Links (part 2)
Economics:
Children's scooters added to inflation basket - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39265388
Language:
'The language more beautiful than words' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-39302109
Miscellaneous:
Prison smuggler: 'I brought mobile phones in for criminals' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39258076
'Don't bag up dog poo in countryside', MP urges owners - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39254072
'My friends call me Lara Croft' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39260186
The politics of the office tea round - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39155646 In which I have had completely different experiences but ... I have odd experiences.
EU workplace headscarf ban 'can be legal', says ECJ - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39264845
Alabama town agrees in settlement to stop operating debtors’ prison - https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/03/14/alabama-town-agrees-settlement-stop-operating-debtors%E2%80%99-prison
Is North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un rational? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39269783 From March 2017
Could your barber save your life? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39281204
Music industry:
Five ways the singles chart can be fixed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39265093 Wherein Ed Sheeran is so all-conquering that they're going to change the rules.
Politics:
Trump and Brexit: why it’s again NOT the economy, stupid - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/trump-and-brexit-why-its-again-not-the-economy-stupid/ From November 2016
Where liberal fight goes in the age of Trump - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39258416
Marine Le Pen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/marine_le_pen
Sport:
‘Not far from death’: How fighters are risking their lives to make weight
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/a4372439-aef4-4f18-bd9a-d914e3f37f2a It's about MMA fighters but I suspect it's true for everything else with weight categories
The Gentrification of College Basketball - https://theundefeated.com/features/gentrification-of-ncaa-division-1-college-basketball/?utm_content=buffer6fe38&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Cycling:
Dame Sarah Storey: Paralympic cyclist launches elite women's cycling team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39283137 From March 2017
Football:
The accidental chairman, and the making of modern Leicester - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2016-2017/the-accidental-chairman-and-the-making-of-modern-leicester_sto6092154/story.shtml The most Leicester story possible
Rugby League:
Super League playercam trial set to continue despite 'technical issues' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39303947 Technical issues is code for Kurt Gidley threw a fit about having to wear it at half-time
Technology:
THESE FAILED APPS DISCOVERED A HIDDEN RULE OF THE WEB - https://www.wired.com/2017/03/these-failed-apps-discovered-a-hidden-rule-of-the-web/#.5upn8bcxu
Children's scooters added to inflation basket - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39265388
Language:
'The language more beautiful than words' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-39302109
Miscellaneous:
Prison smuggler: 'I brought mobile phones in for criminals' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39258076
'Don't bag up dog poo in countryside', MP urges owners - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39254072
'My friends call me Lara Croft' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39260186
The politics of the office tea round - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39155646 In which I have had completely different experiences but ... I have odd experiences.
EU workplace headscarf ban 'can be legal', says ECJ - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39264845
Alabama town agrees in settlement to stop operating debtors’ prison - https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/03/14/alabama-town-agrees-settlement-stop-operating-debtors%E2%80%99-prison
Is North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un rational? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39269783 From March 2017
Could your barber save your life? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39281204
Music industry:
Five ways the singles chart can be fixed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39265093 Wherein Ed Sheeran is so all-conquering that they're going to change the rules.
Politics:
Trump and Brexit: why it’s again NOT the economy, stupid - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/trump-and-brexit-why-its-again-not-the-economy-stupid/ From November 2016
Where liberal fight goes in the age of Trump - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39258416
Marine Le Pen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/marine_le_pen
Sport:
‘Not far from death’: How fighters are risking their lives to make weight
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/a4372439-aef4-4f18-bd9a-d914e3f37f2a It's about MMA fighters but I suspect it's true for everything else with weight categories
The Gentrification of College Basketball - https://theundefeated.com/features/gentrification-of-ncaa-division-1-college-basketball/?utm_content=buffer6fe38&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Cycling:
Dame Sarah Storey: Paralympic cyclist launches elite women's cycling team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39283137 From March 2017
Football:
The accidental chairman, and the making of modern Leicester - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2016-2017/the-accidental-chairman-and-the-making-of-modern-leicester_sto6092154/story.shtml The most Leicester story possible
Rugby League:
Super League playercam trial set to continue despite 'technical issues' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39303947 Technical issues is code for Kurt Gidley threw a fit about having to wear it at half-time
Technology:
THESE FAILED APPS DISCOVERED A HIDDEN RULE OF THE WEB - https://www.wired.com/2017/03/these-failed-apps-discovered-a-hidden-rule-of-the-web/#.5upn8bcxu