Ed Sheeran turns up at Ipswich music careers event
Ella Calver Ed Sheeran played to the crowd following performances from three up-and-coming local acts Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance at a music industry careers event for schoolchildren. More than 200 high school students from Ipswich attended the event – which showcased careers opportunities – at The Baths venue on Tuesday. It was […]
Lessons from history about how we spend
Leeds Museums and Galleries Mystery still surrounds the Cridling Stubbs hoard, held by Rachael Dilley, Leeds City Museum’s curator of exhibitions In 1967, in a field near the village of Cridling Stubbs in North Yorkshire, a pot containing more than 3,300 Roman coins was unearthed. The hoard of copper coins from the 300s AD were […]
how heat transformed the Paris Olympics in 100 years
Getty Images Athletes competing in the 1924 cross-country race struggled to cross the finish line due to extreme heat (Credit: Getty Images) From time in saunas to turning off fans, athletes have been bracing for extreme heat at the Olympics. A century on from Paris’ last Olympics, Isabelle Gerretsen and Miriam Quick investigate how climate […]
Rhug Estate sheep farm puts new focus on venison
BBC Rhug Estate produces about 7,500 lambs each year, and sells its meat products in its farm shop One of Wales’s largest farms is to put a new focus on producing venison because of fears about the future of lamb exports after Brexit. The Rhug Estate near Corwen in Denbighshire is one of the UK’s […]
Nuclear fusion prototype will be ‘UK’s Nasa moment’
UK Atomic Energy Authority It is hoped Nottinghamshire might win a global race to prove the technology can provide clean energy A nuclear fusion energy plant being built in Nottinghamshire has been described as the “UK’s Nasa moment” as it races to become the first of its type in the world. The experimental work, based […]
Cambridge Dictionary reveals Word of the Year 2024
PA Media Pop star Dua Lipa repeatedly talked about how she had manifested performing at Glastonbury when she headlined the festival in June saying she had written, wished and dreamt about it for many years The Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year has been revealed as “manifest”, after a global wellness trend endorsed by celebrities […]
Supermarkets won’t run out of food, vows Matt Hancock
Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared on Question Time to answer queries about coronavirus The government is “confident” food supplies will not run out, amid concerns over coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. He told BBC Question Time individuals should not buy more than they needed. A supermarket executive told the BBC sales of cupboard […]
Technology shares drop in US and Asia as AI stocks slide
Financial markets in the US and Asia have fallen sharply as investors sell off shares in technology companies, with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks hit particularly hard. In Wednesday’s trading in New York, the S&P 500 lost 2.3% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 3.6%, in their biggest one-day falls since 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
Palestinian olive harvest under threat from Israeli settler attacks and restrictions
Family handout Hanan Abu Salameh, 59, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier while she harvested olives On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her family’s land near the village of Faqqua, in the north of the occupied West Bank. It […]
Facial recognition leads to arrests at Bedford River Festival
Two people have been arrested after facial recognition technology was used for the first time at a riverside festival. Bedfordshire Police said two people were arrested due to the live facial recognition (LFR) technology at the Bedford River Festival over the weekend. The cameras were used at two main thoroughfares during the biennial event which […]