Wolverhampton restaurant COSMO collects another award
A world buffet restaurant owner has spoken of his pride after winning a national award for equality efforts. Staff at COSMO Restaurant, in Wolverhampton, picked up the accolade at the Signature Awards held in Birmingham on Friday. The business awards which celebrate all different sectors were attended by West Midlands mayor Andy Street. The award […]
What would happen if all satellites stopped working?
We don’t always realise how much we depend on satellites orbiting our planet. Our space correspondent imagines the impact on the planet if we completely lost transmission. We may not always realise it, but we depend on space technology orbiting the Earth. So what would happen if it all stopped working? At a recent international […]
Can luxury fashion ever be fully sustainable?
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Luxury consumers care about the environment – but can the industry shape up? Faran Krentcil talks to Marie-Claire Daveu – the doyenne of sustainability behind Gucci, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent – to find out. Channing Tatum is hot. One evening in September, he was also a bit overheated. The Hollywood […]
Inside the ethical beauty boom
Bel Jacobs Features correspondent Emmanuel Lafont (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont) How is the world of self-care and grooming bringing positive change? Bel Jacobs talks to the ‘purpose-driven’ creators who are making a difference – to mental health, communities and the planet. Rituals of beauty, wellbeing and self-care permeate cultures across history, encompassing ideas of identity and […]
Saving kelp forests and our climate
SEA OTTERS: GUARDIANS OF THE KELP (W/O PREROLL) Sea otters aren’t just cute – these fuzzy marine mammals also perform an important role protecting the kelp forests which maintain our climate and prevent storm damage. The kelp forests fringing the North Pacific coast are one of the richest marine ecosystems on Earth. The fish that […]
The rising and sinking threats to our cities
Gaia Vince Features correspondent Getty Images Over 3 billion people live in coastal city areas that are at risk of rising sea levels and other consequences of global warming. (Copyright: Getty Images) Sea-level rise due to climate change has already raised the risk of extreme floods in major coastal cities around the world, and many […]
Free range turkey supplies hit by bird flu
Greg Brosnan BBC Climate and Science Getty Images Half of the free range turkeys produced for Christmas in the UK have been culled or have died due to bird flu, an industry chief has told MPs. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, said that 600,000 out of about 1.3m free range birds […]
Body returned from Gaza is not mother, Israeli military says
PA Media Shiri Bibas was kidnapped with her two children during the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire deal after forensic testing revealed the body returned from Gaza on Thursday was not that of Shiri Bibas. The three other bodies handed over have been identified […]
The bosses helping staff pay their soaring energy bills
CommsCo Ilona Hitel, front, pictured here with some of her staff is giving them all a pay rise to help them pay their energy bills When managing director, Ilona Hitel, heard that UK household energy bills were about to soar higher, she decided to help her staff. “I knew some of the team were anxious […]
Morocco prays for rain as shortage threatens agriculture
AFP/GETTY The country faced a drought in 2016 that caused a major drop in food production The king of Morocco called for all mosques in the country to pray for rain on Friday, amid a shortage threatening the country’s agriculture. King Mohammed VI had issued a royal decree asking Moroccans to “to implore the Almighty […]