con Scotland's papers: Welby quits and Higher exam 'controversy' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:04:33 GMT A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland. Full Article
con Swinney congratulates Trump after backing Harris in US election By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:55:37 GMT The first minister's endorsement for the Democratic nominee was called "appalling" by Trump's business. Full Article
con Strictly contestant's MSP husband saves man's life By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:21:08 GMT Dr Sandesh Gulhane, husband of TV doctor Punam Krishan, gave the man CPR at the Scottish Parliament. Full Article
con Court allows secret Zuma confidence vote By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: But the South African parliament's speaker will decide whether vote will be held in secret. Full Article Africa
con Conor McGregor rape accuser 'was very bruised', court told By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:17:54 GMT Nikita Hand claims she was raped by MMA fighter Conor McGregor at a Dublin hotel. Full Article
con Residents jumped from balcony to escape flat fire By www.bbc.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:45:46 GMT Ten people were taken to hospital after the blaze at Niddrie Mill Crescent. Full Article
con Shipwreck confirmed as lost WW1 warship By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:13:30 GMT The wreck of HMS Hawke was discovered by a team of divers about 70 miles east of Fraserburgh earlier this year. Full Article
con The boy conquering Scotland's towering sea stacks By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 07:37:54 GMT Aden Thurlow, 11, is believed to be the youngest person to lead climbs on Am Buachaille and Old Man of Stoer. Full Article
con Murder bid victim felt 'gagged' by parole confidentiality agreement By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:18:11 GMT A woman attacked by a convicted murderer on home release feels "gagged" by a confidentiality agreement to attend his parole hearing. Full Article
con Jersey deputy wins award at global conference By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:14:52 GMT Deputy Raluca Kovacs is recognised for her "contribution to promoting parliamentary democracy". Full Article
con MP calls for 'urgent review' of flight connections By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:54:53 GMT A DUP MP said flight cancellations between Belfast and London were "fast becoming a norm". Full Article
con Trump tariffs would be bad for NI economy, says Murphy By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:42:16 GMT Economy Minister Conor Murphy has said he hopes Trump will not bring "uncertainty" to US/Irish business relations. Full Article
con NI leaders congratulate Trump on US election win By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:04:08 GMT Politicians at Stormont and across the island of Ireland react to the US election result. Full Article
con Condor Ferries rejects contract extension By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:20:05 GMT Deputy Kirsten Morel informed the States about the company's decision on Tuesday. Full Article
con Deputy confident in Guernsey-only ferry operator By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:40:43 GMT Good progress is being made in talks with Brittany Ferries, Deputy Neil Inder says. Full Article
con Boeing to axe a tenth of its workers as strike continues By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:36:39 GMT The company says all jobs are at risk as it cuts 10% of its workforce. Full Article
con Boohoo considers break-up as sales slide By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:38:15 GMT The online fashion firm is mulling whether to offload its brands as sales remain under pressure. Full Article
con Second-home campaigners lose bid for rule review By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:45:59 GMT Despite raising £70,000, a group against second home planning permission cannot launch appeal. Full Article
con Cup hero Ranger signs new Kettering contract By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:50:24 GMT Former Premier League striker Nile Ranger signs a contract with Kettering Town to run until next summer, with an option for a further 12 months. Full Article
con Other sites considered for nuclear waste disposal By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:19:58 GMT Nuclear Waste Services says it is undertaking a range of studies in the search area. Full Article
con Waring wins in Abu Dhabi for second career title By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:20:17 GMT Paul Waring birdies the final two holes to win the Abu Dhabi Championship by two shots from fellow Englishman Tyrell Hatton. Full Article
con 'Now we are candidates' - classy Liverpool take early title control By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:08:32 GMT Liverpool have taken early control of the Premier League title race, but Alexis Mac Allister says he didn't think they would be contenders at the start of the season. Full Article
con Zoe's Place hospice 'confident' of no service gap By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:59:11 GMT The charity says it is "confident" there will be no gap in the service before its new building is ready. Full Article
con Falcons edge past Knights in Premiership Rugby Cup By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:24:37 GMT Newcastle Falcons make it two wins from two in the Premiership Rugby Cup by seeing off Doncaster Knights at Kingston Park. Full Article
con 'Connected' Blades getting rewards - Wilder By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:14:52 GMT Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder puts his side's early-season success down to the togetherness at the club. Full Article
con Contractors appointed to clear Hoads Wood waste By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:48:03 GMT The Environment Agency 's contractors prepare to clear 35,000 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish. Full Article
con Robbie Williams to perform at 'iconic' venue By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:23:54 GMT Pop star Robbie Williams will perform at Bath's Royal Crescent in June next year. Full Article
con Kerosene leak continues, sparking pollution fears By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:04:00 GMT Councillor Ruth Houghton says the kerosene in the drains is "still flowing" after 10 days. Full Article
con Heather harvesting carried out without consent By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:16:24 GMT Farmers say the National Trust has damaged heathland on the Long Mynd. Full Article
con 'Cowboy' builder conned woman, 70, out of £60k By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:10:51 GMT Michael McDonald pressured a Newport woman into paying for expensive and unnecessary jobs. Full Article
con Controversial parking charges to come in next month By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:30:35 GMT The plans to bring in charges led to protests in some areas and outside council meetings. Full Article
con Kingsway residents seek more access roads to reduce congestion By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:25:00 GMT Reporter Duncan Cook has been finding out more. Full Article
con Story of Sikh soldiers 'needs to be continued' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:04:31 GMT A historian says he hopes to educate youngsters about Sikh soldiers who have fought for the UK. Full Article
con Route confirmed ahead of city's Sikh procession By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:22:31 GMT Nagar Kirtan will make its way through Leicester on Sunday, with rolling road closures planned. Full Article
con Bomb survivor tells of facing conspiracy theorist By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:22:33 GMT Martin Hibbert successfully sued a man who claimed the 2017 Manchester attack was staged and "a lie". Full Article
con Incinerator work to start despite permit concerns By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:17:30 GMT The facility was given planning consent by West Berkshire Council in August 2022. Full Article
con Jamie Oliver pulls controversial book from sale By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:43:20 GMT Indigenous Australians says the book is damaging and stereotypes first nation people. Full Article
con Luton and Sunderland fined for mass confrontation By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:43:01 GMT Luton and Sunderland are fined by the Football Association for a mass confrontation at the end of their Championship game last month. Full Article
con Worcester confirm bid to return to professional rugby By www.bbc.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:00:12 GMT Worcester Warriors take a major step towards a return to professional rugby with a formal bid to join the second-tier Championship. Full Article
con 'We remember those caught in conflict today' By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:52:16 GMT Thousands of people turn out across the North East and Cumbria to pay their respects. Full Article
con Tax on second homes to fund affordable housing By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:58:53 GMT North Yorkshire councillors say £1m from the second homes tax premium will fund community-led plans. Full Article
con House price fall could boost London economy - Khan By www.bbc.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:13:14 GMT Mayor of London says increasing access to affordable housing is vital to the city's economic growth Full Article
con What is the Bibby Stockholm and why is it controversial? By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:24:12 GMT All about the Bibby Stockholm barge, which is moored in Portland, Dorset. Full Article
con Blackpool to host Birmingham in FA Cup second round By www.bbc.com Published On :: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:43:38 GMT Former Premier League sides Blackpool and Birmingham City are drawn together in the second round of the FA Cup. Full Article
con Lampard confirmed as contender for Coventry job By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:11:35 GMT Coventry owner Doug King confirms that ex-Chelsea and England great Frank Lampard is among the contenders for the Sky Blues job. Full Article
con Watchdog looks at police conduct in murder case By www.bbc.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:54:02 GMT The IOPC is looking into previous contact with the victim up to seven weeks before her killing. Full Article
con The long, promising (and frustrating) history of Microsoft’s consumer file sync services By liveside.net Published On :: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:29:11 +0000 Live Drive, SDrive, Project M, Folders, FolderShare, Windows Live Sync, Live Mesh, SkyDrive, OneDrive. Yes, Microsoft has been at this file syncing game for a long time. The company bought FolderShare back in November of 2005, and has been … Full Article Commentary
con Avoiding the conversion cliff-edge: How SLAs support a successful lead handover By www.articulatemarketing.com Published On :: 2024-07-04T08:15:00Z Service Level Agreements are the secret sauce for ensuring marketing and sales are singing from the same song sheet. Qualifying inbound leads is an exercise in cooperation between departments. Full Article Lead generation Difference Engine
con The ultimate guide for using behavioural analytics and A/B testing to optimise website conversions By www.articulatemarketing.com Published On :: 2024-08-15T08:15:00Z Content may be king, but data sits behind the throne and has the king’s ear. You want to be informed by data before you make changes to your marketing strategies. This is never truer than in the case of your website, which is a rich source of behavioural analytics and, therefore, a valuable insight into your audience’s interests. Full Article Websites Hubspot
con Use of ch unit considered inappropriate (in certain circumstances) By clagnut.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:09:14 PST Update: The title of this post was originally a knowing nod to the considered harmful cliché. I thought it might be amusing and get a bit of attention. However it was brought to my attention by a few people I respect that the title as written might be harmful in itself, so I changed it. However I believe that the subtle point I’m trying to make still stands: When did we start using the ch unit to specify the maximum length for a line of text? Many places you look nowadays you'll see a variation on: .prose { max-inline-size: 60ch; } Is it because of a direct reading of Bringhurst and people (like me) who’ve quoted him: Anything from 45 to 75 characters is widely regarded as a satisfactory length of line for a single-column page set in a serifed text face in a text size. The 66-character line (counting both letters and spaces) is widely regarded as ideal. For multiple column work, a better average is 40 to 50 characters. I get it: there’s all that talk of ’characters’. But that’s not what Bringhurst means literally. I’ll come back to that shortly. Firstly let’s remind ourselves about the CSS ch unit. While ch sounds like it should equate to a number of characters or a character width, that’s not strictly the case. The ch unit specifically refers to the width of the zero ’0’ character within the selected font, or 0.5em if no ’0’ is present. So unless you have a line made up entirely of zeroes, or are using a monospaced font, a width of 66ch will probably not give you a line containing 66 characters. What’s more, the rendered width of that line will vary with the font design, sometimes significantly. Two text blocks are set to 34 ch wide, but the use of a condensed font (top) and an expanded font (bottom) makes the rendered width narrower and wider respectively. The important part of Bringhurst’s guideline is not the ’66-characters’ but the ’satisfactory length’. This is about readability, and readability is affected by the length of a line more so than the number of characters in it. A consistent finding is that long line lengths on screen are least preferred or judged as least easy to read [my emphasis] With that in mind, restricting your line length using rem would be a far more appropriate unit to use: .prose { max-inline-size: 30rem; } This would give you a line length accessibly tied to text size, but independent of font design. But is using ch harmful? Bringhurst’s guideline includes this little caveat: a page set in a serifed text face in a text size. This enables him to equate the number of characters in a line with its length. So if you are using a fairly standard typeface for your text then you’ll probably be fine. However that ’standard typeface’ assumption is implicit anytime you use ch to set the width of a column of text. Using rem removes that assumption and gives you what you are probably really after – a consistent, predictable limit on line length. It didn’t surprise me to find that Eric Meyer had written about this six years ago. I’ll leave you with an important observation from his post: If you’re working with multiple typefaces, say one for headlines and another for body copy, be careful about setting ch measures and thinking they’ll be equivalent between the two fonts. The odds are very, very high they won’t be. So is using ch harmful? At the risk of saying it depends, it might not be harmful, but it could be, and there is a far more reliable and appropriate unit to use by way of the rem when it comes to limiting line length in a column of text. Read or add comments Full Article Typography CSS techniques