Ed Sheeran releases Christmas music video shot in Southwold
Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran posed for pictures with fans during a break from filming on Southwold beach A film company which helped Ed Sheeran shoot his latest music video in Suffolk said it was a “real pleasure” to work with him. The former Framlingham schoolboy filmed the video for his newest Christmas single Under The […]
CBI and NFU lobby Welsh MPs on food and drink
BBC Penderyn is one of the larger food and drink businesses, employing 55 people but the sector employs 240,000 in Wales Wales’ £6.9bn-a-year food and drink sector needs to be protected after Brexit, leading business and farming bodies have urged. The CBI and the NFU Cymru have written a joint letter to 40 Welsh MPs, […]
AI means Google’s greenhouse gas emissions up 48% in 5 years
Getty Images Google’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 were 48% higher than in 2019, according to its latest environmental report. The tech giant puts it down to the increasing amounts of energy needed by its data centres, exacerbated by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI). AI-powered services involve considerably more computer power – and […]
LS Lowry’s Cumbrian views fetch more than £100,000 at auction
Mitchells Auctions Lowry’s “lonely landscape” of Sir John Barrow’s monument sold for £43,000 Artwork by LS Lowry depicting Cumbrian views has been auctioned for tens of thousands of pounds. Eight of his pieces went under the hammer at Mitchells Auctions in Cockermouth, alongside two “extraordinary” Lake District paintings. Seven of the Lowry works sold separately […]
Wales remains bottom of UK nation and region economy table
slovegrove/Getty Images Cwmtwrch in the Swansea valleys – the Swansea area has seen GVA per head rise £200 to £19,559 Wales is once again least productive of the UK nations and regions, according to the latest figures on the economy. Regional gross value added (GVA) tables show that on average workers in Wales generated £19,899 […]
Bristol Archives celebrates centenary with film
Bristol Archives The Bristol Archives collection contains cine footage and photographs from the past 100 years Footage from one of the UK’s oldest archives is to be shown for the first time in public to celebrate its centenary. Around 100 minutes of film has been selected from the Bristol Archives, which was formed in 1924. […]
What impact will a Labour government and mayor have on London?
PA Media Greg Hands had urged people to vote for Conservatives to ensure scrutiny in London’s politics As part of what turned out to be his failed bid for political survival, the now former Tory minister for London, Greg Hands, had offered a warning to voters. Think what would happen if your mayor, MP and […]
‘I was wrong about this town of my childhood’
The BBC’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen grew up in South Wales and would visit Merthyr Tydfil as a child. He returned for a series in which our reporters are revisiting areas of the UK to see the impact of Covid, and found his assumptions about the town were wrong. Getty Images Where is the […]
Samsung expects profits to soar with boost from AI
Samsung Electronics expects its profits for the three months to June 2024 to jump 15-fold compared to the same period last year. An artificial intelligence (AI) boom has lifted the prices of advanced chips, driving up the firm’s forecast for the second quarter. The South Korean tech giant is the world’s largest maker of memory […]
UK government ‘in denial’ over EU seafood and fish exports
Reuters Seafood firms say customs red tape has had a serious impact on exports to the EU Scottish seafood and fishing industry figures have accused the UK government of being “in denial” about the scale of problems facing exporters to the EU. Scotland Food and Drink chief executive James Withers told the Scottish Affairs Committee […]