General Election 2015: The best #UkipFilmTitles on Twitter January 26, 2015 Ukip may be trying to laugh off the defection of MEP Amjad Bashir to the Tories, as the Yorkshire and Humber representative dubbed the anti-immigration party “pointless” this weekend. But will Nigel Farage et al find today's #UkipFilmTitles hashtag amusing? And most importantly, with 100 days to go until the General Election, will [...]
No DLR services will run if strike goes ahead, TfL warns January 26, 2015 Update: Panic over – the strike has been called off at the 11th hour. For the full details, go here. This month is quickly shaping up to be one of the worst for commuters in recent memory. Transport for London is warning that the a two-day strike being organised by the union RMT, which will [...]
Mooove over Sainsbury’s: Waitrose claims its dairy farmers get the cream of milk prices January 26, 2015 Premium supermarket Waitrose has lifted the lid on its dairy practices following Sainsbury's attack ad last week, insisting it pays “a fair price” for its milk. The John Lewis Partnership-owned grocer was among those to appear on the naughty list of businesses that were accused of not supporting British fresh milk farmers. The [...]
Amazon takes one in every four pounds spent on physical music, film and games January 26, 2015 One in every four pounds spent in Britain on physical music, games and videos in the run-up to Christmas went to Amazon, figures out this morning show. For the 12 weeks to December 21, Amazon dominated the world of entertainment, with 39 per cent of all the sector's purchases being made with the etailer [...]
Balfour Beatty preferred bidder on 50-year contract with University of Sussex January 26, 2015 Balfour Beatty is poised to pick up a 50-year contract to design, build, finance and operate a major residential contract for the University of Sussex. The construction firm has been appointed the preferred bidder for the project, which will replace a 600-bed facility on the university's campus with a new 2,000-room site. The [...]
#FarringdonTrains floods to disrupt Thameslink services all day “at least” January 26, 2015 The flood between Farringdon and St Pancras is still causing travel chaos three days after the water main first burst. Thames Water has been attempting to fix the flood, which is playing havoc with Thameslink services across London, since Friday. But the line is still out of action and Network Rail said this [...]
Humanity “three minutes to midnight” on the Doomsday clock January 23, 2015 The world is apparently teetering closer to all-out catastrophe than it has been since the height of the Cold War. We are, in the words of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and Security Boards, back at “three minutes to midnight” on the hands of the “Doomsday Clock“. The last time we were this [...]
Oil will never reach $100 a barrel again, and it’s not Opec’s fault, Saudi Prince claims January 23, 2015 Oil will never reach the heights of $100 a barrel again, Saudi Prince Alwaleed has claimed. Alwaleed – chairman of Kingdom Holdings and the nephew of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud who died last night – has claimed the falling price of oil was caused by a “confluence of events” rather than a Saudi [...]
More commuter misery as flooding disrupts Thameslink trains at Farringdon and St Pancras January 23, 2015 There is more commuter misery for your Friday afternoon thanks to flooding between St Pancras and Farringdon stations. A burst water main is the culprit for the disruption to the Thameslink service, with National Rail confirming that only “a limited number” of trains will be able to make their way through the affected area. [...]
Monitise share price plummets for second day despite attracting “a number” of potential buyers January 23, 2015 Monitise's share price has tanked for a second day running, despite confirming that it had received “a number of expressions of interest” in buying the business the board said this afternoon a day after the mobile banking firm was put up for sale. Monitise, which also issued its third warning on revenues in a [...]
