Category: Technology, Culture, Food, World
Comedian Louie Green reveals colostomy bag during gig
Louise Parry and Wayne Bavin BBC News, Suffolk LOUIE GREEN Louie wants to use his comedy platform to make things better for people using stoma…
University of Surrey leads £1.8m project on noise pollution
Emily Sinclair BBC News, South East University of Surrey Professor Mark Plumbley (above) is leading the research project The University of Surrey is to lead…
Call for sugar tax cash to go to the Welsh NHS
Dai Williams from Diabetes UK Cymru says the sugar tax is “the least the food industry can do” Money raised from a new tax on…
Hundreds of patients use app to help Plymouth hospital visits
Chris Ellis BBC News, Devon BBC Jessica, who helped design and uses the app, said it was “easy and accessible” An app to replace paper…
Company defends major pig farm plan
Conor Macauley BBC NI Agriculture & Environment Correspondent BBC The pig farm is planned for a site near Limavady A company backing plans for a…
How a computer that ‘drunk dials’ videos is exposing YouTube’s secrets
Estudio Santa Rita YouTube is about to turn 20. An unusual research method is unveiling statistics about the platform that Google would rather keep hidden.…
Sri Lanka airline boss says ‘don’t be a CEO during Covid’
Derek Cai & Zarina McDonald BBC News Getty Images Sri Lanka’s national carrier has been struggling against even more headwinds than many of its rivals.…
Firefly’s Blue Ghost becomes second private spacecraft with moon landing
Watch: Celebrations as Luna lander touches down on Moon A private spacecraft has landed on the Moon, becoming only the second commercial vehicle to reach…
‘Ministers should be more involved’
Conor Macauley BBC NI Agriculture & Environment Correspondent BBC Flaws in setting the scheme’s subsidy rate left it open to abuse as claimants could earn…
Billions risked on ‘unproven’ green tech, MPs warn
The government is committing billions of pounds to an “unproven” green technology for reducing planet-warming gases without considering the impact on consumers’ bills, MPs have…