Image caption The strikers marched from Glasgow Green to City Chambers in George Square Hundreds of schools are shut and home care services are affected in Glasgow as council workers stage one of the UK’s biggest strikes over equal pay. Primary schools and nurseries are closed and other services could be hit because of the …
Image copyright Getty Images The DVD’s days appear to be numbered after the UK’s favourite department store said it would stop selling the players once found under almost every television. John Lewis said it would not put more players on shelves when stocks run out. Sales are down 40% as more people watch movies and …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFlying over the world’s longest sea bridge Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world’s longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began. Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city …
Image copyright Getty Images Gilberto Benetton, a co-founder of the Benetton clothing firm, has died at the age of 77 after a short illness. He, with brothers Luciano and Carlo and sister Giuliana, founded United Colors of Benetton in Italy in the 1960s. The family is one of the most powerful in Italy, with interests …
A painting produced by artificial intelligence (AI) will be auctioned by Christie’s later this week. Created by French art collective Obvious, the AI system compares its own portraits against ones made by humans and keeps working on them until it is unable to tell the difference between the two. The portrait, Edmond de Belamy, will …
Image copyright Jack Taylor/Getty Images Image caption Businesses are being consulted by government about adding calorie labelling to menus UK high streets have the highest concentration of fast food outlets in almost a decade, figures show. Despite town halls attempting to limit their spread, in most areas the number of takeaways per 100,000 people was …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will host the conference Saudi Arabia’s investment conference has gone ahead despite international pressure for a boycott. The Future Investment Initiative (FII) was due to feature 150 high profile speakers from 140 firms. But around 40 attendees are understood to have pulled out amid allegations …
Image copyright Getty Images The government raises and spends just under £800bn a year. Such a big number is hard to picture, but for that money you could buy Tesco 40 times over, or Manchester United 200 times. It is the job of the chancellor of the exchequer to oversee the collection and distribution of …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The pointless business meeting – we’ve all been there, says Stephanie Every time economists wonder why Britain’s productivity is so low, it takes all my strength to resist spitting out one loathsome word – “meetings”, says workplace commentator Stephanie Hare. Conference calls and video conferencing are the worst. You …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Blockchain is one of the technologies used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin As we approach Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary at the end of this month, we ask whether blockchain – the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency – is fulfilling its promise, or a tech still looking for a better reason to exist. …