BBC News As part of the settlement, the social media giant has agreed to make a number of changes to the way Instagram and Facebook operate for its youngest users. Some experts say it is long overdue. The new safety barriers include a two-hour time limit across both platforms, which will be a default setting […]
BBC News Although outside the EU, Iceland is part of the European Economic Area (EEA) along with Norway and Liechtenstein, so it is part of the single market and the Schengen border-free zone. Reykjavik opened EU accession talks two years after the devastating 2008 global financial crisis, but abandoned them in 2013. Fishing was the […]
BBC News Sarandon, who played the heroine Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, praised Curry as “a funny, sexy, original”. She added: “Even wheelchair bound he continued to be so sweet and generous with his fans. Thank you Tim for meaning so much to so many people.” Curry’s longtime manager and friend Marcia […]
BBC News Parton wasn’t always wealthy. She grew up in poverty and in her 1971 hit Coat of Many Colours describes how she would wear rags which her “mama” had knitted together to school. In a 2017 BBC interview, she said her father gave her business lessons from early in her career. “My dad wasn’t […]
BBC News The government hopes the plug-in panels will offer people a more affordable way into solar energy compared to roof installation, although savings will be lower because they generate less power. A one-panel kit will cost £699 while two-panels will be £1,089, according to UK solar company UKSOL. The government expects prices to settle […]
BBC News The world’s first patient to have brain surgery with live artificial intelligence assistance has successfully had his tumour removed. Rhys Hibbert, a father-of-two from Bedfordshire, could have lost his sight without the operation, said surgeons at University College London Hospital. The AI tool analysed a video feed of the operation as it happened […]
BBC News The sessions allow a free-flowing conversation about how the patient feels, what help they would like and how that may be achieved. It also allows the “network” to talk about what they have observed about the patient and their own feelings. Dr Travers said although the network meetings were longer than a normal […]
BBC News “People used to come to the Highlands and say, ‘it’s beautiful – shame about the weather’. Now they’re coming for the weather.” James MacLeod, concierge at the Glencoe House Hotel, in the Scottish Highlands, is talking about how he has noticed a big shift in visitors’ perceptions. “They don’t seem to care about […]
BBC News Jude Hillary, the economist who led the project for NFER, says these human skills are what will allow people to get into and keep work at a higher skill level, even while automation bites. “This is where the job growth is going to be in the labour market,” he says. “It’s really important […]
