EU opens competition investigation into Cadbury owner
Getty Images Brussels anti-trust regulators have launched a price-fixing investigation into Cadbury owner Mondelez. The European Commission is concerned that Mondelez restricted trade across borders between EU countries, pushing up prices for its products. Mondelez is one of the largest chocolate, biscuit and coffee producers in the EU, the Commission said. Mondelez, which owns brands […]
Wonder Woman game axed as Warner Bros cuts three studios
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Warner Bros Games says it will focus on other franchises including Harry Potter and Mortal Kombat Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed plans to shut three of its gaming development studios. The decision means the anticipated Wonder Woman game, which has been in production for three years at one of […]
Jubilee bank holiday: Wales hospitality staff ‘crisis’
BBC The Harbourmaster Hotel in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, has five vacancies Staff shortages have put hospitality businesses under pressure going into the Jubilee bank holiday weekend, according to bosses. One hotel operator has limited their booking capacity as it filled only 50 of 80 vacancies in May. Stephen Leeke from Vale resort in Hensol, Vale of […]
Scottish farmed salmon disease prevention to be researched
Kevin Keane BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent Getty Images A major research initiative is to be launched to help understand and prevent diseases affecting farmed salmon – including sea lice and gill health conditions. Tens of millions of pounds are spent annually in response to disease outbreaks at Scottish salmon farms. The £3.5m programme will focus […]
Coventry battery firm wants to build gigafactory
BBC There are plans to build a gigafactory Coventry Airport Talks have taken place with a battery firm about the possibility of building a gigafactory in Coventry. Manufacturing firm Volklec has announced it will begin producing batteries at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre and hopes to ultimately build a £1bn gigafactory in the next five […]
Seaweed-loving chef’s bid to promote delicacy
Neil Prior BBC News in Swansea Owen Howells Jonathan Williams’ love of seaweed has seen him found National Laverbread Day In an age when we’re constantly bombarded with the latest faddy super-foods, it turns out in Wales, we’ve been eating the best of all of them for millennia. The Porphyra Umbilicalis species of seaweed, or […]
Entries open for global Shakespeare short film competition
Submissions have opened for a short film competition inspired by female characters created by William Shakespeare. The annual Shakespeare Shorts contest celebrates the continued impact of the famous playwright’s work around the world, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) said. As part of The Women Who Made Shakespeare project, the trust wants women of all ages […]
Six positive ways they can be used
Getty Images Experts predict drones will be delivering parcels in the UK within “a couple of years” An extended 5km (3.1 miles) no-fly zone for drones has come into force around airports in the UK after reported sightings at Gatwick, Heathrow and Dublin airports in recent months grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands stranded. […]
Coventry mental health patient not checked upon for three hours
Vanessa Pearce BBC News, West Midlands Family Henok Zaid Gebrsslasie died under the care of the Caludon Centre in Coventry A man who was found dead while under the care of a mental health facility was left unchecked for three hours, an inquest has heard. Henok Zaid Gebrsslasie was found unresponsive in his room at […]
Covid: Travel changes too late to halt potential new wave
Kathryn Snowdon & Mary O’Connor BBC News Getty Images The latest travel rule changes are “a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted,” a scientist advising the government has said. Prof Mark Woolhouse said the new rules had come “too late” to make a “material difference” to a potential wave of […]