Kim soars to win Players Championship as Poulter returns to form May 15, 2017 South Korea’s Kim Si-woo kept his nerve to claim a second PGA Tour title with a three-shot victory over England’s Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa at The Players Championship at Sawgrass. The 21-year-old was calmness personified as he finished on 10-under par after a flawless final round, keeping Poulter, his main rival [...]
Royal Mail retires pensions scheme: The what, why and how of delivering a credible deal for postal workers May 14, 2017 The Royal Mail will deliver its full-year results on Thursday, three and a half years after the London listing of 501-year-old firm. Perhaps the biggest millstone around the company’s neck is its gigantic final salary pension plan that services 90,000 of Royal Mail’s 160,000 employees. In January Royal Mail revealed plans to shut down the [...]
Europol chief Rob Wainwright praises banks’ cyber strategy after “unprecedented” global ransomware attack hits 200,000 victims in 150 countries including NHS, Telefonica, Nissan and Renault May 14, 2017 There have been more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries from an “unprecedented” global cyber attack over the weekend that brought down NHS services and hit companies such as O2 owner Telefonica, Nissan and Renault. The chief of Europol Rob Wainwright revealed the latest estimates of how far the ransomware has spread on Sunday morning, [...]
Tottenham Hotspur: 27 iconic photos that capture White Hart Lane’s storied history | City A.M. May 13, 2017 Tottenham’s Premier League meeting with Manchester United on Sunday will likely have little bearing on Spurs’ final position this season yet, regardless of the result, this game will linger long in the minds of those present. Even after memories of the action on the pitch fade, the White Hart Lane crowd will take every opportunity [...]
Home secretary: Almost all NHS systems hit in global ransomware attack have now recovered May 13, 2017 NHS IT systems have almost entirely recovered from the disruption caused by a global cyber attack, according to home secretary Amber Rudd. Speaking after chairing a meeting of Cobra, the crisis response committee, she said 97 per cent of Britain’s health service trusts are now “working as normal”. She said 48 of 248, around one [...]
NHS IT systems attacked: Hospitals across the UK have been hacked – reports May 12, 2017 A number of hospitals from 16 different NHS trusts across the UK have been hacked, according to reports. NHS Digital confirmed the attack, and said a number of NHS organisation have reported to NHS Digital that they have been affected by a ransomware attack. Some hospitals are having to turn patients away as they struggle [...]
London house prices: Property prices in Hackney are 17 times the average wage May 12, 2017 How do your local house prices compare with your salary? Unpleasantly? The residents of one London borough are particularly badly affected, new research has shown – and it’s not one of the obvious ones. Yes, it is the trendy borough of Hackney which has the dubious accolade of being the part of the UK with [...]
Virtual reality firm Improbable raises $500m in funding led by Japan’s SoftBank May 12, 2017 City-based UK tech startup Improbable last night said it had scored $502m (£389m) in new investment led by Japan’s SoftBank. The five-year-old virtual simulation firm is now valued at more than $1bn, and the new funds will be used to develop Improbable’s technology, which makes virtual worlds for video games. Chief executive Herman Narula, said: [...]
Ollie Phillips: Saracens’ Wolf Pack culture the root of club’s success and driving force behind latest European Champions Cup bid May 11, 2017 Only the very best sides build the levels of consistency needed to claim back-to-back European Champions Cup titles and Saracens have the opportunity to seize their place in history against Clermont Auvergne on Saturday. Victory over the Top14 outfit would allow Sarries to rub shoulders with the great Leicester Tigers team, under the stewardship of [...]
How Google DeepMind’s Streams app is laying the foundations for artificial intelligence-powered healthcare in the NHS May 11, 2017 DeepMind’s work with the NHS to help alert doctors to patients whose health is at risk is laying the groundwork for delivering information that one day will be powered by artificial intelligence. The Google-owned British pioneer is working with the Royal Free London NHS Trust on a smartphone app called Streams. It currently uses an [...]