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Japan’s constitutional dilemma: only men allowed on the Chrysanthemum throne
The question of who will succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne – the Japanese monarchy – when there is a shortage of male heirs is in play again after the panel set up to look into the succession recently ruled out allowing a woman to ascend the throne. While the emperorContinue Reading
Why thieves using e-scooters are targeting farms to steal £3,000 quad bikes, and what farmers can do to prevent it
Quad bikes and GPS systems are being stolen from farms. Michael Garner/Shutterstock Farm vehicles have long been considered an easy target for thieves because of poor security measures, such as universal keys that can be used to start any tractor and the failure to use immobilisers. But security is nowContinue Reading
Ascending is on the way up, could be a star!
Ascending will be difficult to beat if he stays seven furlongs of ‘soft’ Leicester ground today, having shaped well at the Midlands venue on a contrasting ‘good to firm’ surface ten weeks ago; Clive Cox is not a guesser and the Lambourn trainer, along with stable jockey, Adam Kirby, willContinue Reading
Cyprus: what is Elam, the far-right nationalist party seeking success after the demise of Golden Dawn?
A new shadow looms over Cypriot politics. Not much is known about the country’s far right, but Elam’s recent gains in the May 2021 general election put the party on the map for good. Elam originally started in 2008 as a sub-division of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn butContinue Reading
Coronavirus business loans: some directors may have defrauded billions from UK taxpayers
From pandemic to scamdemic. HM Treasury, CC BY-SA In the early days of the pandemic, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak announced business-loan schemes as part of the government’s suite of measures to keep businesses on their feet. This offered businesses the chance to borrow tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands ofContinue Reading
Pingdemic staff shortages: how business can cope with isolating employees
STEKLO/Shutterstock Despite the lifting of most legal COVID-19 restrictions on July 19, the pandemic’s effect on the health, economy and wellbeing of the English public is far from over. The latest development is in the form of the “pingdemic” –- the term referring to the hundreds of thousands of peopleContinue Reading
Factories of the future: we’re spending heavily to give workers skills they won’t need by 2030
'The only living worker left'. metamorworks “This government is obsessed with skilling up our population,” said Boris Johnson in his recent speech on “levelling up”. There is still a fair amount of uncertainty about exactly what the UK prime minister’s plan to level up the regions will involve, but manufacturingContinue Reading
Brexit: UK services are losing out to EU rivals – but Asia could be big winner
Singapore looks like one of the big winners from Brexit. joyfull Seven months after Britain’s exit from the EU, the chilly effects on UK trade are being felt. Total exports of UK goods and services were down by 13% (£36 billion) and imports down 22% (£66 billion) for January toContinue Reading
How the travel industry still ignores people with disabilities
Shutterstock/wavebreakmedia As restrictions are gradually lifted, travelling abroad will be a high priority for many people. But for a disabled person, getting away on holiday can seem like a distant dream – with or without a pandemic. People with disabilities are still subjected to systematic discrimination when it comes toContinue Reading
Northern Ireland protocol: here’s what a compromise between EU and UK could look like
The EU has announced it will suspend its legal action against the UK for allegedly breaching the Northern Ireland protocol by unilaterally extending grace periods related to trade between Great Britain and the province. The intention is for both parties to discuss realistic and practical solutions to the trade issuesContinue Reading