Image caption Ken Bruce hosts Popmaster every weekday morning on Radio 2 “In the event of a tiebreak, the exasperated presenter will flip a coin to decide the winner.” It’s something Ken Bruce tells Radio 2 listeners every morning – but, for the first time ever, Popmaster actually did go down to a coin toss […]
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Some employees get paid the same as a five day week, but only work for four. It has been estimated that more than 15 million working days are lost due to work–related stress. Campaigners say a four-day week would reduce that number and increase productivity. Supporters say it pays off in the long run as
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WASHINGTON — DJI, the large Chinese drone maker, is facing mounting security concerns within the Trump administration that its flying machines could send sensitive surveillance data back to China. Now, the company is trying to get on American officials’ good side by building a new product in the United States. The company, which is privately
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Unable to send disease fighters to help battle one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history, U.S. health officials are turning to basketball hall of famer Dikembe Mutombo for help. Mutombo, regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history and a well-known philanthropist in his native Congo, recorded radio and video spots
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Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt are the final two in the battle to become the next prime minister. They will go through to a ballot of the wider membership of the Conservative Party, but who are the members who will have the deciding vote? James Clayton reports for Newsnight.
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Image copyright Getty Images / AFP Image caption The estates of Tom Petty, Tupac Shakur, and Hole star Courtney Love are behind the legal action Several prominent musicians are suing the world’s largest record label, Universal Music, after learning their music may have been lost in a fire. The case, which seeks damages in excess
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Image copyright AFP Contributor Lloyds Banking Group has refused to reveal how much money is in the Jersey accounts which it has frozen amid heightened fears about financial crime. It would not say how many of the 8,000 accounts were held by UK citizens. Lloyds said the accounts were suspended because customers failed to respond
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Polo is widely seen as a men-only-game in northern Nigeria, but one woman is trying to change the story. Aisha Ahmad Suleiman, a polo player from Kaduna State, says being a Muslim woman, she faced many challenges when she first started to play the game. In this BBC Africa One Minute Story, Aisha says she
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New York Mets officials are in damage control mode after team manager Mickey Callaway cursed out a reporter, who was then threatened by pitcher Jason Vargas on Sunday. The reporter’s offense? “Mickey came out of his office, dressed, and I thought he was leaving for the day, so I said, ’See you tomorrow, Mickey,’” Tim Healey,
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THE LAND OF FLICKERING LIGHTS Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics By Michael Bennet Michael Bennet is disappointed, and he’s running for president. In “The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics,” the Democratic senator from Colorado has not written a typical, triumphal campaign memoir. Instead, the book
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