Search for meteorite as fireball lights up skies over East Midlands
Space Park Leicester New technology tracked the fireball passing the East Midlands on Saturday The search for a suspected meteorite has started after a bright fireball was seen travelling over the East Midlands. The University of Leicester said a new specialist camera at Space Park Leicester captured the object flying over the region on Saturday. […]
Charli XCX’s Brat crowned Collins Dictionary word of the year
Getty Images Singer Caity Baser showed her brat credentials while performing in London in August, at Gunnersbury Park Brat is a word you’ve probably seen just about everywhere over the last couple of months and now it’s officially Collins Dictionary word of the year. Defined as someone with a “confident, independent and hedonistic attitude” it […]
EasyJet hopes to reopen 75% of route network by August
PA Media EasyJet is introducing enhanced disinfection measures EasyJet says it hopes to resume flights on 75% of its route network by the end of August, although the number of daily services will still be significantly down for a normal summer season. The airline is already starting limited services this month, as it adjusts to […]
Charli XCX’s new Brat album: The appeal behind collaborations
Getty Images Troye Sivan and Charli XCX have been in the charts with Talk Talk When you scroll through your playlist, how many of the songs on there are collabs? Perhaps a few more now with the release of Charli XCX’s Brat and remix album It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat. The new release […]
How Japan’s youngest CEO transformed Hello Kitty
Getty Images Hello Kitty was created on 1 November, 1974 Hello Kitty, arguably Japan’s best loved creation, is celebrating her 50th anniversary. But all has not always been well at Sanrio, the Japanese company behind the character. The business has been on a spectacular journey of financial peaks and valleys. Hello Kitty has been ranked […]
The effect of war on food prices
Getty Images As hostilities step up in Ukraine, the drumbeat of the wider economic war is getting louder. Energy and other commodity prices have been rising steeply, and the prospect of an embargo on Russian oil has accelerated that Food prices were already rising before war broke out, due to Covid pandemic, supply chain disruption […]
Travel card withdrawn from buses in Swindon
Travel cards used to pay for tickets are being withdrawn from buses in Swindon. The Swindon Bus Company says the cards – now more than 10 years old – are “old technology” and “unreliable”. Customers are being asked to switch to the company’s app instead. From 3 November, passengers will not be able to buy […]
How a university dropout built a toy empire
Zuru Nick runs the business with his brother and sister The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Nick Mowbray, the co-founder and co-chief executive of toymaker Zuru. A few years into trying to build a toy business in China, budding entrepreneur Nick Mowbray […]
Virtual reality used to help domestic abuse in North East courts
BBC Three PCCs are working with Teesside University on the technology Virtual reality technology is being used to help judges and staff working in domestic abuse cases better understand victims’ experiences. Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) from Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria forces have teamed up with Teesside University to develop an educational film for those […]
The bride who crowd-surfed to Biffy Clyro on her wedding night
Bride crowd-surfs at Biffy on her wedding day You are cordially invited to witness the moment a music loving bride celebrated her wedding crowd-surfing to the band that led her to meet her husband. That might be the wording on Carla Hester’s wedding invitations were she to write them again. The 41-year-old knew she wanted […]