Christmas weather 2015: Storm Eva could bring more flooding to northern parts of UK, while Met Office predicts “green” rather than white Christmas December 23, 2015 Christmas 2015 could be one of the warmest on record – but Storm Eva is expected to hit the British Isles today and tomorrow, meaning last minute shoppers (and Father Christmas) could be grappling with heavy winds. The Met Office has issued weather warnings for the north west, Wales and north east because of Storm Eva, [...]
Ceiling of City jewellers collapses on customer December 22, 2015 A man has been hospitalised after the ceiling of a City jewellers collapsed during lunch hour. Emergency services including London Ambulance, City of London Police and the London Fire Brigade were called to the incident, which happened at Wintons jewellers, 69 Moorgate, at around 1:30pm this afternoon. A police spokeswoman told City A.M. the man had sustained [...]
Regent Street reopened after security threat caused by suspicious vehicle December 22, 2015 Regent Street was reopened this afternoon after police declared the major shopping district safe following an earlier evacuation. Around 200 metres of the road within London's major shopping district was cordoned off during lunch time today. A police bomb disposal unit investigated what was thought to be a suspicious vehicle, but the road was opened shortly afterwards. Eyewitnesses said there [...]
Greybull enters exclusive discussions to buy Tata Steel’s Scunthorpe-based Long Products Europe business December 22, 2015 Tata Steel has entered exclusive discussions with investment group Greybull Capital over the possible acquisition of its Scunthorpe-based Long Products Europe. Greybull has signed a letter of intent with the production giant about buying the North Lincolnshire arm, giving hope to some of the 1200 people who stand to lose their jobs if Tata's planned closure of the [...]
How do your gift buying habits match up? Londoners are the laziest (and most Scrooge-like) Christmas shoppers December 22, 2015 Londoners are the laziest Christmas shoppers in the country – and the people spending the least on presents compared with other cities in the UK. Nearly a third of people in the capital will do their Christmas shopping (or browsing) during work hours, while 21 per cent would pay for someone to do their shopping [...]
Travel nightmare before Christmas as Waterloo & City Line goes down December 22, 2015 The Waterloo & City Line has reopened after being brought down just as rush hour was kicking off. The whole line was suspended at around 7:30am this morning. Transport for London cited "a signalling problem in the Waterloo area", but gave no estimate for when the line would be back up and running. https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/679201130941927424 Commuters coming [...]
Koovs revenues soar but losses widen December 22, 2015 Revenues at Waheed Alli's Indian etailer Koovs have rocketed in the six months to 30 September – but losses have widened as the firm expands. The figures Sales at the London-listed fashion business soared 144 per cent to INR199.2m (£2m), up from INR81.7m last year. But losses widened to INR570.6m, up from INR359.5m last year. The company said [...]
Fifa bans Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years over unauthorised £1.35m payment December 21, 2015 Fifa's ethics committee has banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from "all football related activities" on a national and international basis, for eight years. The committee, chaired by Hans Eckert, said the ban for the president and vice president, came into effect "immediately". Blatter has also been fined CHF 50,000 while Platini has been fined CHF 80,000. The [...]
Sir Ken Morrison has taken a £6m stake in rival Sainsbury’s December 21, 2015 The outspoken former chairman of Morrisons has taken a £6m stake in rival supermarket Sainsbury's. Sir Ken Morrison now owns 2.6m share in Sainsbury, while his son William owns 2.1m, giving the pair a combined £11.9m stake. The man who once told Morrisons' chief executive Dalton Phillips his strategy was "bulls***" has gone further than just implied support. [...]
Miss Universe car crash which killed one, injured 37 was “intentional” – but not terrorism, say Las Vegas police December 21, 2015 A woman who drove a car into a pavement on the Las Vegas Strip near to the Miss Universe pageant, killing at least one person, did so intentionally, police have told local media. The driver is reported to have ploughed the car onto the pavement, where pedestrians were walking, a number of times, killing one person and injuring [...]
