Oscars changes are ‘missteps, not chaos’
Jamie Lee Curtis on the “moving machine” that is the Oscars It’s fair to say the Academy Awards have rowed back on just about every change they’ve tried to make to the Oscars ceremony this year. They wanted, for example, to announce some winners in the commercial breaks to save time. They wanted to introduce […]
Streaming is driving a ‘golden age’ for Indian drama
Lootcase/Disney + Hotsar Rasika Dugal starring in the 2020 movie Lootcase Award-winning actor, Rasika Dugal, has never had more work, or been recognised more often. The Indian actor’s star is rising – she will soon be seen in the second season of drama, Delhi Crime on Netflix and in the film, Lord Curzon Ki Haveli. […]
Thousands of salmon lost in ‘major’ seal attack
Getty Seals have in the past seen Scottish fish farms as a source of plentiful food A Scottish salmon farm lost more than 52,000 juvenile fish in a “major” seal attack on 31 December, it has emerged. During the incident seals ripped open nets and killed “many” fish, while others escaped, according to an industry […]
Gloucestershire pothole repair machine competition ends in a draw
A competition run by a council to find out which pothole filling machine was most efficient has resulted in – a draw. Gloucestershire County Council ran trials with the JCB Pothole Pro, the Spray Injection Patching, the Roadmender and the Bobcat over the last few months. “Trials have now concluded and have discovered that the […]
Gen Z battles to bring back unions, one Starbucks at a time
Michael Sanabria Baristas in Buffalo hope to unionise three Starbucks cafes Stressful working conditions, a lack of training, and slim hopes of a pay rise are just some of the things that anger Jaz Brisack, 24, about working at Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, USA. Yet it was the “inability to negotiate as equals” with […]
What is the impact on Wales’ environment?
Getty Images From world-class recycling rates to a tree planted for every newborn, devolution’s influence on the Welsh environment has been largely positive, it has been claimed. But 20 years on and the incoming Friends of the Earth Cymru chairwoman warned greater strides were needed on decarbonisation. Meanwhile, there is still confusion about where power […]
What is the point of a Victorian pier in 2025?
Claire Hamilton/BBC Southport Pier has been closed since December 2022 One-hundred and fifty years ago, piers were on the itinerary of almost any visit to a seaside town. In the 1850s, 100 piers stretched out from the British coastline. They were feats of engineering in the Victorian era, using the latest design and technology to […]
Evening Standard to record £10m loss
PA George Osborne was a surprise appointment at Evening Standard, and initially said he would continue as an MP The Evening Standard will post a loss of £10m for the year ending in September 2017, a reversal in fortunes for London’s paper that poses a big headache for its owner, Evgeny Lebedev. The Standard’s loss […]
Project linking farmers and schools expanding
A scheme in which farmers make video calls into school lessons to get children interested in farming and rural affairs is hoping to expand. Farmer Time was recently awarded charitable status. About 25,000 children from 1,000 schools are taking part in the scheme. Tom Martin, who farms in Haddon near Peterborough, set up the project […]
South Asian culture in Scotland over 30 years
Hermann Rodrigues Nandini and Agomoni dancing at Old College in Edinburgh It was a bitter day in March when Hermann Rodrigues arrived in Scotland for the first time. As the wind and rain battered down onto his skin he thought: “It’s too cold.” Yet almost 30 years later, he says there’s not a day that […]