Over 2,000 workers apply for voluntary redundancy
BBC Tata Steel UK plans to cut 2,800 jobs as part of its restructure Over 2,000 workers have applied for voluntary redundancy at Tata Steel’s south Wales sites. The majority are based in Port Talbot, where the company plans to close its second blast furnace in a month’s time. Tata Steel said it had begun […]
Could making recycling pay save the planet?
Getty Images Nine Dragons is – or, perhaps, was – the largest importer by volume of American goods into China. Those goods? Waste paper – typically with some unwelcome trash mixed in. Tonne upon tonne was baled, stacked on to ships and sailed to China, where workers manually sorted through it. It is a crucial […]
Devon and Cornwall AI cameras spot toddlers not wearing seat belts
Vision Zero More than 100 children featured in seat belt offences captured by the AI cameras, police said An unrestrained toddler sitting on a woman’s lap in the front passenger seat was among thousands of people caught on camera not wearing seat belts on Devon and Cornwall roads, police have said. Police said 109 children […]
SSE gas and electricity prices in Northern Ireland to rise again
Reuters The latest increase will affect 188,000 homes in Northern Ireland The energy company SSE Airtricity is putting up its gas and electricity prices in Northern Ireland again. Gas prices will rise by 28.3% from 1 October and electricity prices will go up by 35.4% from the same date. However, some consumers in NI will […]
Tommy T shares his top tips for pupils starting high school
Tommy T Teacher Tommy T started making social media videos in his spare time during the Covid lockdowns A teacher with millions of online followers has been sharing his top tips to help pupils and their parents get ready for the switch to high school. Tommy T, 36, who lives and works in Norwich and […]
Why farming is moving indoors
Square Roots Tobias Peggs says the fledgling industry is still developing the right business models A car park opposite the infamous New York City housing estate where rapper Jay-Z grew up seems an unlikely place for an agricultural revolution. Ten shipping containers dominate a corner of the Brooklyn parking area, each full of climate control […]
Russian air strikes injure dozens in Kharkiv
Watch: Russian missile strikes Kharkiv near metro and supermarket Russian air strikes have injured at least 41 people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials have said. Regional head Oleh Syniehubov said five children were among those wounded and he accused Moscow of “aiming exclusively at civilian infrastructure” in the city. Among the buildings damaged […]
China to tap pork reserves as swine fever hits industry
Getty Images China is set to release pork supplies from its central reserves as it moves to tackle soaring prices and shortages caused by an outbreak of swine fever. A state-backed body will auction 10,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its strategic reserves on Thursday. China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of pork, has […]
Echoes of Wisdom devs talk about how they made the new Nintendo game
Nintendo Echoes of Wisdom is the first Nintendo-published game to star Princess Zelda Princess Zelda is one of Nintendo’s best-known characters, but she’d never starred in one of its games until this year. Despite lending her name to the Legend of Zelda series, she’d always played a supporting role behind regular hero Link. That all […]
Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport restrictions begin
“Everyone will be affected financially” New restrictions have come into effect in much of south Wales as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. People will not be able to enter or leave the areas without a reasonable excuse. However First Minister Mark Drakeford has urged people across Wales to only travel if essential. BBC Wales understands […]