Deportivo La Coruna: From the brink to new beginnings for former Spanish champions
Augusto Cesar Lendoiro took charge in 1988 and was the president who oversaw Depor’s glory years, but it was also under his stewardship the club racked up debts that by 2013 totalled more than 160m euros. Administrators insisted Lendoiro resign, or the club face insolvency. He did, but the economic burden remained. In 2020, Spanish […]
US blacklists China organisations over Xinjiang ‘Uighur abuse’
AFP/Getty Human rights groups say up to one million Uighurs and other Muslims are in detention centres in Xinjiang The US has blacklisted 28 Chinese organisations for their alleged involvement in abuses against ethnic Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang province. The organisations are now on the so-called Entity List, which bars them from buying products from […]
How new IGTV feature will work
Instagram Instagram has released a long-form video feature which allows users to post hour-long clips. IGTV lets users create content exceeding the current maximum 60-second clip limit for the first time. It’s not clear if the longer videos would include adverts or if users would be paid for their content as they are on platforms […]
How Wharfedale Men’s Shed helps men make new friends
BBC Stuart Gregory (left) and Bob Miles (right) were two of Wharfedale Men’s Shed founder members in 2018 “I don’t know where I’d be if I hadn’t come to The Shed,” 72-year-old Bob Emblin reflects. “This place has been great.” ‘The Shed’ Bob is referring to is the Wharfedale Men’s Shed group – a place […]
Is the US trying to kill crypto?
Getty Images Is the US out to kill crypto? Three years ago, the majority of the firms in the sector that Andrew Durgee’s company invested in were based in the US. This year, he estimates that just one out of every 10 will be – a reflection of his firm’s judgement that the country has […]
Stoke-on-Trent Ms GB Classic winner to help women with menopause
Miss Great Britain Debbie Hughes, who is a grandmother of three, wants to use her new title to help women with the menopause A grandmother of three who was crowned Ms GB Classic has said she wants to use her title to empower women who are going through the menopause. Debbie Hughes, 55, from Lightwood, […]
Hungary’s risky bet on Russia’s nuclear power
Getty Images Russia will finance the plant with a multi-billion euro loan to be repaid by Hungarian bill-payers “If this new power plant is built,”, says Janos, a tall, friendly nuclear engineer who works in Reactor block 2 of the existing nuclear power station at Paks, “it will be good for the town, and good […]
Hull to submit Unesco City of Music bid as part of culture plan
Hull is set to bid to become a Unesco Creative City of Music. The council’s cabinet signed off a five-year plan for boosting music in the city on Monday, which includes applying to the scheme. Some 1,200 people were consulted on the strategy which also seeks to encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds involved […]
Bradford Council to save on cleaning ‘litter-strewn’ streets
BBC Rubbish left on Ashgrove in Bradford Bradford Council is proposing to make savings of £1.5m by taking fewer trips to empty public bins. The cut is one of multiple measures the council is proposing to save £40m this financial year, which it needs to do for the next five years to become “financially stable”. […]
Discovery of tower at a Derry school ‘rewrites history’
Derry Tower Heritage Group The stump of the round tower inside the grounds of Lumen Christi College in Derry. In the grounds of a grammar school in Londonderry lies what locals have believed for years was the remains of a 17th Century windmill. However, the curiosity of a local group of historians has led to […]