Category: Technology, Culture, Food, World

‘My foggy glasses solution helped me through Covid’
Dougal Shaw Business reporter, BBC News WATCH: Many spectacle wearers encounter this problem wearing masks The pandemic has hit young people’s work and career prospects…

Croft rules ‘skewed against young people’
BBC Sam Harrison and Karen Marshall hope to one day have their own croft Crofting has existed in the Highlands and Islands for hundreds of…

Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington to sign minerals deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday to sign an agreement on sharing his country’s mineral resources, Trump…

Exports of Scottish salmon fall by 23%
SSPO Exports of Scottish salmon fell sharply last year after being hit by the Covid pandemic, according to new figures. HMRC data published by the…

Plan to allow one company to control waters
BBC On sale – but for how long will Conwy mussels be on the menu? In a bid to preserve the Conwy mussel industry, a…

Fourteen days across the Atlantic, perched on a ship’s rudder
BBC Roman Friday, one of the stowaways, in São Paulo. “I wanted a brighter future,” he said (Victor Moriyama/BBC) Four Nigerian stowaways set out for…

Scots bakers lose jobs with heritage
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland McVitie’s McVitie’s brands include Digestives, Rich Tea, Club, Penguin, Jaffa Cake and Hobnobs McVitie’s biscuit brands each day…

Airport tests demanded and call for daily checks for MPs
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Sunday morning. We’ll have another update for you on Monday. 1. Labour…

Government to take 20% stake
Simon Jack Business editor Getty Images The government plans to take a 20% stake in a £20bn large-scale nuclear plant at Sizewell, the BBC has…

Welsh meat industry warning on post-Brexit recruitment
BBC Gwyn Howells said he did not want workforce limits to restrict the ability of firms to supply meat The Welsh meat industry needs assurance…