Tech preview of the show’s coolest new products
WATCH: First look at an electric virtual reality suit that shocks gamers that will be at CES 2018 All aboard the (self-driving) bus – next stop, CES: Las Vegas’ annual gigantic tech fest. About 4,000 companies – many of them start-ups – are arriving in town this weekend. Over the coming days, they will reveal […]
Influencers and followers need more protection, say MPs
Getty Images MPs are calling for more protection for social media influencers and the children who follow them. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee says the growth of online culture has rapidly outpaced current employment and advertising regulations. Their report details how some child influencers are at risk of exploitation. They also warn […]
Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar
Lauraclara Cosmas Sea sponge farming is offering a lifeline to single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar (Credit: Lauraclara Cosmas) As ocean temperatures rise, single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar switch from seaweed to sea sponge farming to stay afloat. As a gentle morning breeze blows across the Zanzibar shore, Hindu Simai Rajabu walks […]
New political line-ups for the parliamentary season ahead
PA Media Ms Sturgeon unveiled her new cabinet team on the steps of her official Bute House residence in Edinburgh They are “absolutely itching to get to work” according to the first minister – and now they can. Two weeks after the Holyrood election Nicola Sturgeon’s new ministerial team has been formally approved by parliament. […]
From Bollywood actress to Indian icon
Getty Images Sridevi starred in more than 150 films In the heat of the cruel south Indian summer, Sridevi cut a cool figure. It was the early 1990s and she was in a white, flowing dress in the famous Prasad Studios in Chennai (Madras), the city that spawned her career. Tall and statuesque, she was […]
Will Gompertz reviews film starring Frances McDormand ★★★★☆
Searchlight Pictures Nora Ephron was a brilliant writer, one of the very best. She was funny, clever, insightful, and honest. Two years after she died in 2012, a book was published containing much of her best work. The Most of Nora Ephron is a testament to her genius, from the script for When Harry Met […]
‘My $60m weight-loss app cured my personal pain’
BBC Victoria Repa avidly read business books as a child The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Ukrainian entrepreneur Victoria Repa, founder of weight-loss and fitness app BetterMe. Victoria Repa had an unlikely start in life for a successful tech entrepreneur – she […]
The women smashing Ethiopia’s glass ceiling
ullstein bild Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi’s work as a lawyer led to a Hollywood film Ethiopia is changing rapidly under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, with women now wielding enormous power in a country where they have mostly been confined to traditional roles, writes BBC Tigrinya’s Hana Zeratsyon. Ethiopians like to say they were ruled by […]
Brexit Party MEPs fear MPs will block a no-deal Brexit
BBC Nathan Gill was elected as an MEP for UKIP in 2014 Wales’ Brexit Party MEPs fear there will be another delay to Brexit. The UK is due to leave the European Union on 31 October but Nathan Gill and James Wells believe MPs will block a no-deal Brexit. Mr Wells said most Brexit Party […]
Homeless Scottish veteran tells of his journey back to work
Beam Terry found it difficult to adjust to life after he finished serving A veteran from the Highlands has been telling of his journey from being a mechanic in a bomb disposal team, to ending up homeless in someone’s attic to rebuilding his life through work. Terry, from Inverness, spent seven years serving in the […]