Image copyright Durham County Council Image caption These illegally cigarettes were seized in Durham Millions of fake cigarettes are entering the UK and undermining efforts to cut smoking, councils have warned. Herefordshire, Lincolnshire and Durham county councils in 2018 found illegal stashes of cigarettes behind shop walls, in sweet boxes and toilets. Fake or “bootlegged” …
Image caption Katie Hope made the long journey to the Rinerhorn Base Camp to “discover happiness” “Everyone assumes that everyone else feels really awesome, but it’s generally not true,” says Laurie Santos, a psychology professor at Yale University. Prof Santos has more insight than most into how happy people are. At the beginning of last …
Image copyright Alamy So many people have experienced the annoyance of the little card on the doormat, saying: “Sorry we missed you.” According to consumer group Which?, 60% of those who ordered Christmas presents online experienced problems with delivery. Keen to avoid parcels ending up in recycling bins or being chewed by the dog, more …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The seriousness of the shutdown was starting to show. President Donald Trump’s decision to endorse a deal to reopen the federal government for three weeks on Friday came amid mounting pressure to end the impasse. Here are four reasons from the business world why the White House blinked. 1. The …
Claire Banks is a rarity – she’s a female airline pilot. Just 5% of commercial aircraft pilots are women, but the global industry is now working hard to increase that number. Ms Banks has just been recruited by UK carrier EasyJet. Video journalists: Jonathan Josephs and Jeremy Howell. Source by [author_name]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSurvivors were pulled from the muddy torrent after the dam collapsed A mining dam has collapsed in Brazil, causing a sea of sludge to spread to rural areas of the country’s south-east state of Minas Gerais. Up to 200 people are missing, the fire brigade says, although …
Image copyright Getty Images British clothing manufacturers have been forced to pay almost £90,000 to employees for non-payment of the minimum wage. An HM Revenue & Customs investigation found that over a six-year period 126 garment workers were paid wage arrears. MP Mary Creagh, who reviewed the HMRC data, said it showed exploitation in the …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Electricity supplies to Our Power customers are “secure” Edinburgh-based Our Power, which has 38,000 customers, has gone out of business. Its website said the interests of customers would be protected and power supplies were “secure”. The regulator Ofgem said it would choose a new supplier to take on the …
Image copyright AFP Image caption Departures were grounded at New York’s LaGuardia airport There are reports of widespread delays at US airports due to shortages of air traffic control staff linked to the US government shutdown. A federal closure, the longest in history, has meant that controllers are currently working without pay. Nancy Pelosi, the …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The plan would let people communicate with anyone on the currently separate apps Facebook plans to integrate its messaging services on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, reports the New York Times. While all three will remain stand-alone apps, at a much deeper level they will be linked so messages can …