Businesses adapting to life under lockdown
Lora Jones Business reporter, BBC News Andrei Lussmann Andrei Lussmann owns a chain of six restaurants across the south of England “A restaurant kitchen is completely different from a production kitchen, and we had never delivered a unit of food,” Andrei Lussmann says. His firm now completes about 400 online orders in one weekend. Andrei […]
Broadway workers fight to stay afloat with theatres closed
Zoe Thomas BBC Business reporter, New York BBC After waiting for years to have her own chair in a Broadway orchestra, Katie Kresek’s show was closed in March Violinist Katie Kresek waited for more than a decade to have her own chair in a Broadway orchestra. Last year, she became the co-orchestrator and violinist for […]
Ukraine hopes to ‘finish war this year’, not in another three, Zelensky says – live updates
What we know – and don’t know – about the US-Ukraine minerals dealpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12:36 GMT Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, An open-pit mine in Donetsk, Ukraine As we’ve been reporting, a senior Ukrainian official says the country is close to finalising a minerals deal with the US. Donald Trump says […]
Will a new name give Wales’ sparkling wine cheers?
Luned Phillips & Elen Davies BBC Wales News Getty Images The industry in Wales could be boosted with a better name, says the Welsh Vineyards Association Champagne, prosecco, cava and now… pefriog? That’s the Welsh word for sparkling and it has been mooted by some in the industry as a blanket name for sparkling wine […]
How Covid-19 has changed the ‘big fat Indian wedding’
Copyright: Sahil Arora Chaitali Puri married Nitin Arora in her living room Marriage ceremonies across India have been put on hold due to the coronavirus lockdown. But some couples chose to swap their big fat weddings for small intimate affairs. So, could that be the new normal? The BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi reports. Nitin […]
Biggest UK solar plant approved
Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst Hive Energy The go-ahead has been given to the UK’s biggest solar farm, stretching 900 acres on the north Kent coast. The government has approved the controversial scheme, which will supply power to 91,000 homes. The project could include one of the world’s largest energy storage systems. But it has […]
What will a night out be like after lockdown?
EPA In Japan, some customers have donned plastic facemasks in bars When people in the UK were asked last month what they were most looking forward to post-lockdown, only seeing friends and family ranked higher than a night out. And with limited socialising now a possibility, attention is turning to Britain’s pubs, bars and clubs. […]
Battle lines being drawn over fishing rights
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland Getty Images Fishing is a concern for the inshore fleet as well as the larger boats Naval battle lines are being drawn up ahead of talks between the European Union and UK, with fisheries among the most difficult and high profile topics where the two sides diverge This […]
Bestival manslaughter trial on front pages
Coverage of the trial of a man accused of manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend at a music festival leads to some disturbing front-page headlines. Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24, the daughter of actor John Michie, was found dead in woods on the Bestival site in Dorset in 2017. “Corrie star’s girl filmed as she lay […]
Obituary: Nigel Lawson – BBC News
Always a Eurosceptic, Lawson backed the UK leaving the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum, serving on the organising committee of the Vote Leave campaign group. Lawson, who lived in France for many years, insisted that the UK was not turning its back on Europe but reasserting sovereignty that had been given away by […]