Scots packaging firm’s customers demand greener products
Andrew Black Business presenter, BBC Good Morning Scotland BBC Macfarlane Group’s protective packaging distribution operation serves 20,000 UK businesses The UK’s biggest protective packaging distributor is seeing increasing requests from customers wanting to cut carbon. Macfarlane Group boss Peter Atkinson said there there was rising demand for reusable food labels, and firms wanting to use […]
Domestic wind turbines ‘could be part of Guernsey’s energy plan’
Jack Silver BBC News, Guernsey BBC Electricity from domestic turbines could be stored in batteries or sold to the island’s electricity grid, Jamie Clark said Domestic wind turbines could form part of Guernsey’s renewable energy future, a local green energy firm has said. The Little Green Energy Company (LGEC) said the turbines could be part […]
Anonymous RHI emails ‘not my proudest moment’
Jayne McCormack BBC News NI Political Reporter BBC Simon Hamilton was economy minister from May 2016 until the assembly collapsed the following year A DUP special adviser sent anonymous emails to the media and a top civil servant with the knowledge of his minister in order to take pressure off the party, it has emerged. […]
We gave an AI a Rorschach test. What it saw in the inkblots offers a window into the human mind
Estudio Santa Rita Rorschach tests play with the human imagination and our mind’s ability to impart meaning onto the world around us – but what does AI see in them? For more than a century, the Rorschach inkblot test has been widely used as a window into people’s personality. Even if you haven’t done one […]
Row over stilton cheese’s origins causes stink
Thinkstock Currently, Stilton can only be produced in Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire English law would have to change to allow stilton cheese to be made outside the East Midlands, it has been claimed. It follows a Conservative MP’s call for the village of Stilton, Cambridgeshire, to have the right to make the product following the […]
Work to protect cliffs near planned Weymouth development proposed
Work to protect the former site of a defence facility has been proposed before the start of a multimillion-pound waterfront development. A 60-bed care home, 141 homes, a gym and a spa are included in plans for a waterfront development near Newtons Road in Weymouth. Work to stabilise the cliffs and the installation of a […]
Pret a Manger to label products after allergy death
PA Pret a Manger will list all ingredients, including allergens, on its freshly made products following the death of a teenager who had an allergic reaction after eating a Pret sandwich. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, went into cardiac arrest on a flight after buying a sandwich at Heathrow Airport in 2016. Theresa May called for a […]
Macron’s deepfakes raise questions over AI use
French President Emmanuel Macron has used AI-generated deepfake videos to publicise the start of the AI Action Summit taking place in Paris. In a video posted on his social media accounts, Macron reacts to a montage of deepfaked videos of himself in popular films and TV series by saying “nicely done”. Videos of Macron inserted […]
Herefordshire biodigester plans ‘could enhance River Wye quality’
Getty Images Applicants claim processing poultry manure in biodigesters could improve water quality in the Rivers Wye and Lugg Plans for an anaerobic digestion plant, which applicants claim could provide gas for 6,000 homes while improving water quality, have been submitted. The plans submitted by STL Energy say the plant in Herefordshire would take in […]
BP’s shareholders want it to make money, not climate policy
It was more than 20 years ago that the then boss of BP reframed those famous initials as “Beyond Petroleum”. It was the first tentative step in transforming the company from an oil and gas producer to an energy provider investing an increasing amount of its fossil fuel profits into greener technology. Five years ago, […]