‘No risk to food supplies’ due to outbreak
Getty Images There is no risk to food supplies as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, senior government officials say. Panic-buying is an issue, but this is expected to end as people realise supply lines are secure and run out of space in their homes to store food. The officials were briefing Stormont’s Agriculture and […]
Digital memory boxes introduced for children in care
Dylan McKee/LDRS handout Dylan McKee is co-founder of Virtual Memory Box Digital memory boxes for children living in care have been introduced as research shows they help youngsters build a stronger identity as they grow up. The technology is being used to ensure young people in Blackpool can keep hold of memories linking them to […]
Comedian Conan O’Brien to host 2025 Academy Awards
Comedian Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscar awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. This is O’Brien’s first time hosting the biggest night on the US entertainment calendar, following two consecutive years of late-night television star Jimmy Kimmel in the role. “America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s […]
Shopping in 10 minutes: The new supermarket battleground
Weezy Weezy was the first app-based rapid grocery delivery service to launch in the UK “I’m amazed it hasn’t been done earlier by some of the big supermarket chains,” says satisfied customer Kiran Wylie. “To be able to deliver supermarket-quality food within 10 minutes is very enticing.” The 28-year-old communications manager lives in Hackney, one […]
Former Berkeley power station site sold for £6.5m
South Gloucestershire & Stroud College The new owners plan to establish a low-carbon energy “super cluster” The £6.5m sale of a former nuclear power station has officially gone through. South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) first agreed to sell its 40-acre science park in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, to Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) in January. The owners […]
Grammy nominated star says ‘you can do anything’
Getty Images Jordan Adetunji said: “Having a song that I made in my bedroom in Belfast be up for a Grammy is crazy” “It’s great for music coming out of Belfast; it just shows you can do anything no matter where you’re from.” Northern Irish hip-hop artist Jordan Adetunji, who has been nominated for a […]
Couple’s Caribbean holiday ruined by dead body, drugs and pool sex
Alan Stevens The hotel pool had to be taped off while faeces were removed from the water, said Mr Stevens A couple whose Caribbean holiday was ruined when they saw a dead body at their hotel and people having sex in a pool were offered £200 compensation. Alan and Sarah Stevens, from Hull, travelled to […]
Why caste plays a role in childhood stunting in India
Getty Images Official data shows that 35% of India’s 137 million children under five are stunted Decades of caste discrimination have contributed to India having higher levels of child stunting rates than across Sub-Saharan Africa, new research has revealed. The two regions together are home to 44% of the world’s under-five population but account for […]
Bristol hospitality ‘at the mercy’ of NHS app until August
PA Media If someone gets their second dose just before or just after 16 August they’ll have to wait for two weeks before they can enjoy the new freedoms Hospitality workers have said they will be at the “mercy” of having to potentially self-isolate multiple times when restrictions end in England. After 16 August those […]
Cotswolds gets government cash to tackle fly-tipping
BBC Cotswold District Council has been awarded government funding to help with their fight against fly-tipping A council has been awarded government funding to help combat fly-tipping. Cotswold District Council has been given about £38,000, which it has started using to advise people on proper waste removal and invest in new technology to catch offenders. […]