In charts: Spending on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Manic Monday to peak at £470k per minute November 26, 2014 Retailers including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Amazon and Currys PC World are gearing up for what are tipped to be some of the biggest shopping days of the year. The retailers have unveiled a whole range of deals on everything from electricals like TVs, tablets and other gadgets to designer watches, clothing and [...]
Passengers push-start frozen-up plane in Russia November 26, 2014 Most of us are used to giving our cars a bit more TLC than usual on a frosty morning. But a group of passengers at Russia's Igarka airport, just above the Arctic Circle, had to give their plane a push after its brakes froze up. The Siberian Times reported that passengers on the UTair service to [...]
Theresa May’s new terrorism bill will allow passports to be seized for 30 days and require internet companies to identify individuals November 26, 2014 Theresa May has published the new terrorism bill, which includes a raft of new terrorism measures that she hopes will help protect the UK from what's been described as the rising terror threat. In a speech made earlier this week the home secretary said that the UK faced its greatest terror threat since any time [...]
Two suspected terrorists arrested at Heathrow: Man and woman were detained as they arrived from Turkey November 26, 2014 A couple have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences at Heathrow airport, after flying into the UK from Istanbul in Turkey. The man, aged 20, and woman, aged 19, are from Walsall, according to West Midlands police. They were detained last night as they got off the plane, and both are now being [...]
The most expensive tongue in the world? Tetley insures its tea expert’s taste buds for £1m November 26, 2014 A man working for Tetley has had his taste buds insured for £1m, after five years of intensive sipping has given him the title of “master blender”. Sebastian Michaelis can identify any of 1,500 different types of tea within a matter of seconds – a rare ability even within the tea community, it would appear. [...]
World Cup bidding process: Sajid Javid calls upon Sepp Blatter to publish full report November 26, 2014 The UK government has added its voice to the increasing calls for Fifa to publish the full findings of an investigation into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process. Sajid Javid, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, has written to Fifa president Sepp Blatter urging football’s governing body to publish the [...]
Britvic share price tumbles despite fizzing profits November 26, 2014 Britvic’s share price fell as much as 3.6 per cent in early morning trading, even after the soft drinks company recorded revenue growth in its preliminary results for the year. The producer of Robinsons and J2O said operating profit for the year had risen by 17.6 per cent to £158.1m, beating its own predicted [...]
BlackBerry is paying customers up to $400 to trade an iPhone for a Passport November 26, 2014 BlackBerry is so keen to get its new Passport smartphone into people’s hands, it will pay them to trade it for an iPhone. In the US and Canada BlackBerry is offering customers up to $550 to trade an iPhone of the 4s, 5, 5c, 5s and 6 models for the business-orientated Passport. It’s [...]
City lawyer Andrew Benson accused of faking “extraordinary” three year court case November 26, 2014 A City lawyer is accused of inventing numerous hearings, rulings, meetings and judgements in a three year lie, according to an extraordinary court ruling that emerged last week. Andrew Benson, who had been a partner in the fraud team of dispute specialists Bryne and Partners LLP, is said to have used fake litigation to deceive his [...]