EU officials propose compromise on Irish border backstop November 2, 2018 EU officials have proposed a compromise Irish border backstop plan in a bid to break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations. Diplomats have floated fresh proposals, under which Great Britain and Northern Ireland would remain a single customs territory under World Trade Organization rules and still be linked in a customs union with Ireland and [...]
Khashoggi’s body was dissolved in acid, says top Turkish adviser November 2, 2018 Jamal Khashoggi’s body was dissolved in acid after being dismembered in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate, according to fresh claims made by a Turkish official earlier today. A top presidential adviser has said that he believes the act was the "only logical conclusion" to the killing of the former Saudi critic, who was murdered inside the [...]
Fried chicken and a trip to the bookies: London’s worst high streets revealed November 2, 2018 Researchers have drawn a fresh map of London to rank its best and worst high streets for mental health and wellbeing. The Royal Society for Public Health analysed the different shops on high streets across the UK and measured them against factors including their potential to encourage healthy choices and their usefulness for mental wellbeing. For [...]
Ineos billionaire reportedly plans to build Land Rover Defender rival at Ford factory, saving 1,100 jobs November 2, 2018 Chemical company Ineos is reportedly in talks with Ford to build its proposed Land Rover Defender rival at the car manufacturer’s Bridgend site. It is proposing to use the portion of the of the Bridgend facility currently occupied by Jaguar Land Rover to assemble the Defender, according to a report citing three people close to [...]
Cuadrilla hails natural gas flow from Lancashire fracking operation November 2, 2018 Natural gas has started to flow from Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire, the company confirmed this afternoon. Gas has begun to reach the surface of the Preston New Road site, after Cuadrilla used hydraulic fracturing to free a small section of shale rock inside an exploration well. “Tthis is a good early indication of the [...]
Compare the Market ‘broke the law’ with insurance pricing clause November 2, 2018 Households could have lost money due to a Compare the Market clause that prevented home insurers from listing lower prices on rival comparison websites. Compare the Market’s so-called most favoured nation contract clauses stopped home insurers from beating prices listed on Compare the Market elsewhere, in a bid to stop rivals winning home insurance customers. [...]
Two stabbed at Sony Music’s Kensington headquarters as police make arrest November 2, 2018 Two people were stabbed at Sony Music’s London headquarters this morning, police said, as one person was arrested. Their injuries are not life-threatening, the Met said, as armed police were called to Derry Street in Kensington at around 11am. Officers and London Ambulance staff are still in attendance. Sony Music's office was filmed being evacuated. [...]
Eat, work, sleep, repeat: Why the UK has the worst work-life balance of western Europe November 2, 2018 Brits work 325 more hours a year than their German counterparts – translating to roughly nine extra weeks a year, according to an analysis of 2017 data. Slipper manufacturer Mahabis also found that the UK has the highest proportion of employees working more than 50 hours a week out of all Western European nations – with [...]
Raab travels to Northern Ireland as pound rises on Brexit optimism November 2, 2018 Dominic Raab travelled to Northern Ireland today as a Brexit deal hinges upon a resolution to the question of how to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland. The Brexit secretary has said that he hopes to strike an agreement with the EU on the terms of the UK’s departure from the bloc [...]
Stephen Haddrill steps down as FRC audit watchdog boss amid probe November 2, 2018 Stephen Haddrill, chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), is stepping down amid a government probe into the watchdog’s operations. Haddrill has led the FRC, which monitors and regulates the audit sector, since 2009. The news comes in the wake of mounting pressure on the FRC, which has come under examination following several recent scandals within the UK’s [...]