Stopping the rot: Meet the waste warriors
Getty Images We throw away more food than we think we do, researchers say How much food do you throw away? If you’re a typical Brit, you probably think it’s hardly any. According to the sustainability charity Wrap, efforts to reduce edible waste have done nothing to decrease the estimated 10 million tonnes of food […]
Tech Tent – China’s crackdown on young gamers
Edwin Tan Three hours a week? Imagine the outrage if young British or American online gamers were told, as children in China have been, that this was the maximum time they could spend on their pastime. After all, that’s how long many spend daily just watching their favourite gamers playing on streaming platforms like Twitch. […]
Obituary of Grammy-winning tabla player
Getty Images Hussain blended tradition and innovation in his peformances Zakir Hussain, the legendary tabla virtuoso and global ambassador of Indian classical music who has died aged 73, leaves behind a timeless rhythmic legacy that will inspire generations. A child prodigy, he collaborated with Indian classical icons like Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, and Shivkumar […]
Mayotte: ‘Close to a thousand’ feared dead on French island of Mayotte after cyclone
‘You feel like you are in the aftermath of a nuclear war’published at 06:49 Greenwich Mean Time 06:49 GMT Image source, ReutersImage caption, Some of Mayotte’s population of 320,000 say they are struggling with severe shortages of food, water and shelter. One resident of the capital city, Mamoudzou, waiting for supplies, says: “We’ve had no […]
New guidance on face masks and coverings released for England
Reuters Full guidance on wearing face coverings in shops in England has been released, less than 12 hours before the new rules come into force. Coverings will be mandatory in enclosed public spaces including supermarkets, indoor shopping centres, transport hubs, banks and post offices. They must also be worn when buying takeaway food and drink, […]
Google probes leak of smart speaker recordings
PA Media Recordings of rows and confidential data were found in the leaked information The search giant said the recordings came from one of the human reviewers who helps to refine Home’s linguistic abilities. It said it took steps to protect the privacy of people whose recordings its reviewers sampled. Critical review VRT said the […]
Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean
Fukushima 10 years on: How the ‘triple disaster’ unfolded Japan has approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The water will be treated and diluted so radiation levels are below those set for drinking water. But the local fishing industry […]
Lonely Planet attempts Instagram competitor
Lonely Planet The app gathers information about your trip using GPS data Algorithms don’t have good taste. At least not yet. That’s the message Lonely Planet’s chief executive, Daniel Houghton, wants you to hear as his company launches a new app, Trips. Since 1973, his firm has been using a vast human network of travel […]
Why is Wales not testing over 65s as in England?
Reuters The Welsh Government is only testing 14% of the 5,000 it had hoped to achieve by mid-April The staff and residents of care homes in England can now be tested for coronavirus, even if they don’t have any symptoms, while anyone over 65 with symptoms can also be tested. Testing lets people confirm if […]
Maghaberry Prison reports into ‘serious’ incidents published
BBC Two reports into serious adverse incidents at Maghaberry Prison have been published by the Prisoner Ombudsman. The reports concerned incidents where two prisoners had to be treated in hospital for drug overdoses. They were carried out at the request of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, in line with its suicide and self-harm prevention policy. […]