Suffolk Police control room performance ‘improving enormously’
A project to revamp and modernise a police contact and control room (CCR) has been praised for “enormously” improving its performance. Tim Passmore, Suffolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner, said a £1.4m investment in the scheme was “paying dividends” and he was confident better response times would “play a major role in keeping crime levels down”. […]
What now for the country that bet its security on Wagner?
Feras Kilani BBC Arabic, Mali BBC Children sit in a makeshift classroom at a refugee camp in eastern Mali As Mali fights Islamist militants and separatists, it has turned to Wagner mercenaries for security. But the group’s leader is now presumed dead, UN peacekeepers are leaving and Mali faces a crisis. The BBC’s Feras Kilani […]
Bright picture develops for photo film and prints
Martin Heath & Kate Bradbrook BBC News, Northamptonshire Kate Bradbrook/BBC Adrian Clarke said more young people were coming into his shop to print photos The owners of two photography firms said they had witnessed a rise in young people taking an interest in the technology of yesteryear, with more demand for shooting on film and […]
Farmers could ‘comfortably’ cut emissions by a third
Kevin Keane BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent Getty Images The study suggests using additives in cattle feed Scotland’s farmers could “comfortably” reduce their emissions by 38% over the next 25 years using established technologies, a report has claimed. The study for WWF Scotland said farm level and system-wide changes could see greenhouse gas emissions fall by […]
London-based Napier AI announces more than 100 jobs at new Belfast office
Gráinne Connolly BBC News NI BBC Napier AI’s chief executive Greg Watson, Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald and Invest NI chief executive Kieran Donoghue attended the announcement on Tuesday A London-based artificial intelligence (AI) company is creating more than 100 jobs at its new office in Belfast. Napier AI provides technology to help banks and other […]
Scots packaging firm’s customers demand greener products
Andrew Black Business presenter, BBC Good Morning Scotland BBC Macfarlane Group’s protective packaging distribution operation serves 20,000 UK businesses The UK’s biggest protective packaging distributor is seeing increasing requests from customers wanting to cut carbon. Macfarlane Group boss Peter Atkinson said there there was rising demand for reusable food labels, and firms wanting to use […]
Domestic wind turbines ‘could be part of Guernsey’s energy plan’
Jack Silver BBC News, Guernsey BBC Electricity from domestic turbines could be stored in batteries or sold to the island’s electricity grid, Jamie Clark said Domestic wind turbines could form part of Guernsey’s renewable energy future, a local green energy firm has said. The Little Green Energy Company (LGEC) said the turbines could be part […]
Anonymous RHI emails ‘not my proudest moment’
Jayne McCormack BBC News NI Political Reporter BBC Simon Hamilton was economy minister from May 2016 until the assembly collapsed the following year A DUP special adviser sent anonymous emails to the media and a top civil servant with the knowledge of his minister in order to take pressure off the party, it has emerged. […]
We gave an AI a Rorschach test. What it saw in the inkblots offers a window into the human mind
Estudio Santa Rita Rorschach tests play with the human imagination and our mind’s ability to impart meaning onto the world around us – but what does AI see in them? For more than a century, the Rorschach inkblot test has been widely used as a window into people’s personality. Even if you haven’t done one […]
Row over stilton cheese’s origins causes stink
Thinkstock Currently, Stilton can only be produced in Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire English law would have to change to allow stilton cheese to be made outside the East Midlands, it has been claimed. It follows a Conservative MP’s call for the village of Stilton, Cambridgeshire, to have the right to make the product following the […]