Paul Stirling: In-form batsman wins player of the year and decade at Irish Cricket Awards
Internationals Simi Singh and Laura Delany picked up the inter-provincial player and Super Series player awards while Strabane cricket stalwart Peter Gillespie joined Caitriona Beggs and Jimmy Boucher (posthumous) in being inducted into Irish Cricket’s Hall of Fame. The most emotional award of the night was the outstanding contribution and service to Irish cricket honour […]
Facebook child abuse detection hit by new EU rules
Getty Images Facebook has switched off some of its child abuse detection tools in Europe in response to new rules from the EU. The company said it has had no choice but to do so, since the new privacy directive bans automatic scanning of private messages. The change only applies to messaging services rather than […]
Armagh: Roger Weatherup – The man who chronicled the changes of the city
Armagh County Museum Roger Weatherup was the museum’s curator for almost 40 years Tributes have been paid following the death of a man who chronicled the changing face of Armagh City. Roger Weatherup was famed for photographing the city across many decades. He became curator of Armagh County Museum in 1955 but colleague and current […]
Soldier-spies in Myanmar help pro-democracy rebels make gains
BBC The once formidable Myanmar military is cracking from within – riddled with spies secretly working for the pro-democracy rebels, the BBC has found. The military only has full control of less than a quarter of Myanmar’s territory, a BBC World Service investigation reveals. The junta still controls the major cities and remains “extremely dangerous” […]
The last sea salt farmers of the East China Sea
China’s sea farmers This ancient cash crop has been farmed for 1,300 years. Now, Hua’ao Island is the only place that still harvests it. More than 18,000 largely uninhabited islands lie adrift in the remote waters of the East China Sea. But one rises sharply from the rest: Hua’ao Island. This 66 million-year-old island is […]
Facebook to freeze political ads before US presidential election
Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the election would not “be business as usual” Facebook has announced that it will not take on any new political ads in the seven days prior to the US election on 3 November. However, the firm will still allow existing ads to continue to be promoted and targeted at […]
Musk flexes influence over Congress in shutdown drama
A funny thing happened on the way to a bipartisan agreement to fund US government operations and avoid a partial shutdown this week. Conservatives in Congress – encouraged by tech multi-billionaire Elon Musk – balked. Republicans tried to regroup on Thursday afternoon, offering a new, slimmed-down package to fund the government. That vote failed, as […]
The Dutch windmill making artisanal bread
The ‘magic’ behind your artisan bread In the 1960s, almost every Dutch windmill stood still. Now, one of the country’s oldest working ones is spinning again to help make artisanal bread. When most of us think of Dutch windmills, we picture quaint structures sprinkled across the pastoral plains that whimsically spin in the breeze. In […]
Euro 2022: England boss Sarina Wiegman says impact of final win ‘could be felt in 15 years’
Sarina Wiegman said if England were to win Euro 2022 on Sunday, she might not realise the impact it could have until “probably 15 years later”. The Lionesses will bid to win their first major trophy against Germany at Wembley Stadium, having suffered defeat at Euros finals in 1984 and 2009. Success would “make a […]
Forgotten battalion of black women celebrated in film
Netflix The Six Triple Eight is released on Netflix on Friday, 20 December They were given a task others had failed – and they were given it because they were not expected to succeed. The intriguing story of 855 black women who came to Birmingham from America to solve a two-year postal backlog during World […]