Coventry food boss calls for urgent support amid staffing shortage
BBC Esmie Stewart fears her restaurant will have to close due to a lack of experienced staff There’s a wonderfully expressive mural on the wall of Esmie’s restaurant, depicting joyful family life in the Caribbean. “That’s my mother,” founder Esmie Stewart says, pointing proudly at her smiling face, the inspiration for her cookery, who she […]
UCI Track Champions League: Katie Archibald wins scratch & elimination races
Olympic champion Katie Archibald won the women’s scratch and elimination races in the second round of the UCI Track Champions League in Lithuania. The 27-year-old Scot now tops the standings in the women’s endurance league following the double victory. Archibald also won the women’s elimination race on the opening night in Mallorca. Meanwhile, Dutchman Harrie […]
Transcontinental Race: How Fiona Kolbinger became first female winner
The actual finish was something of an anti-climax – which is often the case at ultra-endurance events. As the city residents of Brest awoke on a grey Monday morning, Kolbinger rolled into a hostel car park, dismounted one final time and stopped the clock to officially become the race winner in just over 10 days. […]
Battle of Britain radar tower in Essex given protected status
PA Media/Tim Wander The Chain Home Tower at Great Baddow, Essex has been Grade II listed on the advice of Historic England A radar tower that helped win World War Two’s Battle of Britain by providing early warning of Luftwaffe attacks has been given protected status. The Chain Home Tower at Great Baddow in Essex […]
Robbie Williams explains why he’s a monkey in his new movie
Entertainment Robbie WIlliams is portrayed by a chimpanzee in the new biopic Better Man Robbie Williams is thoroughly enjoying his wander into the world of film, even if he is still learning the correct lingo. “I was at this thing called the Governors’ Ball the other night. That was amazing,” the singer says. He is […]
Five places business travel has changed post-pandemic
Peter Adams/Getty Images (Credit: Peter Adams/Getty Images) As Covid restrictions and quarantines continue to lift around the world, work-related trips are bouncing back in a big way in 2022. While all travel took a tumble during the pandemic, international business travel, in particular, was hit hard, as video calls and conferencing quickly took the place […]
Tour de Yorkshire: Guide to the 2019 race featuring Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Lizzie Deignan
The 2019 route takes in 150 villages, towns and cities, with eight places selected as start and finish locations. Stage one: The first stage is a 111-mile race from Doncaster to Selby containing one classified climb at Baggaby Hill and two intermediate sprints, the second of which arrives in Pocklington on a brisk approach towards […]
Call of Duty battle over after Sony deal with Microsoft
Activision Blizzard Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation in a deal between Sony and Microsoft, ending a fight over its future. Microsoft’s Phil Spencer said the tech giants agreed to a “binding agreement” to keep Call of Duty on the gaming platform. Players would have “more choice”, he said. Mr Spencer signalled the development […]
Why game director almost rejected dream job
PictureGroup Naoki Hamaguchi (left), pictured with producer Yoshinori Kitase, accepted a Game Award for best Score and Music When Naoki Hamaguchi found out he’d landed his dream job directing remakes of his favourite game, Final Fantasy VII, he almost didn’t accept. “I realised this was going to be 10 years of my life as a […]
The indigenous Australians few know
Sarah Reid (Credit: Sarah Reid) Torres Strait Islander people have a rich cultural identity unique to that of Aboriginal Australians, yet few travellers will have heard of them. As I stepped off the ferry onto Thursday Island’s main wharf, a gust of wind nearly lifted my sunglasses into the deceptively idyllic Torres Strait – its […]