Fancy a job with great sea views?
Meet the engineers who maintain 174 turbines that make up the world’s largest offshore wind farm, off the coast of Yorkshire.
They live on a ship in the North Sea for 14 days at a time, working 12-hour shifts.
Each turn of a turbine blade can provide enough electricity for an average UK home’s day.
BBC climate editor Justin Rowlatt jumps on board to meet the crew, and even goes up a turbine himself.
Ai-da is performing self-composed poetry readings to mark the 700th anniversary of poet’s death.
Ivermectin was called a Covid “miracle” drug, championed by vaccine opponents, but research has shown that more than a third of 26 major trials of the drug for use on Covid have serious errors or signs of potential fraud. Dr Kyle Sheldrick, of the University of New South Wales, who was one of the group…
There is a “tradition” of racism in the British press, Joseph Harker, deputy opinion editor at the Guardian has said. Mr Harker, who is also a former publisher and editor of Black Britain told BBC World News it was a “laughable claim” to suggest the press was not racist in the UK. “You can look…
During the 1980s the BBC ran the Computer Literacy Project exploring the world of computing. A series of home computers known as BBC Micros were created and viewers were taught how to program them. The project helped inspire a generation of coders. The BBC’s Alex Humphrey’s visits the National Computing Museum to find out more….
The US Capitol police officer Billy Evans, who was killed in a recent attack, was “an amazing guy”, his life-long friend Jason LaForest has said. William “Billy” Evans, who had been a member of the Capitol Police for 18 years, died when a vehicle was rammed into officers at the Capitol. Mr LaForest told BBC…
Famed chef Adam Handling will be serving world leaders traditional favourites like Dover sole and cream teas, as well as more unusual dishes over the course of the G7 Summit. The environmentally conscious chef is highlighting how we can all eat more sustainably during the summit. On Thursday he took a break from the kitchen…
