We’re losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?
Serenity Strull/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ Getty Images) Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence. It’s possible, thanks to surviving fragments of papyrus, mosaics and wax tablets, to learn […]
Scientists release ‘survival guide’ to avert climate disaster
Getty Images Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Switzerland where glaciers are melting UN chief Antonio Guterres says a major new report on climate change is a “survival guide for humanity”. Clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster, the report says. But at a meeting […]
Cristiano Ronaldo first to hit 1bn social media followers
Cristiano Ronaldo has hit 1bn total followers across his various social media accounts – making him the first person to reach that mind-boggling figure. The number is calculated by combining his total number of followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Chinese social media sites Weibo and Kuaishou. It does not equate to one billion […]
Met Police send CPS file to consider charges
Detectives investigating Russell Brand over allegations of historical sex offences have sent prosecutors a file of evidence so they can consider bringing charges. Brand has been interviewed three times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023 revealed allegations of rape, sexual assaults and emotional […]
Belfast student builds robot to solve Rubik’s Cube
BBC Ruarcc the year 10 student who has programmed a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube puzzle A 13-year-old schoolboy has built a Lego robot that can solve a Rubik’s cube. Ruarcc, from St Malachy’s College in north Belfast, first took steps to create puzzle-solving robot prototypes in his second year at school, aged […]
Wetherspoon’s profits plunge by 19%
Getty Images Wetherspoons warned last year that food and drink prices would rise due to increased costs Profits at UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon fell 19% in the six months to the end of January. It blamed a rise in labour costs, interest payments, utility bills, repairs and depreciation for the fall. Its chairman, Brexit […]
Thousands of Leonardo helicopter jobs secured with £435m investment
BBC CEO of Leonardo UK Clive Higgins says it’s a vote of confidence in the Yeovil site Thousands of jobs at Leonardo Helicopters have been secured after a £435m investment by its Italian parent company. The funding was announced by prime minister Sir Keir Starmer on a visit to Italy earlier this week and will […]
When Bollywood A-listers turn into start-up stars
Getty Images Bollywood stars Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have invested in start-ups Three years after launching her clothing brand Ed-a-Mamma, Alia Bhatt, one of Bollywood’s most sought-after young actresses, is reportedly cashing out. Indian newspapers report that her company will be acquired by the retail arm of one of India’s largest conglomerates, Reliance Industries, […]
Sea border assistance scheme extended
Bloomberg/Getty The Trader Support Service was set up in 2020 to help businesses deal with new customs processes The government is extending its main post-Brexit scheme for helping traders move goods from GB to Northern Ireland. The Trader Support Service (TSS) was set up in 2020 to help businesses deal with new customs processes. The […]
Pressure grows to re-open factories
Getty Images Companies around the world are waiting for China to re-open its factories and plants on Monday. If this does not happen, major brands from car makers to tech giants will struggle to make their products. Inventories are already running low following widespread shutdowns at Chinese factories forced to close to prevent the spread […]