AI does grunt work on China’s pig farms
Getty Images Alibaba is trying to entice Chinese pig farmers to trial its tech Artificial intelligence technology has been developed to help piglets survive their first months – and then to decide which sows to kill. The scheme is being rolled out in China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of pork. It marks the […]
The Gingerbread House: Stroud’s ‘wonderment’ project
Andy Freeman The group “take art as a broad subject – including hedge laying and cooking” A project aiming to connect landscape, food and farming with community creativity is open to visitors. The Growing Places project will welcome ten resident artists to the grounds of a large Gingerbread House in Stroud from September to January […]
How Red Driving School steered away from a crisis
Red Driving School Ian McIntosh became boss of Red Driving School in 2012 Would you quit a stable, well-paid corporate job to become the boss of a failing driving school chain? Ian McIntosh did that in 2012, when he became chief executive of Red Driving School, and admits it was a “pretty big gamble”. The […]
Police Scotland body-worn cameras delayed until next year
BBC Police Scotland officers will not start to receive body-worn cameras until next year despite the force previously hoping to introduce them this summer. The service is the second largest in the UK after the Met but is the only one not to have body-worn video as standard equipment. Chief Constable Jo Farrell told MSPs […]
‘Being a butcher is like being an artist’
Judith Jacobs Lottie Mallia, 16, and Nathan Goodliffe, 22, both say they never saw themselves working as butchers but hope they might inspire others to take up the trade The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers claims the industry currently has about 14,000 job vacancies. What is the trade like for young butchers? ‘It’s another way […]
Victoria Beckham given Women of the Year award by daughter Harper
Getty Images Victoria Beckham said she was “so proud” of her daughter Harper Victoria Beckham has been presented with a prize at Harper’s Bazaar magazine’s Women of the Year awards by her 13-year-old daughter, Harper. Harper, the youngest child of the Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer and her husband David, told the audience she was “so nervous” […]
Last day for the Eat Out to Help Out discount
“I think it is going to be a tough winter” The government’s Eat Out to Help Out discount ends on Monday, having been praised by many of the restaurants, cafes and pubs it was designed to help. Businesses say the scheme – which gives diners 50% off, up to £10 – has successfully tempted more […]
UK government set to agree £500m subsidy
Ministers are preparing to announce that an agreement has been reached to give Tata Steel a grant of £500m towards the cost of its electric arc furnace. Union sources say the agreement comes with assurances over future investments, including the potential to build a steel plate facility in Port Talbot for floating offshore wind turbines. […]
Workers at key UK port to strike for eight days
Getty Images Workers at the UK’s biggest container port in Felixstowe are to strike for eight days in a dispute over pay. Around 1,900 members of the Unite union will walk out on 21 August after rejecting a 7% pay offer from Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company. Unite called the pay offer “significantly below” the […]
Fake retro video game ring worth €50m smashed in Italy
A video game trafficking ring has been smashed by police in Italy, after fake vintage consoles and games worth almost €50m ($55.5m) were seized. Among the counterfeit games were popular titles from the 1980s and 90s, including Mario Bros., Street Fighter and Star Wars. The pirated consoles were imitations of the iconic devices produced by […]