Did Barbra Streisand just let slip Apple’s iOS 10 release date? August 21, 2016 When you're as big a star as Barbra Streisand, you can pretty much do what you want – including getting the boss of one of the biggest companies in the world to fix what might be a minor annoyance to us mere mortals. The singer's name is pronounced slightly wrong by iPhone voice assistant Siri, it turns out [...]
ITV’s takeover offer for EOne not nearly pig enough for investors August 21, 2016 ITV is likely to have to raise its bid for Entertainment One (EOne) by at least 20 per cent if it is to tempt the owner of Peppa Pig, reports suggest. The broadcaster had a 236p-per-share – equal to around £1bn – offer turned down by EOne, a Canadian company listed in London, earlier this month. It has [...]
Britons overwhelmingly back giving EU migrants right to stay in UK August 21, 2016 The public overwhelmingly supports granting EU migrants currently living in the UK permission to stay after the UK formally leaves the bloc, a new poll has found. In a survey for think tank British Future, pollsters ICM found 84 per cent of people backed giving the three million EU citizens in the UK the right to stay [...]
Trump spent nearly half a million dollars on hats (and nothing on TV ads) August 21, 2016 Can hats win elections? One man certainly thinks so. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has spent almost half a million dollars on hats to promote his bid for the White House, new campaign spending records reveal. Of the $18.5m cash Trump splashed on campaigning in July, more than $420,000 went on hats, featuring now-famous slogans such as [...]
Mayor of London tells Labour to ditch Corbyn August 21, 2016 The Mayor of London has finally revealed who he will back in the Labour leadership contest – and it's bad new for Jeremy Corbyn, losing out on support from the most high-profile elected politician in the party. Sadiq Khan has publicly endorsed Owen Smith in the race to lead the party after previously nominating Corbyn for the position, but [...]
This MP wants Brexit ASAP August 21, 2016 Brexit negotiations should begin immediately and not be put on hold for elections in Europe, due to be held next year, the former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said. The MP said "we need to get on with triggering Article 50, as the government has said, in early 2017," or risk a "neverendum". Article 50 [...]
Vauxhall owner Opel says it has been forced to cut staff hours in German factories following Brexit August 20, 2016 Vauxhall owner Opel has confirmed it will cut hours at two German plants after seeing lower demand for vehicles in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. Opel, which is a division of General Motors, said it was recording a slip in demand for the Corsa and Insignia models. The UK is the largest market for both [...]
Australia has confirmed that it will block the sale of its largest energy grid to Chinese investors August 20, 2016 Australia has moved to formally block the sale of its biggest energy grid to Chinese investors over security concerns. The sale was put on hold last week, and now the deal has been officially nixed by Australian treasurer Scott Morrison. Two Chinese firms had been in talks to buy a 50.4 per cent stake in Ausgrid. However, [...]
The government’s high-profile Help to Buy scheme has come under fire because extra financial support cannot be used towards deposits August 20, 2016 A government scheme to support first-time buyers has been blasted by political rivals because a so-called "top-up" on savings cannot be used towards the deposit on a new home. Revealed in the pre-election 2015 Budget, the Help to Buy ISA provided a government boost to savings at a rate of 25 per cent. So a saver [...]
50,000 journeys: The numbers of London’s first experience of the Night Tube August 20, 2016 It might have escaped your notice, but London's underground service ran throughout the night for the first time into Saturday morning. Trains ran on the Central and Victoria lines, while TfL and London mayor Sadiq Khan plan to expand the service to take in the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines later this year. So what did London's first [...]