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Now displaying: July, 2018
Jul 27, 2018

If there’s one thing Brits love talking about, it’s the weather—and this week it gave us plenty to discuss, as temperatures soared to over 30 degrees. The papers couldn’t resist the opportunity, with sunny scenes and heatwave warnings splashed across the frontpages throughout the week.

And if, like us, the sun has brought with it an insatiable appetite for ice cream, why not head to The British Museum of Food’s latest exhibition? Scoop: A Wonderful Ice Cream World celebrates our favourite summer treat, exploring its past, present and future.

Away from the heatwave, Alphabet this week reported its earnings for the last quarter. But, following a turbulent few months for Google’s parent company – and record fines from European regulators – how did it perform financially?

Those suffering slow broadband speeds may have to persevere a little longer than expected. A government report found it could take until 2033 for super-fast solutions to be available country-wide. The UK currently sits 35th in the world in the internet speed league table—trailing behind Japan, the US and a host of European countries. 

Jul 20, 2018

A real treat of a podcast this week, as Chloe was joined in the studio by Trint CEO and co-founder, Jeff Koffman. The former ABC foreign correspondent shared his thoughts on how AI and technology can revolutionise journalism, freeing up reporters’ time so they can concentrate on the most important part of their craft—the story.

Meanwhile, Eulogy’s Mike Frier and Rachael Sanders joined in for a typically lively discussion on the week’s most fascinating stories.

What a week for Trump. Even by his own notorious standards, he followed up his UK tour with an extraordinary meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. For a man with “the best words”, he got himself into quite a tongue twister over a misplaced “would”—appearing to show confidence in Putin over his own security services. But what else stood out at the summit?

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Consumers where invited to rejoice in the savings, in a celebration of Amazon’s landmark subscription service. It may now pull in more sales than Black Friday, but are the savings really all they appear to be? 

The Now That’s What I Call Music series hit its 100th edition this week. To listen to every track on every album back to back would take you more than 10 days, but in a world where music consumption is constantly changing, does the CD compilation have a future?

It might not have come home—but Southgate, you’re the one. He’s certainly turned on TfL and Visa, who worked together to rename Southgate Station as “Gareth Southgate Station”. How are other organisations celebrating England’s surprising World Cup run?

Jul 13, 2018

Boris has brExited!

Boris Johnson has carried out his own personal leave campaign by stepping down as Foreign Secretary with Brexit discussions in full swing, highlighting divisions within the Conservative party. His stepping down came before Trump’s visit to the UK, who himself believes Boris is well suited to the Prime Minister’s role—watch out Theresa! Is the Conservative Party in trouble?

Is it coming home? Well it isn’t for England but it is for the boys in Thailand. After almost three weeks of fear and horror for the trapped football team, a rescue mission has been successfully carried out inside the flooded caves. All 12 boys and their coach are now back home to safety. What’s more, after missing most of the World Cup, they’ve been offered free tickets to final.

On that, saying this week is a big week for global sporting championships is something of an understatement. With the World Cup Final on the horizon, the nation has understandably been on tenterhooks (at the time of recording, that is). The World Cup isn’t the only championship final this weekend however. Remember Wimbledon? The World Cup’s jealous sibling? This week the tournament has made its last attempts to steal back some of the limelight from the footie in Russia—from Rufus the Hawk, to smartphone bans. Which final will you be watching this weekend?

If you haven’t heard, it’s ice cream month! And what a controversy it’s caused already. YouGov revealed that the UK’s favourite ice lolly is the Magnum, which has sparked a raging debate on social around what actually constitutes an ‘ice lolly’. We’ll hopefully come to an agreement soon.

Jul 6, 2018

It is 70 years since the NHS was founded and there have been celebrations across the country championing both the service and staff. But there have been tricky questions too, about its funding and staff shortages with supporters and detractors alike asking just how healthy is our health service?

The government published its LGBT+ equality plan, to improve the lives of gay and transgender people, announcing that they will seek to ban gay “conversion” therapies. With more than two-thirds of the LGBT+ community avoiding holding hands in public for fear of negative reactions, we still have a way to go to create a world where nobody feels the need to hide who they are.

We’re all going on a summer holiday, no more working for a week or two. But before we jet off there is a new fee to pay. Manchester Airport has announced it is introducing drop off charges. Is this a canny move to cash in on summer holidaymakers or a tactical bid to reduce congestion around the airport?

The Today programme is the BBC flagship news programme. Broadcast in 1957, millions of people start their day by tuning. But with a drop of 30,000 listeners is it in need of an update? Is John Humphry’s the best thing about the programme or an out of touch dinosaur that needs to go?

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