Virgin Media TV cuts out for over 10 hours VIRGIN OUTAGE Virgin Media suffered a national outage yesterday, with some customers without access for more than 10 hours. The problem started at 10:30 GMT prompting thousands of viewers to report problems across London, Birmingham and Manchester. Virgin Media apologised, and said it would fix it “as soon as possible”, with the issue being caused by “a [...]
Sigh of relief in South Africa as Omicron variant appears to be ‘super mild‘ mutation with Covid death rate not jumping Omicron - latest The WHO and Coronavirus experts are increasingly convinced the new Omicron variant is ‘super mild’ and has, so far, not led to a jump in Covid death rates anywhere in Southern Africa. The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead be cautiously optimistic as [...]
Cabinet Office slapped with £500k fine after New Year Honours list data leak DATA BREACH The Cabinet Office has been fined £500,000 by the data protection watchdog after it leaked the addresses of prominent Brits on the 2020 New Year Honours list. Big names to have their home addresses published on the government website included Elton John, TV chef Nadiya Hussain and NHS England’s then chief executive, Simon Stevens. A [...]
BBC media editor apologises for anti-monarchy comments saying he is ‘completely committed to impartiality’ December 2, 2021 BBC media editor apologised this morning for calling Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 'total frauds' in royal documentary impartiality row.
Letter to Daddy: Mail on Sunday loses appeal in privacy battle against Meghan Markle December 2, 2021 The Mail on Sunday Newspaper loses its appeal against Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.
Lord Rothermere raises final offer in Daily Mail privatisation push December 2, 2021 Lord Rothermere has upped his offer to shareholders as he seeks to privatise the Daily Mail Group Trust (DMGT).
Tinder owner’s pockets charred following $441m settlement with founders December 1, 2021 Match Group, the media titan behind Tinder, has agreed to fork out $441m to settle a lawsuit from the dating app’s founders. Co-founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen claimed that they had been swindled out of a substantial amount of cash by Match, after they were bought out in 2017. The court battle began in 2018 when the [...]
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny named Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally, beating the likes of Taylor Swift and Drake December 1, 2021 Spotify has today unveiled its annual 2021 Wrapped campaign and personalised user experience for more than 381 million users worldwide, unveiling the top artists, albums, songs, playlists and podcasts. With more than 9.1 billion streams this year on Spotify, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist of 2021. The second most-streamed artist – and most streamed female artist of the year [...]
Blessing in disguise: Omicron variant may be ‘very positive’ news for the world if new Covid mutation kills off more lethal Delta coronavirus November 30, 2021 Hospitals and GPs across Southern Africa are increasingly reporting that the symptoms of the aggressive new Covid strain Omicron are “unusual but very mild,” according to various media in South Africa this weekend. Around 90 per cent of all new infections in the Johannesburg region are now caused by the Omicron strain but, so far, [...]
Betting giant 888 on track to complete £2.2bn takeover of William Hill’s European business early next year November 30, 2021 Online betting firm 888 has said it expects to complete its £2.2bn takeover of William Hill’s European business in the first quarter of 2022 after “strong progress”. The two firms agreed the deal in September, which will return its 1,400 betting shops to British hands. 888 told shareholders that it has now received all mandatory [...]