Derry Girls creator hits out at ITV over AI job plans
Getty Images Lisa McGee is behind Channel 4’s hit teen sitcom Derry Girls The writers behind hit TV shows including Derry Girls and Big Boys have criticised ITV after the broadcaster posted a job advert for someone to use artificial intelligence to “shape the future of content creation”. The £95,00 London-based “head of generative AI […]
Minimum wage in Jersey to rise in living wage plans
Key elements of plans for a living wage in Jersey have been announced. The Council of Ministers confirmed the minimum wage was due to rise from £11.64 to £13 per hour from 1 April 2025. This was in preparation for April 2026, when the council said it would set the new minimum as a “living […]
Barras market trader jailed for advising criminals evading police
Spindrift Sweeney was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow A former trader from Glasgow’s famous Barras market who helped criminal gangs evade electronic surveillance has been given a two-year jail sentence. Ian Sweeney, 53, charged thousands of pounds to provide equipment and advice on how to sweep properties and cars for listening or tracking […]
Hamas tells BBC it will keep new leader’s name secret, as Israel continues Gaza raids – live updates
UN aid agency accuses Israel of denying humanitarian access to northern Gazapublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 16:41 BST The Israeli authorities are “continuing to deny” humanitarian access to northern Gaza, the head of the UN’s largest aid agency in Gaza has claimed. Last week it was revealed the US had written to Israel giving […]
How it works in Australia and what it could mean for UK
BBC Jack Berman and a friend in a pub smoking section – which is under cover but also had fans Jack Berman takes a long drag and then exhales, slowly, in the covered terrace of a 150-year-old pub in a Sydney beach suburb. Around him are others like him: pub goers enjoying the winter sun, […]
US Secret Service has ‘deep flaws’, scathing report says
The US Secret Service has “deep flaws” that need to be resolved urgently or more assassination attempts like the one at Donald Trump’s rally will happen, a damning report says. An independent panel tasked with investigating the 13 July shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, released its findings on Thursday, and said the organisation had become “bureaucratic, […]
How Monet’s paintings changed the way we see London
Christie’s Images A new exhibition charts how Claude Monet’s revolutionary, fog-shrouded visions of the Thames would “irreversibly alter how London saw itself”. Some artists help us perceive the world more precisely. A rare few go further. They look beyond looking. Theirs is a deeper reality, more felt than seen. Claude Monet is one of those. […]
Help urged for struggling pensioners
Getty Images Pensioners with the highest needs and lowest incomes should receive better targeted support with energy bills, says Citizens’ Advice. From next month, those not on pension credit or other means-tested benefits will no longer get the annual winter fuel payments, worth between £100 and £300. But Citizens’ Advice boss Dame Clare Moriarty, who […]
Award-winning garden moves to Manchester Metropolitan University
An award-winning garden, originally showcased at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2023, has found a new home at a university “Chained to Tech” which was created by award-winning designer Rachel Platt and commissioned by bulbs and plants specialists J. Parker’s, will be on permanent view at Manchester Metropolitan University. The RHS said it “highlights some […]
Getting my song on FC 25 is a dream come true, Alex Spencer says
BBC Alex said being on the soundtrack was the “best marketing” he could ask for Teenage singer-songwriter Alex Spencer shares the same dream as many new artists, of one day headlining festivals alongside the biggest names in music. And while he is still working towards that aim in the real world, in a virtual sense, […]