Getty Images Asda is going to put more staff on checkouts after admitting it has reached a limit with self-service tills. The supermarket said while self-checkouts work well for customers, it wants to invest additional hours into having manned checkouts. It claimed that the decision was not about shoppers’ preference for a human to help […]
Is Keir Starmer eyeing Elon Musk as a useful villain for his season one? If so, I can’t help feeling the prime minister’s chances of getting a season two will diminish. “Let me also say to large social-media companies and those who run them,” Starmer intoned this week, “violent disorder clearly whipped up online: that […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Australia’s Commonwealth Bank, also known as CommBank, recently announced that it was able to cut customer scam losses in half for the Financial Year 2024 (FY24). The bank said that it achieved this […]
PA Media Huw Edwards was formerly the BBC’s most high-profile newsreader Huw Edwards has been asked by the BBC to hand back more than £200,000 salary he earned after being arrested in November on child abuse image charges. The ex-presenter “behaved in bad faith” in continuing to take his salary despite knowing what he had […]
Former Tottenham and Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino is a top target for the U.S. men’s national team opening, according to multiple sources briefed on the coaching search. The sources said that the federation was still considering multiple candidates as of last week, but Pochettino is seen by some as the favorite in the pool, […]
BBC Artificial intelligence is being used to carry out administrative tasks to help reduce pressure on NHS staff At a time when there are more than seven million patients on the NHS waiting list in England and around 100,000 staff vacancies, artificial intelligence could revolutionise the health service by improving patient care and freeing up […]
Golden day in Paris for Southeast Asian nation as speed climber Veddriq Leonardo and weightlifter Rizki Juniansyah win. Speed climber Veddriq Leonardo has handed Indonesia its first Olympic gold outside badminton after sprinting up a 15-metre wall to beat his Chinese rival by just two-hundredths of a second. Veddriq’s gold was the first for Indonesia […]
BBC Visitors are confronted with scenes such as models of prisoners staring out of cells Researchers exploring so-called “dark tourism” are analysing the reactions of visitors to the most gruesome parts of Peterhead Prison Museum. The prison closed its doors more than 10 years ago and then later reopened as a museum. It remains largely […]
The summer transfer window is open! Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Real Sociedad’s Merino nearing move to Arsenal Arsenal are looking to complete their swoop of Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino, reports Fabrizio Romano. Discussions are reported to be ongoing over […]
British Airways will drop its flights to Beijing from October, as it feels the impact of being banned from Russian airspace. Western airlines have been banned from flying over Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This has forced them to fly longer routes, leading to longer flight times and higher costs, including for […]