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On Thursday December 7, 2017, 500 HR Professionals, Business Leaders and Enthusiasts disapeared from their offices to be present at the event they had all been waiting for, the 5th HR Bootcamp Conferenceheld at the prestigious Ballroom of the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. In line with the theme of the conference –Disruptive by Design: The Future of Work, 16 notable and engaging speakers shared with participants how technological advancements are changing the design and future of the workplace, the workforce and work itself. The conference was opened by the Founder Adora Ikwuemesi while the thought provoking Keynote Address was delivered by Mitchell Elegbe, Group Managing Director, Interswitch Group. Speakers from Microsoft, GE, Dangote, Troyka Holdings, Coca Cola and many more were present to share fresh insight. With each speaker bringing on a different and unique perspective of what HR ought to be doing to adapt to the challenges and changes that digital disruptions p...

A hilarious photograph of an apparently delighted dormouse perched atop a flower has won a top prize at the 2017 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. The adorable snap, which shows the cute rodent climbing up a yarrow flower in the Italian mountains, won the Creatures of the Land category. The photography competition aims to raise awareness of conservation through comedy - and received more than 3,500 entries from 86 countries. Its winners, judged by the likes of TV presenter Kate Humble and comedian Hugh Dennis, were announced last night. They included shots of a couple of randy bears enjoying a moonlit close encounter on a hill in Romania, a couple of mudskippers looking gobsmacked in the mud, and a fox getting a very non-traditional hole-in-one. A good ol' chuckle: This adorable snap, which shows a cute dormouse climbing up a yarrow flower in the Italian mountains, won the Creatures of the Land category. The photographer, Andrea Zampatti, 32, from Monticelli in Italy, took the ph...

Dixons Carphone has sparked fears over shop closures and job losses – and admitted customers don't want to pay £1,000 for the latest iPhone. Carphone Warehouse, which is owned by the group, has over 700 shops on the UK high street and is considered to be Britain's biggest mobile phone retailer. It also owns PC World and consumer electronics retailer Dixons, as well as companies in Scandinavia, Greece and Spain. Dixons Carphone blamed a 3 per cent drop in UK mobile phone sales on the delayed launch of the iPhone X, which costs £999. But chief executive Seb James said yesterday: 'Phones have got a lot more expensive, particularly the new iPhone which costs £1,000, meaning that monthly tariffs have gone up quite substantially. Someone coming from an iPhone 6 two years ago is now going rom £36 per month to £63 per month for the same deal, which is a big leap. So some customers are thinking, 'Crikey, that's quite a lot.' 'Customers are thinking 'This is a lot...

Members of the Royal Family have joined families of victims of the Grenfell Tower inferno at St Paul's Cathedral for a memorial service to honour their memories six months after the deadly fire. The blaze at the 24-storey tower in June killed 71 people and injured a further 70, while making hundreds homeless and is believed to have been started by a faulty fridge-freezer before spreading rapidly. Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are all attending the special service and all looked sombre as they climbed the steps of the famous landmark. The Duchess of Cambridge in particular looked mournful as she blinked back tears in the front row of the cathedral as the seriousness of the occasion took hold. Prime Minister Theresa May, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were among the politicians accompanying more than 1,500 guests for the 11am service. Bereaved families of the victims looked tearful and em...

Notorious serial killer Edmund Kemper has been behind bars for more than 40 years after killing ten people including his mother David Weber didn't celebrate when he was told that his half-brother Edmund Kemper had been denied parole last month. He just breathed a sigh of relief. For over 40 years, Kemper's relatives have been living in fear that one of America's most notorious serial killers might be released from prison and come after them. Speaking publicly for the first time, David Weber - a name he uses to protect his identity - tells DailyMail.com: 'He has this control over the family, and there's still anger over what he did. So many people live in fear that he could be allowed freedom, you just can't trust what a President may decide.' Edmund Kemper, also known as 'The Co-Ed Killer' and the inspiration behind the film Silence of the Lambs, and a key player in the new Netflix hit show Mindhunter, killed and dismembered six young women, as well ...

nine-year-old boy who suffers from a crippling spinal condition has written a heartbreaking letter to Santa asking for his pain to be taken away. Tyler Chambers, from Wraby, Lincolnshire, asked Father Christmas to make his back better this year, as well as asking for scooter, chocolates and a football. A nine-year-old boy who suffers from a crippling spinal condition has written a heartbreaking letter to Santa asking for his pain to be taken away + 12 Tyler asked for a scooter, chocolate, a football and to 'make my back better and don't get any more pain' in his letter to Santa +12 Tyler asked for a scooter, chocolate, a football and to 'make my back better and don't get any more pain' in his letter to Santa Young Tyler, who wants to grow up to be a footballer, suffers from scoliosis, a condition which causes his spine to curve. He also has a brain condition which affects his spinal chord and nerves. In the letter written in green felt-tip pen Tyler asked Santa ...

A paleontologist and construction workers have found multiple fossils in a Los Angeles subway They include a partial rabbit jaw, mastodon tooth, camel foreleg, bison vertebrae, and a tooth and ankle bone from a horse The most important discovery is a a few hundred pound mammoth skull Some of the fossils are 10,000 years old and from the last Ice Age By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 03:16 EST, 11 December 2017 | UPDATED: 15:30 EST, 11 December 2017 e-mail 189 shares 123 View comments As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east of downtown. Earth-movers are diverted, and Leger gets on her hands and knees and gently brushes the dirt from a spot pointed out by a member of her team. Her heart beats faster because there's a chance she...