Barnstaple street marshal scheme extended for six months
North Devon Council The council has described the project as “an unprecedented success” A street marshal scheme which is said to have contributed towards a fall in anti-social behaviour by a third in Barnstaple over the past 12 months will continue. North Devon District Council will fund it for another six months. The council has […]
Airbus abandons helicopter bid dashing Flintshire jobs hope
Hopes for a new helicopter factory that could have created hundreds of jobs have been dashed. Airbus Helicopters has withdrawn from bidding for a £1bn Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to build a fleet of new medium-sized H175M. The company had said it would build the aircraft at Broughton in Flintshire, where its civilian division […]
The young professionals helping to clean up Accra
Buz Stop Boyz Known as Buz Stop Boys, a group of mostly young professionals and tradespeople are driving a new wave of civic responsibility in Ghana, picking up brooms and shovels to clean up the mounds of rubbish that are an eyesore in cities and towns across the country. Their initiative has won the admiration […]
Retail sales rebound in August, says shopping trade body
Getty Images Retail sales rebounded last month despite shoppers facing pressure from higher inflation, according to an industry report. The British Retail Consortium, working with consultancy KPMG, said like-for-like sales rose 1.3% in August, against a 0.9% fall for the same month in 2016. Sales of autumn fashion ranges and back-to-school kit were big contributors […]
Anti-Islam candidate to stand for UKIP leadership
Shutterstock The former Labour party member says Sharia courts “treat women like absolute dirt” An anti-Islam candidate has been allowed to stand for the UKIP leadership. Anne Marie Waters, a former Labour activist and founder of the Sharia Watch pressure group, has previously called Islam “evil”. Her leadership bid has split the party, with some […]
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are like Kim and Kanye
Getty Images Saoirse Ronan is taking on her first UK stage role playing Lady Macbeth Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan has revealed she looked to the reality star Kim Kardashian for inspiration for her latest role. The actress is making her UK stage debut as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s tragedy at the Almeida Theatre, North […]
Why algorithms show violence to boys
BBC Cai says violent and disturbing material appeared on his feeds “out of nowhere” It was 2022 and Cai, then 16, was scrolling on his phone. He says one of the first videos he saw on his social media feeds was of a cute dog. But then, it all took a turn. He says “out […]
Northern Lights images from 140 years ago on show in Cambridge
University of Bergen Library Northern Lights were sketched by teacher and scientist Sophus Tromholt in the late 19th Century Early attempts to capture images of the Northern Lights are going on show in a new exhibition at Cambridge’s Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute. The sketches, by Danish-born teacher and self-taught scientist, Sophus […]
The Baltics wait for Europe’s strategic new railway
BBC The trans-Baltic rail project has already cost billions of euros, but is years from being completed The three Baltic states came up with the idea years ago for a high-speed railway spanning 870km (540 miles) across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Rail Baltica began as a grand project, but it has now become a strategic […]
Christmas strike warning and Omicron cases rise
The Herald says that Tesco stores in Scotland are set for Christmas shortages with disruption to online orders also likely after staff voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay. Government scientific advisers believe infections of the Omicron strain in Britain are doubling every three days, causing increasing concern over how fast the […]