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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Tube strike tonight over tube driver sacking for failed alcohol test

March 7, 2015

London Underground staff are set to strike tonight from 9.30pm to 3.59am tonight in protest at the sacking of a driver. Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport Union (RMT) are protesting the dismissal, which came after the drive failed two alcohol breath tests. It said a faulty machine had presented false positives before, which [...]
Boris Nemtsov murder: Two arrested say Russian authorities

March 7, 2015

Russia has announced that two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), announced on Russian television that Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev were arrested this Saturday. Russia has been in a state of shock since the opposition politician was [...]
General Election 2015: Could the SNP support Labour?

March 7, 2015

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has said it would support a minority Labour government, going some way to mitigating the impact of Labour’s apparent decline north of the border. Nicola Sturgeon’s party would support Labour, even if Ed Miliband and co. decided to keep the controversial Trident missile defence system. This was seen as a [...]
General Election 2015: Broadcasters will push ahead with debates

March 6, 2015

Broadcasters will defy the prime minister and push ahead with three televised debates, even if David Cameron doesn’t attend. The Conservative leader has said he will appear once to face at least six other leaders, but not a second with the same format or a third against the opposition leader, Ed Miliband. This week Cameron [...]
Apple is going to join the Dow Jones on 18 March

March 6, 2015

Apple is to jump across to the Dow Jones, becoming the fifth highest-ranked company on the index. AT&T will be the casualty, with the switch taking place on 18 March this year. Apple is the world’s largest company, but won’t top the Dow as companies are ranked by share price, not by market cap. The [...]
Lockheed Martin has made a laser that can do this to a truck from a mile away

March 6, 2015

We’ve had stealth bombers and drones for a while, it was always just a matter of time until we had lasers, too. US defence company Lockheed Martin has developed a prototype laser weapon that can scorch holes through metal from over a mile away, as this photo shows. Some have termed the device a death-ray, [...]
Interactive: Why Britain should think before freezing its defence budget

March 6, 2015

As the engines of Russian bombers rumble above the English channel, the government could be about to freeze defence spending. Sources inside the treasury told The Times the move, said to be possible after the election, has stirred the Tory ranks and spawned whispers of a rebellion. The UK currently spends 2.07 per cent of [...]
General election 2015 interactive: Nigel Farage’s Ukip fighting fit on social media

March 5, 2015

The election will be fought on the economy, on the NHS and maybe even on the beaches. But it will also be contested on social media, and it is here that Ukip is making a stand. Research from specialist marketing recruiter EMR has revealed what the makeup of the commons would look like if it [...]
General election jitters? UK house prices fall off the boil in February

March 5, 2015

The path to house price equilibrium is an undulating one. After a 1.9 per cent spike in January the average cost of a house fell by 0.3 per cent month-on-month in February, according to the latest data from Halifax. This put the price of the average home slightly lower at £192,372, with some analysts suspecting [...]
Ford’s European chief Jim Farley says UK is better off without a Brexit

March 4, 2015

Car manufacturing behemoth Ford has thrown its weight behind the campaign to keep the UK in the European Union. Jim Farley, the president of Ford’s European operation, said the company “really hopes” the UK remains part of the EU. He called the UK’s continued membership “critical”. During his slot on Radio 4's Today programme, Farley underlined [...]

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