Should furloughed workers offer their skills for free?
Stella Norris Stella Norris sympathises with the plight of freelancers Many furloughed workers, with time on their hands, are offering up their skills for free, but some freelancers are taking issue with the trend. “I was sick of making banana bread!” jokes Stella Norris. The 31-year-old normally works as a digital marketing manager for a […]
Alyssa Healy: Australia’s World Cup winner ‘back to reality after doing a good job’
It is two weeks since opener Alyssa Healy batted herself into the record books with a jaw-dropping century to help Australia win the ICC Women’s World Cup final against England in New Zealand. Now she is back home in Sydney and talking to the BBC Stumped podcast after pressure washing her back yard. “Back to […]
Playboy goes from private to public in new venture
Getty Images Playboy Enterprises is going to list again on the stock market, nine years after it was taken private. The late Hugh Hefner empire is merging with another firm, Mountain Crest, in a deal that values Playboy at $381m (£296m) and includes $142m of debt. Playboy has transformed its business model and stopped printing […]
Women’s Premiership: Winning mentality can help us make it four in a row – Blues captain McGuinness
Last season’s league runners-up Glentoran Women have appointed former Irish League men’s striker Diarmuid O’Carroll, who won the league with Cliftonville and Crusaders, as manager during the close season. The east Belfast club have recently re-signed Northern Ireland goalkeeper Emma Higgins, who has previously had spells with Leeds United and Doncaster Rovers Belles as well […]
Candidates brawl in showdown without Trump
Getty Images Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy mid-debate Republican contenders clashed on stage at their first 2024 presidential debate, as they vied to displace the absent frontrunner Donald Trump. Eight rivals took to the stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to brawl over issues from Ukraine to abortion. While most were reluctant to attack Mr […]
How coronavirus is changing NHS technology
UHSFT NHS technology is changing at speed, says Adrian Byrne “Many people within the NHS are talking about two years of transformation done in two weeks,” says Adrian Byrne, chief information officer at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHSFT). His hospital has been among the many seeing innovations, including the use of a chatbot […]
Northern Ireland: IFA chief Nelson says Euro 2022 qualifiers can look forward to playing at Windsor Park
Shiels, 64, replaced Alfie Wylie as boss in May 2019 and said he felt “really good” about agreeing a new deal. “I want to contribute more and develop the under-19s’ best players, who have been with us for over a year now and they have developed to a really good level. “Some of them are […]
Voters ‘back Boris’ over burka comments
PA Mr Johnson resigned as foreign secretary last month Boris Johnson’s comments about the Muslim burka continue to divide opinion and dominate many of the Sunday newspapers. “Don’t go the full Trump, Boris,” Mr Johnson is urged in a Mail on Sunday article by former deputy prime minister Damian Green. Mr Green writes that the […]
The prison experience Elizabeth Holmes is desperate to avoid
EPA-EFE/Rex/Shutterstock Elizabeth Holmes was visibly pregnant at her sentencing in November A US judge in California is deciding whether Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of medical testing company Theranos, can delay the start of her 11-year prison sentence while she appeals her conviction – in part due to her two young children. Her case points […]
Hong Kong profile – Timeline
2014 July – Tens of thousands of protesters take part in what organisers say could be Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy rally in a decade. 2014 August – Chinese government rules out a fully democratic election for Hong Kong leader in 2017, saying that only candidates approved by Beijing will be allowed to run. 2014 September-November […]