Free Licence to Sew course aims to fill textiles skills shortage
BBC The organisation’s founder, Paula Gamester MBE, said their motto was “we sew and we’re fabulous” A new project that trains people to become textile machinists in 10 weeks for free is being launched in the hope it will help fill a “major skills shortage”. At one time, around one third of the world’s cotton […]
Missy Elliott’s career-defining song, as the rap legend announces her first headlining tour
Arwa Haider Features correspondent Alamy Missy Elliott at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after party in New York City on 3 November, 2023 (Credit: Alamy) As Missy Elliott announces her first headlining tour, a look at the 2001 song that proved a gamechanger for the rap legend. It’s hard to believe that she’s […]
St Albans walking group aims to expand to other towns and cities
Alex Pope & Babs Michel BBC News, Hertfordshire Women Who Walk Lisa Collins (left) and Sophie Curthoys met at university and have been close friends ever since A free female walking group is hoping to expand to other towns and cities to help women “find their tribe”. Women Who Walk was started in St Albans […]
A scandal in the Amazon
Tim Whewell and Jéssica Cruz BBC World Service, Brazil Getty Images Three months ago, eight people disappeared on a flight deep in the Amazon. Small planes are often the only way to get around – but because most landing strips are unofficial, pilots have to lie about where they are flying. And this means that […]
No-deal Brexit ‘could cost farms £850m in profits’
Jim Reed Reporter, Victoria Derbyshire programme Farmer Colin Ferguson says he wants “the Brexit uncertainty to end” A no-deal Brexit could cost the farming industry £850m a year in lost profits, new research seen by the BBC suggests. Farm business consultants Andersons said that without government support increasing significantly, some farms would inevitably struggle to […]
‘Text and Protect’ and stem cell concerns
4 July 2021 Sunday Mail The Sunday Mail leads with what it calls “Scotland’s stem cell scandal”. It says an MS patient has had to sell her home to pay for treatment that is provided for free south of the border. It also says that not one Scot has had the vital transplant on the […]
What our descendants will deplore about us
Tom Chatfield Features correspondent Will our descendants abhor our refusal to banish nuclear weapons? (Thinkstock) How will the future view us? Tom Chatfield asked some of the world’s best minds, and discovered that we will be seen as barbaric in ways we may not even realise. I had a discussion that made me ask a […]
Hospitality workers on being harassed
“It felt like we were escorts”: ‘Anna’ speaks to BBC Newsnight Incidents like the men-only charity dinner where waitresses were allegedly groped are more common than people realise, former hospitality workers have told Newsbeat. But it’s not only at exclusive events where workers are harassed. It’s been reported in bars, pubs and cafe jobs across […]
The women doing sex work to make ends meet
Frankie McCamley & Bethan Bell News Correspondent BBC The BBC spoke to some some sex workers in London Violence has always stalked the streets where sex is bought and sold and sometimes just taken. Women employed in the “world’s oldest profession” face a very real danger. Jack the Ripper may have been consigned to history […]
No-deal Brexit threat to ‘billions of pounds’ of chemicals
Chris Morris & Tom Edgington BBC Reality Check BBC A no-deal Brexit threatens billions of pounds of chemical imports, the head of the Chemical Industries Association, Stephen Elliott, has warned. He says secondary legislation, needed to copy EU regulations into UK law, contains “significant gaps”. The loophole could halt UK imports of chemicals by EU-registered […]