Ofcom fines EE £1m over customer complaints failings July 3, 2015 Ofcom has fined EE £1m for failures over how the telecoms group handled customer complaints. The investigation into EE – which includes when it was trading as 4GEE, Orange and T-Mobile – found that between July 2011 and April 2014 the company did not provide certain customers with accurate or adequate information about their [...]
All clear after Washington Navy Yard put in lockdown as shots are reported July 2, 2015 Police in Washington, DC said they had failed to locate a "lone gunman" reported earlier today, which caused the entire base to be put on lockdown. The site remained locked down in the late afternoon after unconfirmed reports shots had been heard. The area in on alert and police are on the scene [...]
Short sellers have been developing a sweet tooth for chocolate makers July 2, 2015 Short sellers have been getting their teeth into Swiss chocolatiers amid the surging price of cocoa and the Switzerland's decision to scrap its currency ceiling. Cocoa has risen more than 10 per cent since January on the Dow Jones UBS Commodity index, as prices surged after the world's second largest producer Ghana cut its [...]
Robot kills worker in Volkswagen car factory July 2, 2015 A worker in a Volkswagen factory in Germany has died after being crushed to death by a robot. The 22-year-old man died in hospital after the accident at a plant in Baunatal, 100km north of Frankfurt, spokesman Heiko Hillwig confirmed last night. He was working as part of a team of contractors installing [...]
Liverpool Street Station reopens fire alert, which had affected Central, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Lines July 2, 2015 London's Liverpool Street station has been reopened after a fire alert. The station had been evacuated at around 7:30am and was shut for around half an hour. A spokeswoman for the London Fire Brigade said no fire crews had been called to the scene. The Central Line, Circle Line, Metropolitan Line and the Hammersmith [...]
UK house prices: Surprise drop in house price growth sends annual rate to two-year low, according to Nationwide house price index July 2, 2015 House price growth has dropped to a two-year low on the back of declines in June, according to Nationwide's latest report. Prices have dropped a surprise 0.2 per cent in June – halting increases in both May and April – causing the annual rate of increase to drop to just 3.3 per cent. One [...]
Westminster Station shut over (false) fire alarm July 1, 2015 Westminster Station has been evacuated after a fire alert, but once again it has turned out to be a false alarm. A London Fire Brigade spokeswoman told City A.M. three engines attended the scene – two from Soho and one from Lambeth – after receiving reports of an automatic fire alarm sounding. However [...]
The UK’s heatwave is sending commuter trains into meltdown July 1, 2015 The heat is playing havoc with commuter trains. Network Rail has imposed speed restrictions on parts of the network between 11am this morning and 8pm this evening in an attempt to prevent train tracks from buckling as temperatures soar. Read more: Britons can't stand the heat above 28 degrees (that's seven degrees hotter than [...]
United Airlines flight UA914 lands at London Heathrow after issuing emergency alert and diverting en route from Paris to Washington July 1, 2015 United Airlines flight UA914 was forced to make an unscheduled landing at London Heathrow this afternoon, having been diverted from its original journey after issuing an emergency alert. The flight, which was bound from Paris Charles de Galle to Washington Dulles International airport, issued a 7700 squawk around 1pm. There were more than 200 [...]
TransAsia flight GE235 crash caused by human error, report is expected to say July 1, 2015 The investigation into the TransAsia Airways flight GE235 crash in Taiwan this February will show that the crew shut off the plane's working engine after the other lost power, a source has indicated. The crash – which was captured on video as it dramatically clipped a bridge – landed in Taipei's Keelung River, killing [...]
