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BBC South video diary on linked up Elizabeth Line

The BBC took the newly-linked-up Elizabeth Line for a test run between Whitechapel and Reading Station. On 6 November, three sections of the Crossrail service were connected, allowing passengers to travel across London without having to change stations. The Elizabeth Line was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 30 May. Passengers from Reading and Heathrow can now travel directly to Abbey Wood, south-east London, without needing to change at Paddington Station.
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Civil liberties group says data not silver bullet to reduce crime

"We all want to feel safe in our communities," a spokesperson said. "But monitoring and policing people based on technology isn't how we do that." Sixth formers visited Oxford Big Data Institute to hear about a potential programme by Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in which forces could use collected data to identify those who might be at risk. She said the data approach "leads to people who are already marginalised being subject to harassment and surveillance by the police and may
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Ukraine: Charity sends mobility aids to hospitals

Mr Edwards, from Sandhurst in Berkshire, had both legs and both arms amputated at the age of 32 after contracting septicaemia. The charity was subsequently formed as a place to support people living with amputation as he says "an amputee talking to an amputee is the best medicine". When Mr Edwards saw the occupation of Ukraine in February 2022, he said "it was the most upsetting thing I've seen in my lifetime". He told the BBC he felt a "synergy" with Ukraine too as the blue and yellow of the
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Portsmouth dock workers 'tried to import £118m cocaine into UK'

Michael Jordan, 44, and Clayton Harwood, 55, both from Portsmouth, Michael Butcher, 66, from Waterlooville, all deny one charge of conspiring to import Class A drugs and Ahmet Aydin, 48, of no fixed address, has also pleaded not guilty. A total of 1.5 tonnes of cocaine, which Mr Leach described to the court as a "colossal amount", were hidden in two of the pallets. UK Border Force officers were alerted, but the two pallets remained on the ship as it sailed to its final destination at Portico's
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Windsor Castle: People travel hundreds of miles to say farewell to the Queen

"It's just wonderful to be able to come as I couldn't make it for the actual funeral because I was ill," she told the BBC. "She was very special to me because my mother loved her and respected her. In Japan, women were second citizens and the Queen really gave them hope," she said. She said she brought her mother's ring with her so she could have a piece of her there when they went to pay their respects. Whether they were part of an organised tour group or had travelled specifically to see th
People Management •

The metaverse: a whole new world of work?

It’s 9am and you’re logging into work: you put your headset on and appear in the metaverse as an avatar – a virtual representation of yourself. As other avatars appear, filling this digital 3D space, you exchange small talk with the person next to you as you find your space at a virtual desk ready to collaborate with your colleagues from across the globe. While it sounds like science fiction, it might not be long before it comes to a workplace near you.
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Chancellor’s Spring Statement: What does HR need to know?

This year's Spring Statement from chancellor Rishi Sunak has received mixed reviews from experts around how helpful it will be for businesses. In his address to the House of Commons – which serves as an update on the health of the UK economy and public finances – Sunak announced new measures including an increase in the National Insurance threshold and a review of skills and training within businesses.
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‘Homes for Ukraine’: What does HR need to know about hiring refugees?

With businesses prepared to open up jobs to people fleeing Ukraine, People Management asks experts how the process works, and what firms need to consider. Amid criticisms that the UK was not doing enough to support refugees displaced by the war in Ukraine, the government last week announced a new package of measures that will allow Ukrainian refugees to live and work in the UK for up to three years. Already, a number of large businesses have pledged to support this effort.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: a radio documentary - People Beyond Borders

During the Summer, I travelled to Belgium and Cardiff to speak to people who are seeking asylum in Europe to find out why they wanted to settle in Belgium and the UK. At a sleepy port town 3 hours from Antwerp in Belgium, people are risking their lives to try and reach the UK in order to seek asylum. Zeebrugge found itself in the news in October 2019 when 39 people were found dead in a lorry container in Essex. The lorry had traveled from the Belgian town the day before and the little community
Caitlin Powell •

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: a radio documentary

During the Summer, I travelled to Belgium and Cardiff to speak to people who are seeking asylum in Europe to find out why they wanted to settle in Belgium and the UK. At a sleepy port town 3 hours from Antwerp in Belgium, people are risking their lives to try and reach the UK in order to seek asylum. Zeebrugge found itself in the news in October 2019 when 39 people were found dead in a lorry container in Essex. The lorry had travelled from the Belgian town the day before and the little communit
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The Global View: Season 3, Episode 25 (Xpress Radio)

I co-hosted The Global View with Robin Zhang and Agathe Dijoud, a Saturday morning radio show for Xpress Radio, Cardiff discussing global stories, great music and surprising guests. We discussed a range of current affairs, from coronavirus in Brazil and the toppling of the Edward Colston statue and the Black Lives Matter movement, to the birth of the first koala after the bushfires in Australia and an oil spill in Siberia.
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The Global View: Season 3, Episode 21 (Xpress Radio)

I guest presented on The Global View with Sara Pasino and Robin Zhang, a Saturday morning radio show for Xpress Radio, Cardiff discussing global stories, great music and surprising guests. We discussed my dissertation documentary plans, the use of a football stadium as a classroom in Denmark, and the commemoration for Croatian soldiers who were Nazi-allies, organised by Croatia but carried out in Bosnia.
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