Yachts gather in Southampton for round-the-world race
Ocean Globe Race The Ocean Globe Race sets off from Ocean Village Marina on 10 September A fleet of 14 yachts and 200 sailors have arrived in Southampton ahead of an eight-month race around the world. The Ocean Globe Race is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread round-the-world race in […]
General election 2019: Labour retain Canterbury
Reuters Rosie Duffield increased her majority to 1,836 Labour has held the “ultra-marginal” seat of Canterbury with an increased majority. Rosie Duffield took the seat from the Tories in 2017 by just 187 votes, and has increased her majority to 1,836. Marginals such as the city, where the majority in 2017 was under 2% – […]
Hong Kong poll shock and lecturers begin strike
Getty Images Hong Kong voters back pro-democracy movement After months of unrest, anti-government protests and clashes, district council elections in Hong Kong have passed off peacefully. And the opposition pro-democracy movement has made unprecedented gains in the Chinese territory, according to early results. Local media suggests 17 of the 18 councils are now controlled by […]
Leeds jobs as Covid scanner firm moves to city
UtterBerry The contactless Covid scanner has already been trialled across the UK A technology firm which designs and builds Covid-19 symptom scanners is set to create at least 800 new jobs in Leeds. UK tech start-up UtterBerry has bought a former cloth merchant’s building in the city centre and and is due to start operating […]
Are US veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam treated equally?
Getty Images The Iraq war was seen as a disaster – both by Americans and by people around the world. Yet those who fought in the war are nevertheless honoured, a striking departure from the way that service members were treated when they came home from Vietnam. David Bellavia, a former US army staff sergeant, […]
Alibaba’s annual event sees slowest ever sales growth
Getty Images Alibaba employees at this year’s Singles Day event But this year it has been a more toned down affair as Beijing cracks down on businesses and economic growth slows. Sales for the 11-day event rose at their slowest rate since it was launched in 2009, up 8.5% on last year. However, customer spending […]
Women’s World Cup: Jamaica, Nigeria and South Africa impress on the pitch – and fight for respect off it
South African and Jamaican players are also unhappy at a lack of payment from their national associations. The players will receive at least $50,000 each from Fifa for reaching the last 16 at the World Cup, but nothing from the South Africa Football Association (SAFA). This is a wider issue than just these three teams […]
Why are so few women inventors named on patents?
Hannah Eachus It’s easy to list some of the many everyday items invented and patented by women – the dishwasher, windscreen wipers, the board game Monopoly, to name but a few – but the world is still failing to take full advantage of women’s innovative ideas, a report suggests. Women inventors account for just under […]
Women’s World Cup: Lauren Hemp says England ‘wanted more’ as Lionesses return home
England forward Lauren Hemp said the Lionesses “created history” but “wanted more” as the team arrived home from the Women’s World Cup final in Australia. The players landed at Heathrow airport on Tuesday morning following their 1-0 defeat by Spain on Sunday. Fans waited in the terminal to greet the team but they left without […]
Pisa test scores ‘risk’ to Wales economy warning
PA Wales came lowest of the UK nations in the last set of Pisa rankings Wales is in danger of missing out economically unless it improves its performance in global education tests, a former government advisor has said. Prof David Reynolds warned ministers would miss their targets for the Pisa tests unless teacher training improved. […]