Ruby Walsh: At home with a family that lives and breathes horse racing
It’s a work ethic that extends to a shared attitude to pain and dealing with injuries, a common occupational hazard when steering a horse over…
‘Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty’
BBC Paramjit Kaur says she agreed to work for as little as £3 an hour because she was desperate Open your wardrobe, and there’s a…
Wales tourism bosses worry for industry
Getty Images Rail strikes could put families off traveling in Wales, says Jim Jones from North Wales Tourism Tourism officials in Wales say they fear…
Abuse of women online ‘disproportionate’
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited her former street in Barry Women are disproportionately targeted for abuse online, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard…
Why Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fix
Google/ Gemini In the last few days, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini has had what is best described as an absolute kicking online. Gemini…
Vision Cup: TPC Sawgrass to host Ryder Cup style event for blind golfers
“I expect we’ll reach the greens reasonably easily at Sawgrass but then take ages putting.” England’s John Eakin is registered blind and will this week…
Farmers use ‘magic dust’ to capture millions of tonnes of carbon
BBC Ryan Nelson first read about enhanced rock weathering in a farming publication Ryan Nelson sprinkles tonnes of “magic dust” across his farm near Culross,…
Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Barack Obama lead tributes
Getty Images Quincy Jones discovered Oprah Winfrey and cast her in 1985 film The Color Purple Some of the biggest names in popular culture and…
Nightclubs reopen in Northern Ireland as restrictions ease
Pacemaker Revellers in Belfast partied as nightclubs reopened for the first time since March 2020 Nightclubs in Northern Ireland reopened on Sunday as some remaining…
Boris Johnson and MI6 secrets, and paralysis surgery hope
No 10 ‘tried to limit Johnson’s access to secrets’ Getty Images When Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson became foreign secretary in 2016, he took…