Cancer doctor turns full-time Ironman competitor at 34
“They are actually so similar,” she says. “A lot of the day-to-day stuff of what you do is fundamentally pretty boring. “You could be pipetting…
‘Exploited’ workers propping up the building sector
BBC It’s seven o’clock in the morning at a major builders merchants in East London. By the roundabout outside, men gather, hunched over, smoking cigarettes.…
Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams
The men’s team features a number of players with Commonwealth experience, including captain Prosser who has 116 caps. Great Britain international Dan Kyriakides is joined…
Government delays university free-speech fines
Getty Images Controversial new powers for universities and student unions to be fined for failing to uphold freedom of speech have been put on hold…
Rust premieres at Polish film festival three years after shooting
BBC The film premiered on Wednesday in Torun, central Poland The western Rust has premiered in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally…
Swiss vote on making firms liable for rights abuse
BBC The No campaign message (L) is: “Help by all means but not like this”; the Yes campaign poster reads: “Drinking water contaminated, child poisoned…
‘Coronavirus is the biggest low in my career’
Nathan Pask @ Kayte Ellis Agency Roksanda Ilincic has dressed some of the world’s most famous women The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different…
Glasgow 2014: Welsh day two at Commonwealth Games
Coral Kennerley and Mike Bamsey progressed to the finals of the 10m air rifle competitions – Kennerley finished sixth in the women’s final while in…
The Fire Service College uses virtual reality to train recruits
BBC The Fire College is using virtual reality headsets and haptic vests which generate heat Firefighters are using virtual reality kit to train new recruits…
Pubs must reopen when safe, says brewery boss
Mr Buckley said scenes like that in Cardiff last year must not be witnessed again A brewery boss who is in hospital with Covid has…