All 955 trapped workers freed
AFP / Getty Images A rescued miner gestures out a bus window All 955 workers from a gold mine in South Africa have been safely brought back to the surface. They had been trapped underground since a power cut struck on Wednesday night, and back-up generators failed to work. “Everybody’s out,” said James Wellsted, a […]
What do we know about the Banham Poultry outbreak?
AFP It is understood 7,000 birds were culled at Banham Poultry as a direct result of the partial closure A poultry processing factory in Norfolk has seen 127 workers test positive for coronavirus in what has been described as a “significant” outbreak. This is what we know. What is Banham Poultry? Banham Poultry has been […]
Firms urged to honour living wage pledge
Alex Homer BBC Shared Data Unit PA Businesses who have signed up to pay staff the “real living wage” are being urged to continue doing so during the coronavirus crisis. One in five employees earns below the Living Wage Foundation rates, including hundreds of thousands of key workers. Economists urged against more rises before the […]
DUP denies report it would accept Irish Sea checks
Getty Images Arlene Foster said the DUP would not accept arrangements that create a barrier to east-west trade The unionist party had agreed “to shift its red lines” as part of a new deal to replace the backstop, said The Times newspaper, citing unidentified sources. It added the party had said privately that it would […]
Why Nigeria has restricted food imports
Kunle Falayi BBC Africa business reporter, Lagos AFP Nigeria has invested a lot in boosting rice production in recent years President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to block food importers’ requests for foreign currency in a bid to boost local agriculture in Africa’s most populous country. It is a continuation of […]
How investigating the dark side of dairy changed me
BBC Sam watches the port as she tracks the lorry full of calves People often ask me what the hardest part of any investigation is, what the moments are which have affected me. Sometimes I have the answer. Often there will have been a person, a place, a story, something which has stopped me in […]
Ukraine and US agree terms of major minerals deal
Abdujalil Abdurasulov BBC News Bloomberg via Getty Images Lorries carry ore from an a mine in central Ukraine. File photo Ukraine has agreed the terms of a major minerals deal with the US, a senior official in Kyiv has told the BBC. “We have indeed agreed it with a number of good amendments and see […]
The radio station giving indigenous people a voice
Grace Livingstone Business reporter, Panama City Grace Livingstone Dad Neba says that the radio station allows indigenous peoples ‘to speak for ourselves’ The high-rises and glass towers of Panama City gleam in the sunlight. But on the other side of town, there’s an old office block where if you go up the stairs and you’ll […]
Army put on standby to ease fuel supply issues
George Bowden & Becky Morton BBC News EPA There were queues at many petrol stations on Monday, including in Friern Barnet, north London The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures. Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts […]
MPs want Brexit fund for UK farmers
Getty Images Sheep meat exports to the EU could be subject to high tariffs if there is no UK-EU Brexit deal MPs scrutinising the government’s plans for the agriculture industry after Brexit want funding for farmers when EU subsidies end, they said in a report. Without an EU-UK trade deal, farm exports face tariffs from […]