Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVintage Scotch whiskies found to be fake More than a third of vintage Scotch whiskies tested at a specialist laboratory have been found to be fake, BBC Scotland has learned. Twenty-one out of 55 bottles of rare Scotch were deemed to be outright fakes or whiskies not …
Schools in Africa are facing a “crisis” in education, according to the World Bank. Two American entrepreneurs think they have a solution – a network of high-tech schools where teachers read tightly scripted lessons from a tablet. But the idea has proved very controversial. A film by Richard Kenny, Sam Judah and Ammar Ebrahim for …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Great North Run has been held annually since 1981 Runners who did the Great North Run using charity places but did not raise any money have been described as “fraudulent” by the race organisers. It is after a BBC investigation found 1,278 people who accepted places paid for …
With a no-deal Brexit increasingly possible, could the UK still get an improved offer from the EU? Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Getty Images First it was the High Street, now it’s online as well: retailers are desperate to attract consumers by offering huge discounts. There’s talk of clothing firms slashing prices to jumble-sale levels in a bid to shift their stock. The perception is that some companies have entered permanent sale mode, with constant …
Image copyright Getty Images Hackers successfully targeted the European Union’s diplomatic communications over a period of several years, The New York Times reports. Thousands of messages were intercepted in which diplomats referenced a range of subjects from US President Donald Trump to global trade. The breach was reportedly discovered by the cyber-security company Area 1. …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat did we learn from Elon Musk’s big reveal? Entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled a prototype underground tunnel in Los Angeles which is designed to transport cars at high speed around the city. The tunnel is only a mile (1.6km) long at the moment but the goal …
Image copyright Getty Images Facebook has been caught on the back foot again over its data privacy practices, following an investigation by the New York Times. The newspaper has disclosed fresh details about ways the social network shared access to users’ data with other tech firms, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify and Yandex. In …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Federal Reserve has been gradually raising interest rates since 2015 The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates again – but future increases may come at a slower pace. Officials at the US central bank voted to lift the Fed’s key interest rate by 0.25%, to a target range of …
The prototype underground tunnel is designed to transport cars at speeds of up to 150mph. Source by [author_name]