Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News Davy Russell is elected as Labour MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Senior figures in the SNP have vowed to learn lessons from Labour’s surprise victory at the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. The party’s Davy Russell won with 8,559 votes, a majority of 602 over the second-placed SNP. The…
US restaurants are bracing for staff shortages as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown threatens to squeeze an already-tight labour market. Restaurant operators nationwide said they were coming under greater scrutiny as immigration officials conduct enforcement sweeps to verify the employment status of workers, including visits to more than a hundred Washington businesses in May. This…
Take it from eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi; he knows what elite-level play looks like in men’s tennis. The last American to win the French Open delivered Sunday’s singles trophy to 22-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz after a heart-stopping, five-set victory over world No. 1 Jannik Sinner at Roland Garros. Alcaraz’s second consecutive Grand Slam…
I’m constantly rotating my designer shoe collection, but there are some pairs I’ve been wearing on repeat. Whether it’s a super comfy shoe that I could wear for hours with no pain or blisters or a pair of sneakers that elevate every casual outfit, I know that I’ll be repurchasing some designer shoe options over…
Collaborative tools are really popular these days. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many people switched to remote work positions and we need to collaborate with our colleagues or customers every day. Tools like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx, (name your best solution), … became popular and must be regularly updated.Yesterday, I received an interesting email with a fake…
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s grilling of four social media executives produced some notable moments. Here are a few: Zuckerberg, Spiegel personally apologize to families: Meta CEO Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the hearing room. “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through,” he said. “No one should go through the things…
In the spring of 2018, thousands of Google employees pressured the company into dropping a major artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon. The tech giant even pledged to not use its AI for weapons or certain surveillance systems in the future. The victory, which came amid a wave of unprecedented employee-led protests, helped inspire a…
The bioarchaeological investigation of the Bronze Age cemetery of Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom has shed new light on an important period in Central European history. An international research team – led by Tamás Hajdu, associate professor at the Department of Anthropology at ELTE and Claudio Cavazzuti, senior assistant professor at the University of Bologna, has shown that around…
Getty Images Prime Minister Winston Churchill expressed frustration over slow progress securing antibiotic penicillin Winston Churchill’s push to obtain penicillin in time to treat casualties expected from D-Day has come to light in documents seen by BBC News. Official papers unearthed by the National Archives reveal the prime minister’s frustration and concern over slow progress…
At first glance Bicester Village looks like any other in the Cotswolds, the bucolic corner of England it is located near. It is filled with low-rise buildings with gabled roofs, cobbled streets, wooden benches and greenery. It is, in fact, a shopping centre where designer brands, from Armani to Zegna, sell their wares at discounts…
