
Moneypenny Joanna Swash said managers who had struggled to adapt were ones who had micromanaged Managers need to adapt if staff continue to work from home, a Welsh businesswoman says. Joanna Swash said those working from home couldn’t leave their private lives at the office door, and bosses should admit to having bad days too. […]
All Quiet on the Western Front dominates ceremony
Watch: Bafta bits you may have missed World War One epic All Quiet on the Western Front has dominated at the Baftas, taking home seven awards, including best film. It also won best adapted screenplay, best film not in the English language and best director for Edward Berger. The German-language drama’s seven wins broke the […]
Essex Police uses live facial recognition CCTV at Clacton Airshow
Essex Police Live facial recognition technology was used by Essex Police for the first time at Clacton Airshow Live facial recognition (LFR) technology used for the first time by a police force helped lead to three arrests during an airshow. Essex Police made use of the technology for the first time at the Clacton Airshow […]
The masked act freshening up Download festival
Getty Images Sleep Token have kept their identities secret by wearing masks on stage When it comes to your favourite music artists, chances are you probably know a lot about their lives. But there is an air of mystery around one of the headline acts for next year’s Download festival. Masked mystery. British metal group […]
Beluga whale was Russian military asset
Norwegian Orca Survey The tame beluga whale approached Norwegian fishermen in 2019, wearing a harness, leading to speculation that it was an escaped Russian “spy whale” The mystery as to why a beluga whale appeared off the coast of Norway wearing a harness may finally have been solved. The tame white whale, which locals named […]
Brexit farming fund ‘income support for super rich’
PA The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is made up of five Labour members, four Tories and one each from the SNP and DUP A special fund to prepare farmers for Brexit would in some cases be “income support for super rich”, an MP says. Newport West’s Paul Flynn sits on the Commons’ environment […]
Ruth Davidson to join House of Lords when Holyrood term ends
Getty Images Ruth Davidson will take up her seat in the House of Lords after her term at Holyrood ends Former Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson is to be appointed to the House of Lords. Ms Davidson has accepted the peerage and confirmed that she would continue as the constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central until […]
High-profile women want action to stop online abuse
Getty Images Those calling for change include British actress Emma Watson More than 200 high-profile women have signed an open letter asking for concrete action to tackle abuse on social media platforms. The letter – signed by women including former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, ex-US tennis player Billie Jean King and British actresses Thandiwe […]
Kenny Shiels: Northern Ireland boss apologises for saying ‘women are more emotional than men’
Former goalkeeper Chamberlain, who played 50 times for England, said Shiels had to take responsibility for “knowing the value that words can hold”. “I think we all know that the five minutes after you concede a goal – not just in women’s football, [also] in men’s football – you’re more likely to concede a goal,” […]