Mary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestry

Mary Beard has intervened in the row about excessively long queues for the Bayeux tapestry by visiting the line and submitting a list of improvements to the British Museum.

Beard, 71, is a trustee of the museum and inspected the queue herself after visitors to the tapestry complained that they had to wait for hours for their turn to view it, and some were turned away with no guarantee they would get another time slot.

Lidl GB’s sales soar by over 10%, helped by price cuts and Deluxe range

Lidl’s sales in Great Britain jumped 10% to more than £13bn this year, as shoppers sought out cheaper fresh meat, fruit and vegetables and snapped up its Deluxe range.

Pre-tax profit at the German-owned supermarket’s arm in Great Britain grew by 30% to £245.5m in the year ended in February, up from £156.8m in the previous year.

Council Post: ​The Race Humanity Cannot Afford To Lose: Staying In Control Of Advanced AI

Dr. Babajide Ojuola, Executive Director Technical Services, International Energy Services Limited.

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​Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving faster than most institutions can understand, regulate or absorb. As systems become more autonomous, the central challenge is whether humanity can build the collective capacity to remain in control of machines whose reasoning, speed and reach may increasingly exceed individual human comprehension.