Whereas further north across the country, fresher here with clear spells, a few showers, and temperatures across rural parts of Scotland Down Into mid single figures. During the day on monday, three zones of whether once again, some rain across the south west of england, south wales, in true parts of central england, too. The far south east probably avoiding the wet weather today. Largely dry, bright and reasonably warm, whereas further north, some sunshine for north wales and much of Northern England, with one or two isolated showers, but an improved day here. Further showers in the north of scotland and Northern Ireland, as well. Weve got three zones of weather again for tuesday as that front continues north. Rain for the midlands, wales and the south west, mostly dry but one or two scattered showers. Could be on the heavy side in the south east, 20 degrees here. Sunshine and showers for scotland and Northern Ireland. Bye bye. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines Consumer Groups sa
Playwright is best known for his shows about the middle class. He is now entering the world of Science Fiction forfirst time. Now entering the world of Science Fiction for first time. His new play debuts at the Edinburgh Festival today. It is set 100 is from now when a deadly contagion has separated men from women. It was, i think, an attempt by me to bridge my ageing writing personality to a younger generation, and the way to do that, i thought, was through the medium of Science Fiction. Science fiction is a great leveller. It gives you an even playing field, where you say to your younger audience, now this is a world that i dont know but i have created, and you dont know, and you can inhabit it. I cant enter their world, which is for me as a 78 year old, incomprehensible now. I mean, most of what my grandchildren say is complete gobbledygook. And anything i say is beyond their comprehension. So, here i am at last. A member of the falcons. Is it a concern of yours that the theatre is
Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on august five, 1992, in price chopper. So, what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch, and i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, i said well, what a great environment. This is so messy. Good luck with any machine doing it. And i said, this would be a great problem to solve. And then i started building a machine in my garage. I actually spent every cent i had on parts and i got the first machines built. See, i love self service checkouts, but then im a control freak, but i do believe they save you time. Until they go wrong, at which point they become a right pain in the bagging area. The technology in the machines now is less than it was 25
Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on august five, 1992, in price chopper. So, what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch, and i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, i said well, what a great environment. This is so messy. Good luck with any machine doing it. And i said, this would be a great problem to solve. And then i started building a machine in my garage. I actually spent every cent i had on parts and i got the first machines built. See, i love self service checkouts, but then im a control freak, but i do believe they save you time. Until they go wrong, at which point they become a right pain in the bagging area. The technology in the machines now is less than it was 25
Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on august five, 1992, in price chopper. So, what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch, and i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, i said well, what a great environment. This is so messy. Good luck with any machine doing it. And i said, this would be a great problem to solve. And then i started building a machine in my garage. I actually spent every cent i had on parts and i got the first machines built. See, i love self service checkouts, but then im a control freak, but i do believe they save you time. Until they go wrong, at which point they become a right pain in the bagging area. The technology in the machines now is less than it was 25