Six Israeli hostages freed ahead of Palestinian prisoner release
Hamas has released six more hostages held in Gaza, in exchange for 602 Palestinian prisoners to be freed later on Saturday. The released hostages included four kidnapped during the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel – Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert. The two other men freed, Avera Mengistu and […]
Chinese livestreamer dies after filming drinking video
DOUYIN Brother Three Thousand (pictured in an earlier video) was a popular livestreamer on China’s Douyin app A Chinese livestreamer has died shortly after he was seen drinking excessive amounts of alcohol on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok. User Brother Three Thousand drank at least seven bottles of baijiu spirits during a livestream last Tuesday. […]
New chief vet appointed in Jersey
Government of Jersey Susana Ramos said she was “delighted to take up this opportunity to live and work in Jersey” Jersey has a new chief veterinary officer after Alistair Breed stepped down from the position in summer 2022. Susana Ramos has worked as a government vet in Scotland for more than 14 years. Deputy chief […]
Dr. Beatrice Moore: A Legacy of Leadership, Education, and Empowerment
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Billionaire tech banker in China reported missing
Joel Guinto, Fan Wang and Frances Mao BBC News Getty Images Top investment firm China Renaissance says it has been unable to contact chief executive Bao Fan One of China’s most high-profile billionaire bankers has gone missing, his company has reported. Bao Fan, the chief executive of China Renaissance Holdings, had not been able to […]
Defra too reliant on outdated computers, MPs warn
Matt Cardy Outdated IT systems are damaging the work of the government department in charge of protecting the environment and supporting farmers, MPs say. And many of its computers are expensive to maintain and at risk of crashes and security breaches, the MPs warn. In 2021, Defra was given £871m for digital investment. Of that, […]
Inside India’s forgotten pulp films
Cherylann Mollan and Meryl Sebastian BBC News Amazon Prime Video Indian pulp films were a hit in the 1990s “Every scene in a film should touch either your head, your heart… or below the belt,” says director Dilip Gulati, explaining why he makes the films he makes in a new docuseries about Bollywood’s “B movies”. […]
Strikes: Boost union sign-up in private sector
Cemlyn Davies BBC Wales political reporter Getty Images Cardiff nurses on a picket line over pay The Welsh government should help boost the membership of unions representing private sector employees, according to a report from a think-tank. In 2021, only a fifth of private sector employees in Wales were part of a union compared with […]
Rising energy bills force Essex cucumber grower to cut crops
EPA Several supermarkets have limited the number of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers that can bought High energy costs have forced one of the UK’s biggest cucumber firms to reduce production despite salad item shortages in supermarkets. Tony Montalbano from Green Acre Salads in Roydon, Essex, said he will be growing fewer crops and start later […]
Kristen Nugent wins UK-wide cookery competition
Niall McCracken BBC News NI BBC Kristen Nugent, from Killeeshil, has won the Springboard FutureChef competition A schoolgirl from Northern Ireland has won a prestigious UK-wide cooking competition. Kristen Nugent, from Killeeshil, in County Tyrone, came out on top in the Springboard FutureChef competition – a schools-based programme which aims to inspire young people to […]