Ocado sales hit as workers return to the office
Getty Images Ocado has reported a fall in sales as customers return to pre-pandemic shopping habits and costs increase. In the three months to the end of February, retail sales for the online grocer fell 5.7% to £574.7m. It said the return to the office by workers and the “euphoria” of going back out to […]
Double jab for football matches and PM’s crime ‘blitz’
Reuters “A game of two jabs” says the Sunday Mirror, reporting on government proposals to only allow fans who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus to watch professional football matches in England. The paper says the plans would apply to the Premier League champions down to the bottom of League Two, “raising fears of financial meltdown” […]
Berlin university canteens cut meat from menus to curb climate change
Getty Images Berlin’s universities are aiming to reduce their carbon footprints by cutting meat from menus Canteens at Berlin’s universities will offer mainly vegan and vegetarian meals from next term as part of a push to make menus more climate-friendly. Students will be able to order meals from menus that are 68% vegan, 28% vegetarian […]
Scots salmon producers report difficult start to year
Getty Images Scottish salmon producers have reported a difficult start to the year, forecasting an 11% drop in output for 2018. Strong prices for Scottish salmon have failed to compensate for low harvests and problems with sea lice and disease. An industry insight published by the Sal-Mar salmon farming company said total UK production was […]
Enthusiasts brave high winds for whistle-up
Didcot Railway Centre Visitors at Didcot Railway Centre filmed GWR Prairie 4144 sounding its whistle Heritage rail enthusiasts braved windy weather on New Year’s Day to mark the start of a landmark anniversary year for railways. Hundreds turned out across the south of England for the “whistle-up” to mark 200 years of passenger rail travel. […]
Iceland supermarkets to ban palm oil in own-brand products
Palm oil can be found in everyday items ranging from peanut butter and chocolate to instant noodles Iceland is to stop using palm oil in own-brand products by the end of 2018. The Deeside-based chain – the first major UK supermarket to ban palm oil – said it was used in more than half of […]
Boy’s robotic surgery a first for London
Guy’s and St Thomas Trust Rufus Quinn’s underwent surgery by robots using “miniaturised instruments” A seven-year-old boy has become the first child in London to undergo an operation using what his surgeon calls a “revolutionary” robotic surgical system. Rufus Quinn, from Streatham, south London, had a robotic assisted pyeloplasty, a procedure to correct a blockage […]
Hundreds of jobs go as 2 Sisters Food Group site shuts
Google The 2 Sisters Food Group said it had done its “very best to find as many alternative roles as possible for colleagues” A food processing factory is to close with the loss of hundreds of jobs. 2 Sisters Food Group said it had found jobs for 290 of the 630 staff at the site […]
Hurricane Irma causes devastation in the Caribbean
“It was like a horror movie” – Residents of Barbuda describe the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma has caused widespread destruction across the Caribbean, reducing buildings to rubble and leaving at least nine people dead. The small island of Barbuda is said to be “barely habitable”. Officials warn that St Martin is almost […]
Can cod comeback keep a Canadian fishery afloat?
‘We wasted the last 24 years’ A generation after Canada declared a moratorium on northern cod fishing off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, the species is making a comeback. But can the province’s troubled fishery survive to take advantage of cod’s resurgence? The wharf in Petty Harbour is quiet, and Todd Chafe, a 46-year-old […]