Preview of tomorrow’s tech on show in Las Vegas
WATCH: How new apps are using AI to rival personal trainers How much tech can you take? Next week aims to stretch your horizons, as well as your credulity, as thousands of new products are launched and demoed at the giant CES expo. Artificial intelligence, 5G, foldables, surveillance tech, 8K and robotics are set to […]
Blackpool honours pop legends with blue plaque
BBC The Nolan sisters, pictured during the late 70s: Linda, Anne, Bernie and Maureen A blue plaque honouring one of the UK’s most successful girl bands has been unveiled at the venue where they got their first big break. The Nolans were catapulted from playing social clubs to appearing with global superstars after they were […]
‘Sensible’ farming Brexit approach urged
The Welsh food and farming industry is in danger of “being put back decades” when the UK leaves the European Union, the environment secretary has warned. Lesley Griffiths met Westminster counterpart Michael Gove for the first time since his appointment on the first day of the Royal Welsh Show on Monday. She fears Wales will […]
Corbyn warned of resignations and Trump threatened over wall plan
PA More Labour MPs ‘thinking hard’ about future He’s seven MPs down, following the resignation from the Labour Party of a group of parliamentarians unhappy with his leadership. But could Jeremy Corbyn be in for more bad news? At a Labour MPs’ meeting described as “tense”, Corbyn critic Ian Austin said he and others would […]
Wales’ 5G advisory group criticised for being all men
Getty Images 5G promises much faster data download and upload speeds The appointment of an expert group to advise on superfast “fifth generation” (5G) mobile internet for Wales has encountered a Twitter backlash. The eight-strong group, set up by Innovation Point, attracted criticism about the fact they are all men. Auriol Miller, director of the […]
Local heroes and abortion on the border
Alphamedia Belfast Media Group Strabane Chronicle Impartial Reporter The festive period can be a quiet time but life continues and this weeks’ local papers in Northern Ireland reflect that. The Impartial Reporter leads with the death of George Elliot, a well-known football coach from County Fermanagh. Mr Elliot, from Ballinamallard, died from cancer on New […]
Paul Mescal at Dublin premiere
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images Paul Mescal posed for a selfie with fans at the “Gladiator II” Irish premiere in Dublin Irish stars and fans arrived for the premiere of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II in Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema on Thursday. The film stars Kildare actor Paul Mescal, playing the character Lucius alongside co-star and two-time Oscar […]
The Channel beaches that host a lethal trade in human hope
Getty Images The brutal journeys migrants make across the Channel are book-ended with beaches that tell the story of the crisis: from guerrilla-style smuggling operations among the French dunes to streams of soaking passengers washing ashore in Kent. Hidden in the scrubby sand of the dunes of northern France are the calling cards of an […]
Pay gap between men and women fails to improve
Getty Images The average gender pay gap of all firms that reported in the past financial year is 10.4% – the same as the average of all firms reporting in 2019-20. The BBC looked at a company’s median pay gap – that is, the difference in pay between the middle-ranking woman and the middle-ranking man. […]
The 1980 town hall gig that ended up losing money
BBC Before they were signed, U2 toured Ireland to promote their debut album Boy Only coming around once every four years, 29 February is a date to remember. Unless you are U2, whose leap day 40 years ago was one to forget. In the decades since, they have sold 175m records and played sell-out shows […]