Dome shines light on women in tech
Real Ideas The Immersive Dome in Plymouth Women working in the “male-dominated” tech industry showcased their skills in Devon’s 50ft (15m) “Immersive Dome”. The pioneering project in Devonport Market Hall, the first of its kind in Europe, works by “wrapping its audience” in a film and soundscape. At this week’s Immerse Fulldome UK Festival, the […]
Hannah Scott: Northern Ireland football and Ireland rugby teams inspired Coleraine rower to European silver
Scott had an impressive regatta alongside sisters Mathilda and Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne and Lucy Glover, as they came within a few feet of becoming European champions. The quartet were third at the halfway point but rowed confidently past Germany and came with 0.42 seconds of chasing down defending champions Netherlands. Given how recently the crew was […]
Meet Susi Pudjiastuti, the Indonesian minister blowing up boats
BBC President Joko Widodo said he needed ‘a crazy person’ in order to make a breakthrough in the fight against illegal fishing Indonesia has never had a political figure like Susi Pudjiastuti. The minister of maritime affairs is a tattooed high school dropout turned self-made businesswomen, and is leading a tough crackdown on illegal and […]
The global terror network that started in Pontypridd
BBC A terror network established in south Wales is now suspected to have been a much more elaborate and sophisticated operation. BBC Wales Investigates reveals the complex web which began with the arrival in Pontypridd of a “vulnerable looking” computer engineering student. In late December 2015 a uniformed Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, made a […]
Alvarez v Fielding: Briton ready to seize chance against Mexican legend
Three months later, Fielding was in bed while his partner fed their newborn daughter Romi. His trainer Jamie Moore phoned him. Fielding explains: “Jamie said ‘Canelo wants to fight you’, so I said ‘what?’ “I asked what weight and when he said my weight – super-middleweight – I said ‘sound, let’s do it’. “Then I’m […]
Is the use of jetpacks finally about to take off?
Leigh Coates Leigh Coates, pictured, says that flying in a jetpack is an “incredible feeling” Leigh Coates says that when you speed through the air wearing a jetpack it feels as if you are able to fly like a superhero. “It is an incredible feeling,” says the retired US helicopter pilot. “You really do feel […]
Commons green light ‘makes me proud’
Twitter/@alexdaviesjones Alex Davies-Jones posted this image to Twitter to mark 10 months breastfeeding her son A new Labour MP who tweeted an image of herself breastfeeding has said women being given the green light to breastfeed in the Commons is “brilliant”. On Thursday new Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: “If it happens, it happens. […]
Tour de France: Chief criticises Harman women’s race request
The organiser of the petition was former world champion and Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley, who won the Grande Boucle, widely regarded as the closest thing to a women’s Tour, when it was last staged in 2009. Next year’s men’s race begins in Yorkshire, and Harman said having a women’s event would “set an example […]
US House of Representatives considers bill to avoid government shutdown
Watch: How does a government shutdown impact the US? The US Congress is scrambling to pass a deal to avoid a disruptive government shutdown due to start at 00:01 EST (05:01 BST). The House of Representatives is considering a bill to extend government funding for 45 days, which needs two-thirds of the vote to pass. […]
Ten brands that disappeared over the past decade
Getty Images The UK retail industry has been struggling heavily in recent years and many brands have been going into administration. But not everybody manages to secure a rescue deal with their creditors, and in some cases, once-popular household names have disappeared completely from the UK’s High Streets. Here’s a look at some of the […]