Travellers ‘devastated’ over French restrictions
BBC Anna Baldwin wanted to take her two boys to Disneyland as a Christmas surprise The BBC talked to holidaymakers and hoteliers about the effects…
The women who left their jobs to code
Getty Images “I never considered myself as someone who could work in tech,” says teacher-turned-coder Jessica Gilbert. It is sentiment that many women identify with…
‘Why I made a film for £5,000’
Olivier Assoua Olivier Assoua’s first feature film was shot on a shoestring budget in the small Cameroonian town where he was born. As he tells…
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
Watch Gert-Jan Oskam walk again A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical…
Peaky Blinders movie spotted filming in Wrexham
Richard Lewis Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy was spotted on set in Wrexham The upcoming Peaky Blinders movie has begun filming in north Wales, with…
Why more women don’t win Nobel prizes in science
Getty Fifty-five years after Goeppert Mayer, Donna Strickland won a Nobel prize in physics, shared with laser physicists Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou (Credit: Getty)…
How podcasts went from unlistenable to unmissable
Ben Hammersley Ben Hammerseley who inadvertently christened the podcast One night 15 years ago journalist Ben Hammersley was on a deadline at the Guardian newspaper,…
Scottish Gossip: Rangers, Celtic, Arsenal, Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Leicester
Rangers have rejected an £11m bid from an unnamed club in England’s Premier League for striker Alfredo Morelos in recent days, according to a report…
Objections to pylons plan for ‘Sunset Song’ land
Kris Miller Locals in the Mearns area are objecting about the potential impact on the environment Campaigners are fighting plans to build pylons through the…
Scientist debunks health hoaxes with viral parody video
Courtesy Office for Science and Society The video has racked up millions of views A Canadian scientist’s Youtube video about an all natural cancer-curing moss…