Glasgow 2014: Robert Blair courts further badminton Games success
Those players will be joined in the mixed team event by two 20-year-olds – Rebekka Findlay and Caitlin Pringle. The 23 badminton teams at Glasgow 2014 are divided into five groups of four teams and one group of three. The six group winners and the best two runners-up will progress to the knockout round. Each […]
The best of Paris Haute Couture Week
Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Getty Images Lily-Rose Depp, Dua Lipa, Marion Cotillard were on the front row for the Chanel Haute Couture show Brands including Dior, Chanel and Armani Privé showcased their new collections at a high-profile Haute Couture Week in Paris, with their shows attracting a host of global celebrities. Chanel’s show was unsurprisingly […]
Which industries employ European workers?
Reality Check team BBC News BBC Prime Minister Theresa May has been outlining her plans for the UK’s new immigration system. She told BBC News: “We’ll be ensuring that we recognise the needs of our economy,” adding she would encourage businesses to train people in the UK and invest in improving productivity. Currently, the only […]
Douwe Egberts coffee workers ‘to be sacked then rehired’
Google JDE has said that no jobs will be lost Hundreds of workers at a coffee processing plant will be sacked and then reemployed on inferior pay and conditions, a union has claimed. Unite said 300 staff at the Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) plant in Banbury, Oxfordshire, have been given notices without any consultation. It […]
World Athletics Championships 2023: Britain’s Ben Pattison claims shock 800m bronze
The British women’s team saw their medal hopes ended by an unfortunate injury to Asher-Smith last year, but they achieved their target in Budapest. Asher-Smith, who was left confused by her underperformance at these championships, was present at the warm-up track as her team-mates Philip, Lansiquot, Williams and Neita prepared for their final. As teams […]
Energy drinks ban for children proposed
Getty Images Several ideas are being considered to try and tackle the problem of childhood obesity Selling energy drinks to under-16s could be banned in Wales in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. More than one in four children are overweight when they start primary school, according to official figures. Under Welsh government proposals, takeaways […]
World Athletics Championships: How a teenage Dina Asher-Smith and her relay team-mates started a medal-winning era in Moscow
Their bronze was sufficient for the new UK Athletics hierarchy to change tack and restore women’s 4x100m funding for the following year. It also sparked a notable upturn in fortunes. Despite the departure of Reider – currently serving a one-year probation after misconduct allegations – from British Athletics in 2014, the team’s rise continued unchecked. […]
Firms call for more help after ‘haemorrhaging cash’
Katy Austin & Lucy Hooker business correspondents BBC Television chef Nisha Katona says debt could push firms out of business Leisure firms say they need more support after a year of “haemorrhaging cash” and mounting debts due to the pandemic. Businesses from wine bars to bingo halls can reopen on Monday but at reduced capacity […]
Caster Semenya: United Nations criticises ‘humiliating’ IAAF rule
Plans to classify female athletes by their testosterone levels “contravene international human rights” says the United Nations Human Rights Council. Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya, 28, is challenging the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over its bid to restrict levels of testosterone in female runners. The UN called the plans “unnecessary, humiliating and harmful”. […]
Cuba bids for foreign investment to tackle goods shortages
Getty Images Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis in 30 years Cuba says it will allow foreign investors into its wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years. The move is a major shift for the island nation’s Communist government, and overturns a 1960s Fidel Castro policy of nationalising retail. But […]