The coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, with the number of confirmed cases in the UK now at 19. Ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid delivered an impassioned resignation speech, claiming planned changes to the Treasury were 'not in the national interest'. Finally, Yorkshire Tea found it’s self in hot water on social media, after the new Chancellor posted a tweet praising the brand. All this and more on this week’s edition of the Headliner.
The climate crisis was a hot topic this week, as the world's richest man Jeff Bezos pledged a whopping $10 billion towards solving climate change. Meanwhile, car manufacturers are nervous that the UK could ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars in just 12 years. Finally, the CPS, news organisations and social media trolls have all faced criticism over their treatment of Caroline Flack, in the wake of her tragic suicide. All this and more on the Headliner.
On this week’s Headliner, love is in the air as we chat about KFC and Moonpig’s unlikely pairing to create scratch and sniff Valentine’s Day cards as well as Greggs’ and Asda’s trial courtship. Plus, South Korea and Natalie Portman steal the show at the Oscars while Google Maps celebrates its 15th birthday.
Half of the UK’s 10-year-olds own a smartphone, with the amount of phone owners doubling between the ages of nine and 10. Speaking to children in a high-pitched voice can add 40 words to a baby’s vocabulary, and Huawei helps teach deaf children to read through an app. Finally, Heinz and Fortnum & Mason couple up for Valentine’s Day. All this and more, on this week’s Headliner.
In the second episode of The Shape We’re In, Eulogy’s Phil Borge-Slavnich speaks to Rubies in the Rubble, Toast Ale and Too Good To Go about the unique ways they are tackling the challenge of wasted food, while giving us consumers more bite-sized options to make a difference.
The idea of wellbeing is wrapped up in the choices we make. If we choose to eat healthy, nutritious food, we expect to feel good. This idea of cause and effect is obvious, and personal. Our individual action has an individual impact. Yet increasingly, we are being encouraged to change our behaviours for a reason that may feel distant to us—but is arguably more vital than any other. Our environment. We’re feeling a growing sense of anxiety over the impact our food choices make.
Alongside watch outs like single-use plastics and the carbon footprints of specific foodstuffs, the mountainous issue of food waste, by volume alone, towers above the rest. What we need are some examples of inspiration. People who are making a difference to what we consume and doing good to the planet as they do it. Our guests share the brilliant ways they are taking on one of the biggest issues of our time, while inspiring the public to do the same.