Paris attacks: Police launch raid in Molenbeek, Brussels; five people arrested and a rocket launcher seized in Lyon as fifth attacker identified as Ahmad al Mohammad November 16, 2015 More than 150 anti-terror raids have been carried out by French police in the past few hours, and 23 people arrested, in the wake of the attacks on Paris this weekend. Five people have been arrested and a number of weapons including a rocket launcher seized by police in Lyon. The five people have been placed [...]
Paris attacks: Government to ramp up terrorism and aviation security against Islamic State in wake of Friday night’s attacks November 16, 2015 The UK government has said it will "substantially" increase counter-terrorism resources against the threat posed by Islamic State as part of its five year security review, which will be unveiled next week. Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce huge cuts across government departments as part of his Comprehensive Spending Review, but Number 10 revealed this morning [...]
Paris attacks: Minute’s silence in UK to remember the 129 victims of Friday night’s acts of terror November 16, 2015 The UK is to join the rest of Europe in observing a minute's silence at 11am today (16 November) in remembrance of the people who were killed during a terrorist attack in Paris on Friday night. All Whitehall government departments have lowered their union flags to half-mast today, as a mark of respect for the 129 people who [...]
Paris attack: At least 127 dead after gunmen target rock concert, football game and restaurants across French capital November 14, 2015 Update: At least 127 people have been killed in a series coordinated attacks across Paris on Friday night, targeting people at a rock concert, a football game and a popular eating spot. The worst of the violence took place at the Bataclan concert venue, 50 boulevard Voltaire, where gunmen "systematically" killed around 80 people who had gone to see the [...]
From Sainsbury’s Christmas advert to the Lord Mayor’s Show 2015: Here’s what got us talking this week November 13, 2015 Boris got into all sorts of bother in Israel. London's saddest skyscraper got given a new lease of life (fingers crossed). And Generation Rent got told to quit their whining. Here's what got us talking this week 1) Are you ready for the Lord Mayor's Show? Today marks the 800th time the procession has been [...]
Sharm el-Sheikh crash: Monarch Airlines cancels all holidays to Egyptian resort until 20 December November 13, 2015 Monarch Airlines has cancelled all flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh until 20 December, pushing the date back a further month from the current schedule. The budget airline, along with rival EasyJet and holiday operator Thomas Cook, had been hoping to restart flights from 25 November. However this afternoon it said that it was pushing [...]
Lord Mayor’s Show 2015 London parade: This year’s show is set to be the most spectacular in its history November 13, 2015 The Lord Mayor’s Show, which rolls through the City’s streets each year, is loved the world over and regarded as the classic piece of English pageantry in the UK calendar. Since 1215, every newly-elected Lord Mayor has left the Square Mile and travelled to the Royal Courts of Justice in Westminster to swear loyalty to [...]
City Link directors Robert Peto, David Smith and Thomas Wright found not guilty over the timing of notice about administration to business secretary November 13, 2015 The three former directors of delivery firm City Link have been found not guilty of failing to let the government know about the redundancies made last Christmas, following a court case in Coventry. Finance director Robert Peto, managing director David Smith and non-executive director Thomas Wright were accused of having failed to provide 45 days [...]
Christmas adverts 2015: Sainsbury’s Mog the Cat has already beaten John Lewis’ Man on the Moon as most shared November 13, 2015 The Sainsbury's Christmas 2015 advert starring Mog the Cat might have been 18 months in the making, but the supermarket is already reaping the rewards. Because in just over 12 hours since it was launched (the specific time of 7:10pm last night) Mog's Christmas Calamity has already been shared more times than John Lewis' Man on [...]
Sainsbury’s Christmas advert 2015: Has Mog The Cat just won Christmas for the supermarket? November 13, 2015 Oh Mog, have you just won Christmas for Sainsbury's? It's certainly possible, with a fun, heartwarming ad that will appeal to both the young and the old. This year's commercial is certainly a bold departure from last year's sombre tone. Once again, tying its campaign to a good cause (on this occasion, Save the Children, [...]
