PwC move into £35m Bradford office development
BBC PwC has moved all 179 of its staff into the new offices in City Park When Armoghan Mohammed first came to Bradford as a child it was to watch Bollywood films with his parents. Now the 58-year-old is a getting a different kind of visual treat standing on the balcony of the new offices […]
Ex-Mablethorpe mayor Tony Howard selling 50-year NME collection
Tony Howard Tony Howard has amassed 3,000 copies of the New Musical Express A former mayor is selling his 3,000-strong haul of NME magazines to free up loft space and turn it into cash for concert tickets. Tony Howard started his New Musical Express collection in 1966, then aged 12, when he ditched reading comics […]
Laughing gas users risk spine damage, say doctors
Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Doctors at an east London hospital say they are seeing so many risky cases of laughing gas misuse that they have drawn up treatment guidelines for colleagues in the UK. Nitrous oxide, sold in metal canisters, is one of the most commonly used drugs by 16 to 24-year-olds. Heavy use can lead […]
Candidates brawl in showdown without Trump
Getty Images Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy mid-debate Republican contenders clashed on stage at their first 2024 presidential debate, as they vied to displace the absent frontrunner Donald Trump. Eight rivals took to the stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to brawl over issues from Ukraine to abortion. While most were reluctant to attack Mr […]
How coronavirus is changing NHS technology
UHSFT NHS technology is changing at speed, says Adrian Byrne “Many people within the NHS are talking about two years of transformation done in two weeks,” says Adrian Byrne, chief information officer at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHSFT). His hospital has been among the many seeing innovations, including the use of a chatbot […]
Northern Ireland: IFA chief Nelson says Euro 2022 qualifiers can look forward to playing at Windsor Park
Shiels, 64, replaced Alfie Wylie as boss in May 2019 and said he felt “really good” about agreeing a new deal. “I want to contribute more and develop the under-19s’ best players, who have been with us for over a year now and they have developed to a really good level. “Some of them are […]
Campaigners’ joy as £150m incinerator plan thrown out
SGP Architects and Masterplanners The application said the facility would operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year A £150m incinerator plan that prompted more than 1,000 objections and a petition has been rejected by councillors. R&P Clean Power Limited wanted to build the plant in Keith Willshee Way, off the A444, on the […]
The journey of a renaissance painting
BBC Ashmolean director Dr Xa Sturgis described the painting as “both very calm, but also very charged” Museum staff have shared the history of a rare Italian renaissance painting they managed to save from being sold overseas. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford announced on Thursday that the 1420s crucifixion paining by Florentine artist Fra Angelico […]
What’s at stake in the general election?
PA Media This will be the first major electoral test for the Fine Gael leader When a politician insists they are not planning to call an election, it is best practice not to believe them. Simon Harris is now among that rank of party leaders. Having claimed for months that he wanted his government to […]
Farmers ‘under more pressure than ever’ over costs says NFU Scotland
Getty Images Better beef prices are being swallowed up by fertiliser or feed or fuel costs, say some farmers Farmers are under more pressure than ever before because of record-high costs, NFU Scotland has warned. The price of some materials has more than doubled in the last year, leaving producers with difficult decisions to try […]