What’s gone wrong at Weight Watchers?
WW Oprah Winfrey is a shareholder and board member of WW For a business that now sees itself as being all about wellness and not just shedding pounds, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers looks like it has been on a crash diet. In the second half of its financial year, it dropped 600,000 […]
Jewish leaders’ letter and Jeremy Corbyn’s reply
Here is the full text of the open letter to the Labour Party by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council. The response from Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is also published below. Today, leaders of British Jewry tell Jeremy Corbyn that enough is enough. We have had enough of […]
European Wheelchair Basketball: GB teams chase success
Great Britain start their campaign against Germany, and the two nations will be expecting to feature in the medal shake-up, along with the likes of Spain, Turkey and Sweden. A top-five finish will secure qualification for next year’s World Championships in Korea. “The games we played over the last few weeks were good to see […]
Fears over energy tax rises as business confidence falls
Getty Images Raising the windfall tax on the UK’s oil and gas companies will hit the government’s main goal of growing the economy, the industry has said. Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) said the planned hike would cause investment in the sector to plunge and result in a loss of £13bn to the UK economy from […]
Bid to scrap Wales’ farming rules fails in Senedd
Steffan Jones The Welsh Government says agricultural pollution incidents, which often kill fish and other wildlife, happen on average three times a week in Wales A bid to scrap new rules to limit the use of slurry and fertiliser on farmland in Wales failed in the Senedd on Wednesday. Opposition parties tried to scrap the […]
China’s Xi Jinping consolidates power with new ideology
AFP/Getty Images Some say Mr Xi (R) is creating a Mao-like cult of personality China’s President Xi Jinping has created his own political ideology, in a step towards entrenching his position at the top of the Communist Party. Top officials have made multiple mentions of “Xi Jinping Thought” at the Communist Party Congress. The party […]
The polio survivor who says she ‘was one of the lucky ones’
Simplyhealth Romana Abdin started her working life as a lawyer The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we spoke to Romana Abdin, chief executive of private healthcare provider Simplyhealth. Romana Abdin was just three when she contracted polio, but she says she “was one of […]
Rio to host ‘biggest’ Paralympic Games in 2016, says IPC
Those male athletes who find their event dropped from the Games schedule will be encouraged to retrain in other sports or focus on another event. While some men are set to miss out in Rio, there will be an increased number of female competitors and more events for track and field athletes with severe cerebral […]
Paris 2024: The tech transforming the Paralympics for disabled fans
The focus of the Paralympic Games is often on the challenges faced by competitors just to get to the start line. But what about spectators with disabilities? In a city as old as Paris, it can be difficult for fans who use wheelchairs or have a visual impairment to get the most out of their […]
Rita Ora pays emotional tribute to Liam Payne
Watch: Rita Ora became tearful as she remembered Payne on stage at the MTV Awards Rita Ora has paid an emotional tribute to Liam Payne as she hosted this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Manchester, almost a month after the One Direction star’s death. Ora collaborated with Payne on their 2018 hit single […]