Lance Armstrong ordered to pay $10m for doping fraud September 27, 2015 Lance Armstrong is still struggling to apply the brakes to his fall from grace after being fined $10m (£6.5m) for lying about his use of performance enhancing drugs. A three-man arbitration panel who came to a 2-1 ruling against the former cyclist in a fraud dispute decided Armstrong must make the payment to Dallas-based SCA [...]
Banksy takes Dismaland to Calais: Timber from exhibition will be used to build refugee shelters September 27, 2015 Street artist Bansky is taking his "bemusement park" installation to Calais after the attraction closes in Weston Super Mare tonight. The timber used to build the exhibition in the seaside town will be sent to the refugee camps in Calais, where it will be used to build shelters for those who have fled to Europe. [...]
Shoreditch, the Cereal Killer cafe and why everything you think you know about gentrification could be wrong September 27, 2015 One of London's most controversial shops the Cereal Killer cafe has been targeted by protesters marching against gentrification. The shop which serves up only dishes of breakfast cereal for around £3.20 a pop was graffitied with the word "scum", while protesters shouted and threw cereal and paint at the store front on Brick Lane. Cereal [...]
France launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria September 27, 2015 France has launched air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, the French government announced on Sunday morning. It's the first time France has launched strikes against the terrorist group in Syria, extending the range of previous military action in neighbouring Iraq. "Our country thus confirms its resolute commitment to fight against the terrorist threat represented [...]
Supermoon total lunar eclipse 2015 UK date and time: How and where to watch 28 September’s “super blood moon” from Birmingham to London September 26, 2015 A supermoon total lunar eclipse, or “super blood moon”, will occur in the early hours of Monday morning – an extremely rare and special event that will be viewable (depending on cloud cover) from the UK. Only five total lunar eclipses have coincided with a supermoon since 1900. The last time it occurred was in [...]
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell: Labour will back Osborne’s fiscal charter September 26, 2015 Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said that the party will support Osborne’s fiscal charter, reports the Guardian. The policy was proposed to ensure “budget responsibility” and ahead of the Labour conference opening on Sunday, McDonnell has pledged that the party will vote in favour of it. However, the newly elected shadow chancellor insists that [...]
1 in 4 employees have quit a job over a lack of transparency September 26, 2015 Britons are being kept increasingly in the dark at work, as “mushroom management” becomes a growing problem at UK offices. Four in five employees wish their bosses would tell them more about how their company is doing, according to a survey from Geckoboard – and it’s not a trifling workplace problem, either. A quarter of [...]
From Volkswagen and Glencore to the Black Cab protest: Here’s what got us talking this week September 25, 2015 There was an alarming protest in Croydon (with an excellent response from Debenhams). There was an eyebrow-raising development in the world of robotics. And somewhere in the CIty, some window cleaners were left hanging. On the side of skyscraper. For several hours. Here's what got us talking this week Could you fall in love with [...]
Buy-to-let tax change: Why is business-friendly George Osborne punishing landlords and renting business? September 25, 2015 The majority of landlords put their faith in the Conservative Party in May believing the Tories had a better understanding of private renting than the other parties. So when the chancellor announced restrictions on the tax relief on buy to let mortgages, it came as a shock, with many feeling betrayed. The government claims the [...]
Panic over: Oxford Circus Tube station reopened after London Fire Brigade declare fire alert a false alarm September 25, 2015 Oxford Circus Tube station is being reopened, having been evacuated because this afternoon over a fire alert. Transport for London shut the station, which connects Victoria, Central and Bakerloo Lines, and prevented trains from stopping there for nearly 45 minutes after an alarm was triggered at around 2:15pm. https://twitter.com/TfLTravelAlerts/status/647401009136930816 Police and crews [...]