How the fall of the Berlin Wall inspired filmmakers
Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous geopolitical events of the 20th century. Germany was forever changed, its national identity, its politics and its culture. From Berlin, the BBC’s Talking Movies host Tom Brook has been looking […]
Doncaster property training debt soldier killed himself
Danny Butcher’s family said he was reassured that after the course he would soon make enough money to pay off his debts A soldier killed himself after paying £13,000 for training with a property company that promises to help people become “financially free”. The family of army reservist Danny Butcher, 37, said he never made […]
Transport for London still affected by ‘ongoing cyber incident’
Transport for London (TfL) has restricted its online services as its computer systems continue to be affected by a cyber attack. The organisation said it took action including limiting access to some live travel information services via apps and its website, and preventing passengers from viewing their journey history for trips paid for by contactless […]
‘Sand battery’ could solve green energy’s big problem
BBC The sand battery has been installed and is functioning well according to the power company Finnish researchers have installed the world’s first fully working “sand battery” which can store green power for months at a time. The developers say this could solve the problem of year-round supply, a major issue for green energy. Using […]
How mines control driverless trucks
Zoe Corbyn Fifty of these giant driverless trucks work in the Greater Nammuldi iron ore mine It doesn’t get much more remote than this. I’m in inland Western Australia, at Rio Tinto’s Greater Nammuldi iron ore mine. It’s about a two-hour flight north from Perth in a region called the Pilbara. No-one lives permanently here. […]
Sweet multi-buys trigger sugar warning
Getty Images Cancer Research UK wants curbs on promotions of sugar-rich food Scots buy junk food containing 110 tonnes of sugar a day on special offer deals, Cancer Research UK has said. The charity said that equated to 4.3 million chocolate bars or three million cans of cola. It has called for new laws to […]
Fast fashion drove Bangladesh – now its troubled economy needs more
BBC Many garment manufacturing jobs remain well below the minimum wage Bangladesh is the beating heart of the global fast fashion business. The clothes its factories export stock the shelves at H&M, Gap and Zara. Over three decades, this has transformed the country from one of the world’s poorest to a lower-middle income nation. But […]
experts hail breakthrough in bid to save native bird
Desert National Park A great Indian bustard chick was recently conceived through artificial insemination in India’s Rajasthan Last month brought good news for the great Indian bustard, a critically endangered bird found mainly in India. Wildlife officials in the western state of Rajasthan have performed the first successful hatching of a chick through artificial insemination. […]
Amazon Prime subscription price raised by £1 a month
Getty Images Amazon is to raise the price of its Prime service for UK customers due to higher operating costs. From September, monthly subscriptions will go up £1 to £8.99 and annual membership will rise from £79 to £95. Amazon said the price rise, its first in the UK since 2014, was partly due to […]
Russian hypersonic scientist Alexander Shiplyuk jailed for treason
FAMILY ARCHIVES Alexander Shiplyuk is one of several scientists linked to research which could be applied to ultra-fast missiles to have been arrested A Russian scientist who worked on hypersonic technology has been jailed for 15 years after being accused of treason, according to state media. Alexander Shiplyuk is the latest in a string of […]