US economy ‘overheating’ and ‘Ukraine fears’
BBC “Surging US stock markets sound alarm for ‘overheating economy'” reads the main headline on the Financial Times. It quotes one of the world’s biggest bond fund managers, Dan Ivascyn…
Is this tiny Mauritian island a confidential spy station?
Billy Henri Arnaud Poulay never wanted to leave the tiny Indian Ocean island of Agalega, but this year he packed his bag and took off, broken-hearted by what he regards…
I gave my DNA to tracking company
Kate Lake Kate Lake wants answers about what happened to her money and data A DNA-testing firm appears to have ceased trading – without telling its customers what has happened…
‘The attacks live on’ – why bands are once again rocking against racism
Getty Images The Specials played an anti-racism gig at Coventry’s Butts Stadium “We shouldn’t be having this conversation about racism and racist attacks almost 50 years on.” Lynval Golding, founding…
Buses in England blighted by poor technology and infrequent services
BBC Janette Ward relies on her local bus to see her daughter and go to appointments The 12:40 bus has just driven past Janette Ward’s stop seven minutes early as…
Emergency service staff who die in line of duty honoured by King
handout Bryn Hughes campaigned for emergency workers following the murder of his daughter, Nicola The first recipients of an award for emergency service workers who die in the line of…
What's so different about the Scottish poppy?
The Scottish poppy, made at Lady Haig’s factory Edinburgh, is different to those sold in the rest of the UK. Source link
Orkney island gets broadband via water pipes in UK first
CloudNet The fibre cable is delivered through a second pipe housed within the drinking water network Homes and businesses in the Orkney island of Papa Westray are now receiving their…
Why did the UK’s first satellite end up thousands of miles from where it should have been?
BBC/Gerry Fletcher Artwork: The half-tonne Skynet-1A satellite was launched in November 1969 Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or…
Cost of showing rugby ‘too much’ say pub
The Kings Arms Hotel The Kings Arms Hotel said they had bookings for all of the nations, not just Wales’ games A packed-out stadium is the best place to watch…