Business & Economy
Bank Rate Holds at 4.5% as Quarter Point Joins Queue
Bank Rate held at 4.5% in an eight to one vote, leaving one quarter point waiting outside with a clipboard and a visitor pass.
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World Environment Day Gives Plastic a Performance Review
World Environment Day targets plastic pollution across its full life cycle, leaving the office water cooler to explain its career choices.
UK Politics & Public Life
Whitehall AI bootcamp trains data scientists, obviously
A government AI training programme promises smarter public services while one Whitehall keyboard discovers the burdens of professional development.
Travel & Transport
Northern rail fares simplify, machine loses the plot
Simpler cross operator advance fares arrive in the North, forcing the railway’s favourite ticket machine puzzle into retirement.
Sport
Sport talent funding gets £120m and a toll booth
Sport England’s £120m talent funding aims to widen access, but the pathway has already installed a toll booth and issued a lanyard.
Science & Technology
Rail Fare Freeze Puts the Timetable on Notice
A rail fare freeze promises stable regulated fares while Britain’s railway administration attempts to process the good news.
Health & Lifestyle
New NHS GP IT system celebrates a thrilling new tab
A New NHS GP IT system brings the first new core supplier in 25 years, giving procurement a fresh tab and an old computer a nervous screensaver.
Culture & Entertainment
UNESCO Arts Education Guide Promotes Glue Stick to Faculty
UNESCO’s arts education guidance puts culture at the heart of learning, prompting a glue stick to demand a teaching credential and its own cupboard.
Business & Economy
Capital Issuance Falls as Pie Chart Cuts Its Slice
UK capital issuance fell in April, leaving the corporate pie chart to rebrand a minus sign as a temporary change of direction.
World
Sizewell Concrete Gives the Rubble a Second Career
More than 15,000 tonnes of concrete moved from Sizewell A to Sizewell C, where one pile seeks a second career.
UK Politics & Public Life
National Digital Exchange gives procurement a search bar
The proposed National Digital Exchange promises quicker public sector technology buying, leaving the procurement cupboard to learn how search works.
Travel & Transport
UK tourism forecast predicts 43.4m visits, souvenir shops quietly order more tiny guardsmen
VisitBritain forecasts 43.4 million UK visits and £33.7 billion in spending, leaving souvenir shops to industrialise the national whimsy.