Glasgow approves 1am bar licence for city centre
Shutterstock Pubs will be able to extend their closing time by an hour Glasgow city centre pubs will now be able to stay open for an extra hour as part of a 12-month pilot programme. Pubs, bars and restaurants have previously had to shut at midnight, but now the Glasgow Licensing Board has approved 54 […]
Record number of overseas tourists visit Scotland
PA Edinburgh is one of Scotland’s most popular destinations for overseas visitors Tourism bosses have described record international visitor numbers for Scotland in 2023 as a “turning point” for the industry. Almost four million people from overseas visited the country last year, an increase of 15% on 2019, the last year before the Covid pandemic. […]
Shoplifting up by 20% according to PSNI figures
Getty Images Shoplifting is up nearly 20% in Northern Ireland in the last year, according to the latest crime figures release by the police. It comes despite an overall drop in crime levels. A shop manager in Belfast city centre told BBC News NI that shoplifting had become “really bad”. Adele Reilly said she had […]
Raw sewage ‘cover-up’ at Windermere World Heritage Site
BBC Raw sewage was pumped into Windermere for more than three hours in June 2022 Water companies can make sewage pollution disappear from the official figures, a BBC Panorama investigation has revealed. Leaked records suggest one firm, United Utilities, wrongly downgraded dozens of pollution events, including at a famed English lake in north-west England. The […]
Morning business round-up: Japan downgrades economy
In South Korea, the central bank raised its inflation forecast for the current year, citing volatile food and oil prices. High commodity prices have been benefiting Rio Tinto, but the Anglo-Australian miner has said that extreme weather in Australia hit its production in the first quarter of 2011. In India, former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja […]
Morning business round-up: UK inflation rate falls
Inflation in the UK saw a surprise fall in March, official statistics showed. The Consumer Prices Index fell to 4% from 4.4%, while the Retail Prices Index fell to 5.3% from 5.5% in February, largely due to a fall in the price of food and non-alcoholic drinks. The news followed a report from the British […]
Morning business round-up: Eurozone bail-out deal
Rising demand for raw materials in the region’s fast-growing economies has prompted the world’s biggest miner, BHP, to spend $9.5bn expanding operations in Australia. There was nervousness among investors in America, where shares in Blackberry maker RIM fell 12% in after-hours trading after the company said profits this quarter will be weaker than expected. Much […]
Morning business round-up: China cuts US debt holdings
No details have yet been revealed about what goods will be included. In Greece, public opposition to the government’s spending cuts continues, with a 48-hour general strike taking place. The walkout has grounded flights, halted most public services, and shut offices and shops. It comes as the Greek parliament prepares to vote on the latest […]
Is Goa’s casino industry fuelling gambling addiction?
Mr Munaf and Mr Vaz’s 42-year-old-son are among a disturbing rise in the number of residents of Goa who have become victims of a gambling addiction. “Gambling is surely on the increase in Goa. The kind of money which is floating because of the casino industry around is unbelievable,” says Apa Teli, a recently retired […]
Sussex farmers say growing food must be a political priority
Lucinda Adam BBC Sussex, Political Reporter BBC Farmers say they want food security to be much higher up the parliamentary agenda Farmers in Sussex say food production is not being prioritised by politicians as they battle to secure votes in rural seats. The latest figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) […]