How China plans to lead the computer chip industry
BBC Professor Yue is working on next generation computer chips On a university campus on the outskirts of Hong Kong a group of engineers are designing computer chips they hope will be used in the next generation of Chinese made smart phones. Patrick Yue leans back in his chair in a coffee shop on the […]
Water pipe leak ‘costs pub £20,000’
BBC Guests at the hotel have sometimes been unable to wash or have drinking water A village pub says it has lost up to £20,000 because of a water pipe leak. The Trewern Arms said it has been without water at least five times this year due to a fault in a pipe in part […]
South Africa’s World Cup success still inspiring Springboks Women one year on
When Siya Kolisi lifted the Webb Ellis trophy a year ago in Japan, Nolusindiso Booi was among those celebrating the country’s third Rugby World Cup success. Also known as Cindy Booi, the 35-year-old – who remembers being transfixed throughout the final – is captain of the Springboks Women. “It was a great moment for everyone […]
Drones are showing us sharks like never before
Joanna Steidle Sharks attack a school of bunker fish A boom in drone photography has helped shed new light on the murky ocean, and closer-than-you-think encounters between humans and sharks. Joanna Steidle, 50, grinned as she launched her drone over the Atlantic Ocean on a hazy July morning. She was on the lookout – for […]
Cumbria farmers ‘need innovative help with mental health’
BBC Farmer Amie Winder, right, believes help from her counsellor friend Rachel Gunning on the farm is the solution Farmers who are reluctant to ask for help need “innovative” mental health services, those in the industry say. Amie Winder, who keeps sheep in Cumbria, said farmers “will not tell you that they are struggling”. For […]
Wheelchair basketball: Great Britain women target Euro final
Great Britain women’s wheelchair basketball team feel they are ready to make their first major final at the European Championships in Tenerife. They have won nine European bronze medals but have never played in a world, Paralympic or European final. Co-captain Sophie Carrigill said: “It’s definitely about time we changed that.” The GB men will […]
Road workers to wear bodycams over driver fears
Getty Images Road workers often see vehicles enter coned-off work site areas Road maintenance workers across Scotland are being given bodycams and alarms to help them deal with dangerous and abusive drivers. Highways operator Bear Scotland said its workers risked injury and even death when unauthorised vehicles drove into their coned-off work sites. This can […]
Asda Sainsbury’s merger talks ‘sign of changing retail world’
Reuters Could the big four become the big three? It’s a question many had been asking given how the grocery landscape has been changing. All the main supermarket chains have been looking to find new sources of growth because there’s not much of it around their own aisles. Not least because discounters like Aldi and […]
Facebook to ban white nationalism and separatism
Getty Images Facebook said it no longer felt white nationalism could be separated from white supremacy Facebook has said it will block “praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism” on Facebook and Instagram from next week. The social media giant also pledged to improve its ability to identify and block material from terrorist […]
Lab-grown chicken safe to eat, say US regulators
Getty Images A meat product grown in a lab has been cleared for human consumption for the first time. The US safety agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has given approval for cell-cultured chicken, after doing a “careful evaluation”. It has been made in steel tanks by the firm Upside Foods, using cells harvested […]