BBC News Agnes Rennie, is chair of Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn, the local community land group for the north of Lewis. She said: “The guga hunt is a centuries-old tradition which reinforces our unique communal identity and helps families keep ancient Gaelic customs alive and relevant in the modern world.” Historian Donald S Murray said food […]
BBC News Newspaper columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness. Liddle’s children paid tribute to their father, who they described as their guide “on how to live an extraordinary life”, while CEO of News UK, Rebekah Brooks, described him as “an inimitable journalistic force.” Brooks added that “he challenged […]
BBC News A public wake is being held in Dublin for the Irish singer and songwriter Glen Hansard ahead of his funeral tomorrow. The Oscar winning musician died in a single vehicle motorbike crash last week. The wake is taking place in the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Kilmainham, […]
Business News California-based Chip Motors plans to produce a four- or six-seat low-speed vehicle, which it is calling a “life utility vehicle, named Chip. Courtesy image The next big idea in the U.S. automotive industry may be small. A growing number of companies, including auto giant Stellantis, are betting Americans are ready to embrace smaller, […]
BBC News Perhaps the biggest additions from the MI investment have come in the form of commercial expertise and global reach. “MI have got teams around the world and business around the world, so that’s something we’ve learned from them,” Elworthy said. “The Hundred previously was pretty local. Whereas now, I think we’ve actually got […]
Digital Trends For a brand that’s stuck to safer updates for most of its annual updates, Samsung’s odd new passport-shaped foldable was a surprisingly risky move–and it seems like that gamble is paying off. Early demand suggests the company may have underestimated just how many buyers wanted something different. According to a BusinessPost report, the […]
Digital Trends China’s largest homegrown DRAM manufacturer is getting close to producing the memory that could power the next generation of flagship phones, and the timing could hardly be better for buyers. According to China Business News, ChangXin Memory Technologies, better known as CXMT, has nearly completed R&D verification for LPDDR6. This is one of […]
BBC News A letter from Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has confirmed that the country has named a major highway after US President Donald Trump. Last week, in a social media post, Trump thanked the king for the honour, but there was not a parallel announcement from the Moroccan authorities. But Morocco’s state press agency has […]
BBC News Presenter Tony Livesey has left BBC Radio 5 Live after 16 years at the station, the corporation has announced. Livesey stepped back from his weekday late night talk show last month following allegations made against his former newspaper boss David Sullivan. He had previously worked as editor-in-chief of Sullivan’s Daily and Sunday Sport […]
BBC News A man who kept his dead mother in a chest freezer in the living room of the family home for nearly three years and continued to collect her pension and benefits has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison. Christopher Phillips, 60, was arrested after the body of Sylvia Phillips, […]
