General Election 2015: Has Nigel Farage damaged “brand Ukip”? May 22, 2015 Nigel Farage was one of the founding members and leader of Ukip in 2006, but it wasn’t until he returned as leader in 2010 that he began to inject a modicum of acceptability into the party. Prior to that Ukip was so right-wing that it was considered by many to be a party of [...]
Watch: Crossrail engineers destroy Abbey Wood station May 22, 2015 Network Rail engineers have destroyed the Abbey Wood station as part of the Crossrail development that is expected to “transform services” in the local area. The station was opened in May 1987 but it has been removed to make way for a “landmark” station being built by Network Rail. The new design includes a [...]
Unexploded WWII bomb in Wembley: Army still working to defuse bomb discovered at building site May 22, 2015 Army officers are still working to make safe an unexploded World War II bomb in Wembley, with residents and local businesses still evacuated a day after it was discovered. In total 300 addresses have been evacuated by Brent police officers “as a precaution” while the air drop Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch 50 kg German bomb is dealt [...]
Mario Draghi: Structural reforms needed as growth is “too low everywhere” May 22, 2015 European governments must increase efforts to adopt structural reform if “lasting stability and prosperity” is to return to the Eurozone, Mario Draghi has said today. Reforms were needed to avoid future shocks to the system, making resilience “part of our common DNA”, he said in a speech at the start of the ECB’s annual [...]
Nationwide chief executive Graham Beale to retire next year as profits jump 54 per cent May 22, 2015 Nationwide's chief executive Graham Beale will step down next year, the building society has confirmed. Beale, who is expected to retire “at or around the date of the AGM in July”, will have been at the helm of the lender for nine years and a board member for 13 years. Nationwide is now looking [...]
Earthquakes in the UK: Why do they happen, how often do they happen, when was the largest and how does it compare with the rest of the world? May 22, 2015 Last night hundreds of people in Kent were woken by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake, which occurred just before 3am. This is the second-biggest earthquake in nearly a decade: back in 2007, Folkestone was rocked by tremors measuring 4.7 magnitude. The UK is not known for being a hive of tectonic activity, but according [...]
Drinking to forget? We’re consuming 12m bottles of wine a week more than we think May 22, 2015 British drinkers are vastly underestimating how much we drink each year, new research claims. We are “missing” around 12 million bottles of wine a week from our estimates, because surveys don't include the extra booze we down on holidays or at weddings and other celebrations. That's three quarters of a bottle of wine [...]
Earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 occurred in Ramsgate, Kent last night May 22, 2015 An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 occurred just before 3am near Ramsgate, Kent last night. The epicentre was around seven km south of the town, according to the British Geological Survey. Hundreds of people reported being awoken by the earthquake, which occurred at 2:52am. Almost all of the reports came from within [...]
Commuter misery vs the digital world: Londoners wrote 480,000 tweets about bad train journeys last year May 21, 2015 It's no surprise that we take to social media to vent our frustration when commuting, but a new report has shed light on exactly how frequently we do it. London's commuters published nearly half a million angry tweets about their journey last year, a new report has claimed. A whopping 473,661 tweets were [...]
Panic over (for now at least): National rail strike cancelled after RMT, TSSA suspend action; operators Virgin Trains, First Great Western, South West Trains, Southern, Southeastern CrossCountry respond May 21, 2015 The RMT has withdrawn from the national rail strike which was scheduled for bank holiday Monday. It follows a similar move by the smaller, sister union TSSA earlier today. The main transport union has suspended the planned action, which would have put as much as 90 per cent of the country's trains out [...]
