Anne Boden, the steelworker’s daughter who started her own bank
BBC Anne Boden started her career on the counters at Lloyds Bank The daughter of a steelworker and a department store worker from Bonymaen in…
Girl, 12, victim of bullies’ ‘deepfake’ porn
Getty Images The girl and her parents were left traumatised as the fake image was shared widely among children in part of West Yorkshire A…
How to survive a pandemic as a young entrepreneur
Keaton Rich/ Trailer Trash/ Emily Hale Starting your own business as a young person can be a gamble. It might be just you and a…
Stay home, female Kabul government workers told
AFP Some women held a protest in Kabul against the restrictions they are facing The new Taliban mayor of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has told female…
Top talking points of 2019 and how they evaded the censors
Getty Images China has one of the most tightly controlled internet environments in the world, but despite this its 854 million internet users yet again…
How Ichi the Killer brought ultra-violence to the mainstream
Alamy Tadanobu Asano in Ichi the Killer (Credit: Alamy) Takashi Miike’s notorious 2001 film was banned in several countries for its graphic, ultra-violent scenes, while…
Wolverhampton MP calls for prevention in ‘knife crime capital’
UK Parliament Warinder Juss cited two fatalities in his call for more action to prevent knife crime A newly elected MP has called on ministers…
Net zero targets ‘unrealistic’ says Oxfam report
Getty Images Three millions trees are being planted in the Italian city of Milan by 2030, in order to fight climate change Oxfam says governments…
Obesity ’causes more cases of some cancers than smoking’
Getty Images Obesity now causes more cases of four common cancers in the UK than smoking, according to a charity. Cancer Research UK says bowel,…
The controversial music that is the sound of global youth
Nasecworld / Believe In the last decade, drill music has become ever more popular while inspiring debates over its links to violence. Now the rap…