An AI started ‘tasting’ colours and shapes. That is more human than you might think
Estudio Santa Rita The brain often blurs the senses – a fact that marketers often use in the design of food packaging. And AIs appear to do the same. What is the flavour of a pink sphere? And what is the sound of a Sauvignon Blanc? Such questions may sound ridiculous, but a huge body […]
Largest solar farm in UK could be built in South Norfolk
Jessica Myhill/BBC Energy firms, RPC and Elmya, have not yet revealed where the solar panels will be A solar farm believed to be the largest in the United Kingdom could be built in South Norfolk. The new scheme, which is proposed to be built between Long Stratton and Diss in Norfolk, could produce about 900 […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s vehicle speed data ‘corrupt’
Getty Images The council said it was looking at ways to be able to produce a “robust speeding report” Speed data gathered by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s vehicle-tracking system has been corrupted. A freedom of information (FOI) request by the BBC asked the local authority for details of how many times its fleet management system […]
Protesters call on government to tackle water pollution
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The march in central London started on Sunday morning at the Albert Embankment and was followed by a rally in Parliament Square Thousands of people gathered in central London on Sunday to call for tougher action on keeping the UK’s rivers and seas clean. The March for Clean Water was advertised as a “one-off” […]
Autistic boy’s own pies replace stolen York Christmas batch
Dan Harris Joshie Harris and his father travelled more than 120 miles to deliver replacement homemade pies to Tommy Banks An 11-year-old autistic boy has travelled more than 120 miles to deliver a batch of pies he made himself to Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks, who lost 2,500 of them to thieves. A refrigerated van containing […]
‘We put gravy in beer cans to boost sales’
Ian Butt Ian Butt co-founded Potts’ and has embraced a marketing strategy being referred to as “chaos packaging” A food manufacturer says putting gravy in beer cans helped them expand from a kitchen to supermarket shelves. Potts’, which has been operating in Swindon, Wiltshire, since 2007, adopted a strategy of packaging their stocks and sauces […]
Guernsey gas prices to rise by 10% from January supplier says
PA Guernsey Energy says the price of wholesale gas has been hit by world events Island gas prices will rise by 10% from 1 January, Guernsey Energy has announced. The island’s sole gas supplier said that for an average household, it would mean an increase of approximately £9.37 per month. Guernsey Energy said the increase […]
Booking your next holiday? Consider these six trailblazing travel firms making the world a better place
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve This year’s Global Responsible Tourism Award winners demonstrate that travel can be inclusive, climate-friendly, nature-positive and a positive force for local communities. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Responsible Tourism Awards are a standard bearer for the positive side of the travel industry. Run by the non-profit International Centre for […]
Bristol company develops fertiliser from urine collected at festivals
BBC Olivia Wilson and Lucy Bell-Reeves say the fertiliser is from “an infinite resource” A start-up company is conducting a “pioneering” experiment turning human urine into plant fertiliser. Using urine collected from concerts that took place in Bristol over the summer, are NPK Recovery, based at the University of the West of England (UWE). Manufactured […]
Northamptonshire MP warns of farmers’ inheritance tax fears
One of a county’s MPs has said farmers are worried for their livelihoods because of the proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms. Stuart Andrew, the Conservative MP for Daventry, in Northamptonshire, said some farmers in his constituency were “actively looking to sell off land” because they believed the new tax rules threatened the viability […]