By: Billy Ehrenberg

Billy Ehrenberg is a Data Journalist and Content Developer at City A.M. He can be contacted at billy.ehrenberg@cityam.com. He is particularly passionate about data visualisation and telling stories with numbers.

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Labour MP for Rochdale Simon Danczuk: Ed Miliband is more of a toff than Cameron

March 23, 2015

Ed Miliband faced a scathing attack today – from a member of his own party. Simon Danczuk, the Labour MP for Rochdale, said Miliband was a liability and failed to connect with voters – many of which thought him a “f*****g knob.” The Labour leader, he said, was more of a toff than Cameron, while [...]
Good news for stargazers: UK light pollution is falling

March 23, 2015

Good news for people who enjoyed last week’s eclipse: viewing the skies could get a whole lot easier in future. New research by blind maker Hillarys has revealed that light pollution in the UK has been reduced by 28 per cent since 1992. In fact, light pollution in the UK peaked in 1993 and has [...]
Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has died

March 22, 2015

Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, has died at 91, according to the city state’s current leader. A statement issued by Prime minister Lee Lsien Loong read The prime minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore. Mr Lee passed away [...]
This is how the SNP could get another referendum, scrap trident, and get a high-speed train to Edinburgh

March 22, 2015

Just how costly for England could a Labour capitulation in Scotland be? Alex Salmond, the former leader of the Scottish National Party, has suggested that a pact between Labour and the SNP could end up costing Westminster a second referendum, its Trident nuclear programme, and more cash. Some polls suggest Labour could lose all its [...]
Grexit: Spain ups the ante, saying no EU handouts for cash-strapped Greece until reforms are implemented

March 22, 2015

If Greece was expecting an easy run in after last week’s summit, it can think again. Spain’s government has made it clear it expects Athens to put forward a comprehensive list of reforms and then ensure they are carried out, before it receives vital EU cash to help its floundering economy. Speaking in an interview [...]
Food and oil prices drag the UK towards CPI deflation

March 22, 2015

Could this be the week the UK officially goes into deflation? Office for National Statistics figures out this Tuesday are expected to show that UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) prices dropped 0.1 per cent in February, after hitting record lows of 0.3 per cent last month. Behind the possible entry into deflation is a drop [...]
Greece will get EU funds after positive summit – Tsipras

March 20, 2015

There could be light at the end of the tunnel for Greece after talks in Brussels ended with Prime Minsiter Alexis Tsipras calling the summit "positive". Greece, he said, can now proceed with talks to get EU funding as soon as possible. That funding will be forthcoming only if the country's creditors agree with the [...]
General Election 2015 boost for Osborne as government on track to meet borrowing targets after bumper month of tax reciepts

March 20, 2015

George Osborne is on schedule to meet his full year target for cutting the budget deficit, after a raft of self-assessment tax returns made February’s deficit the smallest since 2008. The deficit last month was £57.5bn, compared to £68.3bn last February and a peak of £95.2bn in 2009. In February 2008 it was £38.5bn. The [...]
Watch: Awesome video shows the Carbon 3D printer inspired by Terminator 2

March 20, 2015

In Terminator 2 it seemed like a terrifying yes distant technology: a fully-formed robot rising from a pool of molten metal. Now scientists have built a 3D printer that can lift perfectly detailed objects from out of a pool of liquid in minutes, as the incredible video below shows. The technology is not only cooler [...]
Toxic smog cloud hits UK: Just how bad is the pollution in London?

March 19, 2015

Today's smog in London is over three times as bad as New York and two and a half times the annual average for LA, according to figures from the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra). Residents have been warned to refrain from exercise outdoors because the number of toxic particles in the air [...]

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