‘Welsh farmers too reliant on exporting to the EU’
Getty Images Most Welsh lamb is sold to the rest of the UK Welsh farmers are too reliant on exporting to the EU, the international trade secretary has suggested. With more than 90% of lamb exports destined for Europe, Liz Truss says “all the eggs are in one basket”. She said it showed the importance […]
Facial recognition technology will be used in Basildon on Tuesday
Facial recognition technology will be used on Tuesday as part of a police operation. Essex Police said they would deploy the technology in Basildon in response to recent incidents of robbery, vehicle theft, targeted shoplifting and burglary. A spokesperson said: “We use it to find people wanted for serious offences, to help enforce orders against […]
Flight recorders recovered from crash site
The BBC’s Emmanuel Igunza, at the scene, said there was a huge crater at the site of the crash Investigators have found the flight data recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday. The devices recovered at the crash site were the Boeing 737 Max 8’s cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data […]
Repairing Scotland’s ‘Harry Potter’ bridge
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is one of the best known landmarks in Scotland but at 123 years old, it’s in need of restoration work. Rope access teams have been working day and night in recent months to strengthen the bridge’s concrete arches and trackside areas. Made famous by the Harry Potter film series, hundreds of visitors […]
Delayed Glen Sannox ferry sets sail for crucial sea trials
Christopher Brindle Glen Sannox heads downriver for sea trials which will test its gas-powered propulsion systems before handover New CalMac ferry Glen Sannox has begun some of its final sea trials before being handed over by the Ferguson shipyard. The long-delayed ship is being put through its paces using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power […]
Why the banger on your drive is suddenly worth a lot more
Getty Images Forget cash in the attic. You may just have a small goldmine sitting on your front drive. Because among all the strange things going on with the pandemic-hit global economy, what is happening to used car prices is one of the strangest. For those of you who remember TV’s archetypal second-hand car dealer, […]
Green Jellyfish and Kirby and Haslam raided by HMRC
BBC Two of the companies raided by HMRC, Green Jellyfish and Kirby and Haslam, are located inside the Union Building in Norwich Eleven people have been arrested at locations around the country on suspicion of tax relief fraud. It follows raids by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers at a number of premises on Tuesday. […]
NI hauliers fail to get EU border permits
Getty Images About 13,000 lorries cross the Irish border on average every day Several Northern Ireland firms seeking special permits to trade across EU borders after Brexit have been told their applications were unsuccessful. Seamus Leheny from the Freight Transport Association (FTA) said he was contacted by a number of firms over the weekend who […]
Business group recommends Aurigny-Blue Islands airlines merger
BBC Aurigny has been criticised following recent disruption The Guernsey Chamber of Commerce has recommended a merger between two Channel Island airlines in a bid to improve the reliability of air links. Director of the chamber James Ede-Golightly suggested merging Aurigny and Blue Islands to create a “regional airline with resilience and scale centred on […]
What do you do when your cattle are furloughed?
What do you do when your cows are put on gardening leave? A Worcestershire farm has adapted to the coronavirus pandemic by setting up a click and collect food shop. Churchfields Farm at Salwarpe in Worcestershire would normally be making its award-winning ice cream for trade customers and visitors to the farm. But the pandemic […]