Yoon Suk Yeol becomes South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested
Reuters Yoon is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, ending a weeks-long standoff between investigators and his personal security. Yoon, whose failed attempt to impose martial law plunged the country into turmoil and saw him impeached by […]
how tech is transforming the greenhouse gas
BBC Levidian is using the carbon from captured methane to improve the performance and environmental impact of tyres, among other things The UK has a new target for greenhouse gas emissions. The prime minister wants them to be 81% lower by 2035 than they were in the 1990s. While much of the climate change discussion […]
Meta to cut 5% of jobs and shed “low performers faster”
Getty Images Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is preparing to cut about 5% of its global workforce, as the company looks to drop “low performers faster”. In a memo to staff, boss Mark Zuckerberg said he had made the decision to speed up the firm’s regular performance-based cuts in anticipation of an […]
New bus lane camera starts enforcing traffic rules in Northampton
Motorists will face fines if they drive in a bus lane in a town centre after a new traffic camera was installed by a council. The device at the top end of Gold Street in Northampton, between College Street and Bridge Street, will monitor the bus lane from Monday. Motorists using the lane unlawfully will […]
Is this the end of Berlin’s famous club scene?
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) From techno temples to hedonistic hideouts, anything-goes revelry has been core to Berlin’s soul for the past century. But rising rents and rapid gentrification may soon kill the party. Paris has fashion, Copenhagen has design, Berlin has clubs. From multi-day raves in former Cold War bunkers to hedonistic hideouts where anything goes […]
McDonald’s boss says 29 people fired over sexual harassment
Getty Images The boss of McDonald’s in the UK has said 29 people have been dismissed over sexual harassment allegations over the past 12 months. Alistair Macrow also told MPs that the alleged cases published by the BBC on Tuesday were “abhorrent, unacceptable, and there is no place for them in McDonald’s”. It comes after […]
South Korea: Investigators attempt to arrest impeached president Yoon for second time
Police and presidential security staff locked in standoffpublished at 21:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21:12 GMT Shaimaa KhalilReporting from Seoul This is a picture of the political crisis that South Korea finds itself in. You’ve got two branches of executive power: the police – essentially law enforcement officers that have a legal arrest warrant that they’re […]
Parents ‘have a right to dead children’s social media accounts’
BBC MPs discussed “Jools Law” in parliament on Monday Parents should be given the right, “morally and humanely”, to access their children’s social media accounts after their deaths, MPs have heard. It comes after Ellen Roome, from Cheltenham, contacted social media companies about why her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney died in April 2022, believing it […]
Dyson to move all West of England staff to its Malmesbury HQ
Dyson Dyson staff in Bristol will now commute to Dyson’s Malmesbury Campus Dyson is moving all of its staff working in the West of England to its Malmesbury headquarters, including 180 currently working in its Bristol office. The engineering giant said all its projects and investments continue, and it would support Bristol-based staff with their […]
Kai Havertz abuse has terrible consequences – Mikel Arteta
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the online abuse of striker Kai Havertz and his wife has “terrible consequences” and needs to be “eradicated from the game”. Havertz was criticised for his performance in Sunday’s FA Cup defeat by Manchester United, after he missed a glorious chance to win the game in normal time and then […]