Premier League, baseball, monster trucks and Foo Fighters: the London Stadium summer transformation in one minute August 17, 2023 The 2012 Olympic legacy has been heralded by the London stadium chief, as a time-lapse showcases a jam-packed summer of gigs, sport and monster trucks. West Ham may be hosting Premier League Football once again this August, but for anyone who has been around Stratford over the last three months you may have thought it [...]
The Notebook: Ben Roback takes the political temperature, investigates e-waste and reveals a secret swim spot August 17, 2023 Turning down the political temperature, for now… The long, hot summer we all hoped for hasn’t exactly materialised. Politically, the temperature seems equally mild. Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer disagree widely, but you get the distinct feeling a base level of respect exists between the two men. Putting politics to one side, they could [...]
Long-term investment ends in triumph – just look at the Lionesses August 17, 2023 Everything’s going up, they cry. Well, almost everything. The price of a ticket to watch Arsenal’s women’s team at the Emirates last year was £12. This year it’s come down to £7 or £9, depending on how many games you buy for. Who said you can’t find value in 2023. The story of women’s football’s [...]
UK high streets risk becoming ‘wastelands’ with 15,000 shops to shutter by 2025 August 16, 2023 Up to 15,000 shops could disappear from the UK’s high streets by the end of 2025, a new report has warned, as more and more consumers choose to online over in-store shopping. Data from the Local Data Company showed that between 2018 and 2022, over 41,000 stores opened and 79,000 stores closed, resulting in 37,700 [...]
Jaguar Land Rover drives up recruitment with 300 new jobs in West Midlands August 16, 2023 Jaguar Land Rover has announced plans to create hundreds of new jobs in the West Midlands after the marque swung into the black earlier in the year. The luxury carmaker said today that it will employ 300 new technicians and test engineers at its plants in Solihull, Gaydon and Whitley. It said the recruitment push [...]
‘The last thing commuters need’: London business groups slam rail fare hike August 16, 2023 London business groups have slammed a significant government hike in rail ticket fares set to hit commuters next March. The Department for Transport (DfT) has committed to ensuring any fare increase falls below the nine per cent rise in the Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation measure, announced by the ONS on Wednesday morning. Regulated rail [...]
Red lorry, yellow lorry… but why no green lorries? August 16, 2023 The mission to get the UK’s fleet of trucks to go green is failing to take off, new figures have revealed, due to ongoing concerns about the lack of available electric or hydrogen charging points throughout the country. Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) currently produce nearly 20 per cent of all transport emissions in the UK, [...]
Sunak’s global AI safety summit plans ‘vague’ despite provisional autumn date August 16, 2023 The government is yet to announce details for its global AI safety summit, which it is planning to hold in the UK later this year. In June, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the UK’s plans to host the first major global summit on AI safety in autumn this year. Speaking at London Tech Week, Prime [...]
Lionesses’ win sees punters splurge £18.9m on drinks in the pub August 16, 2023 Footie fans flocking to the pub to support England’s win in the Women’s World Cup semi final against Australia were forecast to spend £18.9m on drinks in hospitality venues across the UK, a study has shown, in a welcomed boost to the sector. Total spending across the two stages of the semi-final rounds – including [...]
Further misconduct allegations made against former mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski – CityAM August 16, 2023 Further allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against former London mayoral candidate hopeful Daniel Korski. Three more women have accused the ex-Downing Street advisor of incidents including inappropriate touching,according to the Financial Times. Entrepreneur Korski left the race to become the Conservative City Hall nominee in June after Daisy Goodwin, a TV producer, alleged [...]