Bride ‘refused £16k deposit for cancelled wedding’
Alisha Rehman Alisha Rehman married her husband in a small ceremony earlier this year A bride whose dream wedding plans were derailed by Covid-19 has said she is being denied her £16,000 deposit. Alisha Rehman, 25, from Birmingham, was due to get married at Excellency Midlands’ venue in Telford in July in a 500-person ceremony. […]
As dramatic campaign closes, has it actually grappled with UK’s massive problems?
Getty Images Nearly there! The battle buses have revved up for their final journeys. The set piece debates are all over. The parties’ manifestos almost seem like a distant memory. It’s five days until polling day and this time next week, on Saturday 6 July, you can expect the occupant of Number 10 to be […]
Six months of Brexit: Business pays the price
Getty Images Fresh food and haulage were first into the front line of Brexit, so how are they faring now? Some are settling down: others warn recruitment outside Europe is a growing problem, with consequences. For those and other sectors, including engineering, paperwork, delays and extra cost are harming their relations with European customers. The […]
Aberystwyth pupils cook up food waste recipe book
Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig The pupils face European competition in next week’s final Have you ever looked in your fridge and thrown food away you’re not sure how to use? You are not the only one, as the average person wastes 100kg (220lbs) of food a year, according to Wrap Cymru, a climate action group. A […]
I coach women to get over their ex
Somsara Rielly The fact that “break-up” has been tagged on TikTok more than 21 billion times shows just how many people want to talk about or get advice on heartbreak. So maybe it’s no surprise that there are break-up coaches, like Aronke Omame, who make a living by helping them through the experience. It’s 1993 […]
The head teacher who works in a chip shop
family photo Head teacher Lee Humphreys dons his apron on the weekends to work in his chip shop By day head teacher Lee Humphreys is in charge of hundreds of pupils at a south Wales high school. But by night, he swaps his suit for an apron and steps behind the counter of his chippie. […]
University of Bristol makes tactile robotic hand ‘breakthrough’
University of Bristol Developed by the University of Bristol, the tactile robotic hand can rotate objects University researchers say they have made a “key breakthrough” in the development of tactile robotic hands. Led by Prof Nathan Lepora, a professor of robotics and AI, at the University of Bristol has created a four-fingered robotic hand which […]
Government looking at language rule for butchers
PA Media The government is looking at relaxing the language requirement of its immigration system to get butchers into the UK, says the environment secretary. The pork industry has warned of a crisis that could see 120,000 pigs killed because of labour shortages. Butchers are on the government’s skilled occupation list, allowing them to work […]
Prof Patricia Wiltshire discusses career on Desert Island Discs
Norfolk Police Michelle Bettles was a sex worker in Norwich who was murdered in March 2002, aged 22 A forensic scientist involved with investigations into some of Britain’s most notorious crimes has told how the unsolved murder of a mother-of-three 22 years ago affected her. Prof Patricia Wiltshire told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs […]
Oil on stormy market waters
Getty Images Oil prices had diaried an appointment with mayhem this week, but instead, the market is calmer and positive. Global demand is up, as lockdown eases, and supply has been cut by Opec, Russia and, decisively, in the USA. Speculators can drive volatility, and not just in the oil market. The warning of chaos […]