The Australian company that banned work on Wednesdays
Getty Images No longer living for the weekend: if you had one more day off a week how would you spend your time? (Credit: Getty Images) Would you be more likely to stick with a company that gave you a day off in the middle of the week, every week? As we head into 2020, […]
Vaginal mesh led to ‘excruciating pain’
BBC Susan McLarnon said she was never told about the potential problems Susan McLarnon arrives on crutches to tell her story. Pain is etched across her face, her body is stiff as she slowly eases herself into a seat. The Belfast woman appears to be in agony and a lot older than her years. “I […]
Ellie Pacey pleads for women engineers
A tractor pulling enthusiast and Mercedes apprentice has urged women and girls to get involved in motorsport and engineering. Ellie Pacey, 21, features in BBC Three’s competitive tractor racing show The Fast and the Farmer-ish – a hobby she took up because of her long-term love of engines. Her day job involves working as an […]
The world’s largest designer of water parks
Geoff Chutter says that when hiring staff he looks for positivity rather than skills. In 1980 Geoff Chutter found himself “mortgaged to the underside of the nostrils”, and the owner of a brand new water park. The then 28-year-old had no previous experience of working in the world of giant water slides and swimming pools, […]
Online funerals, face masks and elections without rallies
Reuters In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes about the new normal – from how to hold a socially distant election to attending online funerals. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, we have come to accept that our lives have been turned upside down. We have […]
What we learned from the new video
Drake / YouTube Drake’s In My Feelings is one of the biggest hits of 2018 – and now it has a big budget video to go with it. Of course, you’ve probably watched a lot of In My Feelings videos already, because the song also sparked one of the biggest dance crazes in years. Although […]
Joe Biden says ‘time to turn the page’ after victory confirmed
Joe Biden, speaking earlier in December after his election victory was confirmed Joe Biden has said it is “time to turn the page” after his presidential election victory was confirmed by the US electoral college. In a speech after the announcement, he said US democracy had been “pushed, tested and threatened” and “proved to be […]
Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home
BBC Relocation experts say many of those looking to emigrate are highly-trained professionals, such as Professor Chen Hoffmann As tens of thousands of Israelis continue to join weekly protests over the government’s highly controversial plans to change the justice system, as many as one in three citizens is thinking of leaving the country, according to […]
Football Association of Wales unveils six-year plan to make Wales leading football nation
A particular priority on gender imbalance aims to see the FAW work with partners across Wales to “guarantee the female game has the platform to reach its potential”. Mooney is looking to improve the grassroots infrastructure of the game and to make sure there are clear pathways into the nation’s senior teams for stars of […]
Tech tales of love, sex and online abuse in India
Indu Harikumar Years ago, when Indian artist Indu Harikumar fell in love, she thought it was the perfect romance. But within months, the live-in relationship began to unravel – there were frequent fights, mostly over what she was posting on the internet. “I had no idea what would trigger him. Whenever I would share a […]