How some stars are helping music’s unsung heroes in lockdown
Decca Records Melody Gardot is paying standard studio rates to musicians who join her online project Whether they’re guitar players, backing vocalists or studio engineers, career musicians struggle with pay even in regular times. Many take on extra work to make ends meet when their services aren’t needed on stage or in the studio. For […]
Top Girlguiding award for Buxton engineering apprentice
An engineering apprentice who has been involved with Girlguiding for more than half her life is to receive the charity’s top award. Danielle Watson, 27, has earned the Queen’s Guide award by doing various personal challenges and giving back to guiding. She joined as a Guide when she was 11 before progressing through to Rangers […]
Janelle Monae and Pixie Lott dazzle
Getty Images Janelle Monae (left) dressed up as ET on Jennifer Hudson’s chat show on Thursday It is Halloween once again and two things are inevitable – running out of sweets before young crowds of trick or treaters have knocked on your door, and social media feeds being inundated with celebrities in costumes. So to […]
Wales cinema rules ‘impractical and unnecessary’
Getty Images It is “not viable” for small cinemas to open under current rules, says UK Cinema Association boss Only a “small minority” of cinemas in Wales will be able to reopen next week under current restrictions, according to an industry trade body. But the UK Cinema Association said regulations were different in Wales to […]
Broomfield Hospital doctor raises £30,000 for ultrasound scanner
Ajay Thomas Ajay Thomas said the emergency department at Broomfield Hospital faced “significant” demand A doctor who felt his emergency department needed a second ultrasound scanner raised £30,000 to pay for it. Ajay Thomas said demand at Broomfield Hospital, in Essex, had risen “significantly” in recent years. The annual number of patients attending its accident […]
‘Dancing on crutches is what makes me, me’ says West End performer
Sophia Adzoa-Moore After giving up dancing because of joint pain, Sophia now performs with her crutches From the moment she was 10 years old, Sophia Adzoa-Moore knew she wanted to perform on the West End. However, one day when she was 13 she woke up unable to walk and thought her life and dream career […]
What else links Wales and Australia?
What does Wales have that Australia does not? One holds it in a castle, the other in a jungle, but the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! host countries are more alike than one might first assume. From its first series in 2002, the reality TV show, hosted by Ant and Dec, was […]
New AI cameras being rolled out to cut deaths on road
BBC There have been 22 fatal or serious injury incidents on the stretch of road since the start of 2023 Artificial intelligence cameras, which can spot motorists who text while driving, are being set up on a road after a rise in serious crashes. Nine people have died in less than two years on the […]
Coronavirus slowdown in US seen from space
MAXAR Satellite images of normally busy locations in the US show how the coronavirus is having an impact on travel and tourism. Car is no longer king – even in the US. Traffic is down on the 101 interstate in downtown Los Angeles. And people aren’t flying either – as Maxar Technologies’ satellite images of […]
Bradford street food venue to celebrate diverse cuisines
Mi7 Projects Ltd The food and drink kiosks are arranged around landscaped walkways to create a sense of green oasis Plans have been submitted to turn a patch of disused land into a new street food venue – described as a “green oasis amidst a dense built area” – in Bradford. The proposals would turn […]