Improved privacy for children’s wristband scheme
A scheme to give children in Guernsey wristbands to monitor and improve their health will benefit from tighter privacy rules, the island’s data protection authority has said. The Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) worked with Guernsey’s Health Improvement Commission (HIC) and the wristband’s manufacturer to check privacy safeguards were strong enough and improve […]
One Direction share ‘devastation’ at death of Liam Payne
Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates say they are “completely devastated” about the passing of their fellow band member. In a statement signed by Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles they said: “In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say”. The pop star, who found fame […]
New measures introduced to enable quick bluetongue response
New powers to enable a quick response to the bluetongue virus have been introduced by the Isle of Man’s Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture. The move follows the continued spread in the UK of the virus, which can cause infertility and breeding problems in animals and can be fatal. Measures allowing restrictions on exports, […]
Whitchurch library to get temporary home in shopping centre
Whitchurch library, which has been without a home due to the discovery crumbling concrete, could reopen in a local shopping centre. Last year, engineers found reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in the Civic Centre complex where the library was based. Since then, a pop-up stand has been used to provide a book pick-up and drop-off […]
Google introduces new way to search by filming video
Getty Images Google has released a new feature which will allow people to search the internet by taking a video. Video search will let people point their camera at something, ask a question about it, and get search results. Android and iPhone users globally will gain access to the feature from 1700 GMT by enabling […]
UK’s first black female Olympian in Black History Month exhibition
CHARLOTTE VOWDEN/BBC Olympian Anita Neil said black history “needs to be brought to the forefront” An exhibition of art and photography to celebrate Black History Month has been opened by Britain’s first female black Olympian. Anita Neil competed in the women’s 100m and 4x100m metres relay team in Mexico City in 1968, aged just 18, […]
McDonald’s and supermarkets failed to spot slavery
BBC Nine victims of modern slavery were forced to work at a McDonald’s branch in Cambridgeshire Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a company supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found. A gang forced 16 victims to work at […]
Views on AI to shape future telecom services
Public views on the use of artificial intelligence will help shape telecommunication services offered in future on the Isle of Man, one of the largest Isle of Man providers has said. Manx Telecom has commissioned a survey to gauge the preparedness, usage and awareness of the technology by individuals and businesses on the island. The […]
Destiny Africa choir shares ‘remarkable’ tales at Holbrook school
Luke Deal/BBC Destiny Africa has been performing at Holbrook Academy, near Ipswich, as part of a UK tour A “remarkable” Ugandan children’s choir hopes going on tour will raise awareness of issues affecting youngsters in their country. Destiny Africa, a performing arts group connected to the Kampala Children’s Centre, sang as part of a cultural […]
Sinwar death is serious blow to Hamas, but not end of war
Getty Every Hamas leader since the 1990s has been killed by Israel but there has always been a successor Killing Yahya Sinwar is Israel’s biggest victory so far in the war against Hamas in Gaza. His death is a serious blow for Hamas, the organisation he turned into a fighting force that inflicted the biggest […]