Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Indian cricket star Virat Koli (blue) is one of the big names taking part in the World Cup Twenty years ago Steve Elworthy was part of a talented South African cricket team that crashed out of a World Cup semi-final in the most dramatic fashion possible. As the game […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Today, plastic packaging has a bad (w)rap. But the first commercially viable version of the now ubiquitous material – cellophane – was conceived in a more innocent age, before anyone worried about plastic in landfill, or the sea, or the food chain. It begins in 1904, at an upmarket restaurant in
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the “Make In India” project The world’s largest democratic exercise begins today. Nine hundred million Indians are registered to vote in general elections taking place over the next five weeks. Much is at stake. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
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Image caption Families joined forces to protest outside a different, unaffected Taylor Wimpey development It took seven families two years, but a group of homeowners in Scotland has taken on a housing giant in order to have their “crumbling” new-build homes repaired. It’s part of a broader, UK-wide issue – this is their story. Sheila
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There is a wrong and right way to carry out workplace surveillance Is workplace surveillance about improving productivity or simply a way to control staff and weed out poor performers? Courtney Hagen Ford, 34, left her job working as a bank teller because she found the surveillance she was
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The experiment in rural India has inspired a range of products Anyone struggling to save money might take inspiration from labourers in rural India. These low-paid construction workers took part in an experiment. When they were paid, some of the cash was put into one envelope, or two, and
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Image copyright Bettys and Taylors Group Image caption Lesley Wild has been chair of Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate since 2011 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Lesley Wild, chair of Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate, the parent group behind Yorkshire Tea.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Is education and negotiation more effective than technology at policing your kids’ digital usage? As concerns grow about the effect of harmful social media content on our children, we look at what tools are available for parents to regulate what kids see and how long they spend online. The
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Image copyright Alamy On 5 October 1744, a storm was brewing in the English Channel. With sails set for home after chasing a French fleet off the coast of Portugal, a squadron of British warships was in trouble. The lead ship HMS Victory sank 100m to the seabed 50 miles (80km) south of Plymouth, taking
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Could AI mean fewer opportunities for work in Africa? Artificial intelligence (AI) could displace millions of jobs in the future, damaging growth in developing regions such as Africa, says Ian Goldin, professor of globalisation and development at Oxford University. I have spent my career in international development, and in
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