Kings Cross being evacuated over reported emergency, thought to be fire alert March 23, 2016 Update: King's Cross Tube station is being evacuated because of a suspected fire, not a suspicious package. Hundreds of commuters were told to get out of the station, with witnesses saying alarms were going off throughout the station at around 11:30am. #KingsCross #underground #evacuated pic.twitter.com/zjsJJjLbH6 — Joel Buckland (@joelbuckland) March 23, 2016 One witness said staff had [...]
TfL’s travel advice for Piccadilly Line strike from Wednesday evening and all day Thursday, including buses, cycling, walking and driving March 23, 2016 The Night Tube might be resolved (sort of) but that doesn't mean Londoners get away scot-free. Unions are planning a strike that will take out the entire Piccadilly Line from 9pm tonight and all day tomorrow (23-24 March) – and Transport for London has just issued its latest travel advice for those affected. Helpfully, the [...]
Former Standard Life boss David Nish to join HSBC board March 23, 2016 Former Standard Life chief executive David Nish is to join the board of HSBC. Nish will join from 1 May, initially for a three-year term which, subject to re-election by shareholders in 2017, will expire at the conclusion of the 2020 AGM. He joins as an independent non-executive director, and will sit on the group audit committee. [...]
Brussels arrest not thought to be Zaventem suspect Najim Laachroui, Belgian media reports March 23, 2016 A man arrrested by Belgian police this morning was not the prime suspect from yesterday's terror attack, local media is reporting. Belgian newspaper DH had reported this morning that Najim Laachroui, who was only tentatively named hours before, had been arrested in the Belgian capital. However DH is now reporting that it was a different individual. Police have declined [...]
Sports Direct’s share price falls after retailer clarifies Mike Ashley’s “in trouble” comments saying earnings will come in at bottom end of expectations March 23, 2016 Sports Direct has been forced to issue a clarification, confirming that the retailer's adjusted EBITDA will come within the expected range, after comments made by founder and majority shareholder Mike Ashley yesterday. Ashley – who is notoriously private and rarely speaks to the press – yesterday gave an interview with The Times in which he said the [...]
Credit Suisse’s share price rises as bank speeds up restructuring with 2,000 job cuts as global markets division is downsized March 23, 2016 Credit Suisse is accelerating its restructuring and cost-saving programme, with the confirmation that 2,000 jobs are being cut in its global markets division. The bank said the job cuts – which come on top of the 4,000 previously announced – would reduce costs in the troubled division from $6.6bn to $5.4bn by the end of 2018. So far 2,800 [...]
Brussels explosions: More than 30 dead, 130 wounded in attacks at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro station, American Airlines desk reportedly targeted March 22, 2016 As many as 34 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded in what is thought to be a pair of coordinated suicide attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels today. Police believe as many as 14 people were killed in two explosions at the airport, which is thought to have taken place near to an American Airlines desk. A [...]
Brussels attack: Belgian police release images of deadly Zaventem Airport attack suspect March 22, 2016 Belgian police have issued a wanted notice for a man suspected of involvement in this morning's deadly bomb attacks at the Zaventem Airport in Brussels. They issued a photograph of a man, dressed in white and wearing a hat, as he pushed a luggage trolley alongside two others. In a press conference, police said they believed the [...]
Brussels attacks: Ryanair, EasyJet, Thomas Cook, InterContinental Hotels’s and American Airlines share prices fall after explosions March 22, 2016 Shares in holiday firms sank today, in the wake of two explosions at Brussels' Zaventem Airport, and a third at the Maalbeek metro station, which are believed to have killed at least 34 people and wounded more than 130 between them. Airlines were particularly affected: Shares in American Airlines, which was said to be the target of this [...]
Brussels cats return to Twitter after twin attacks in Belgian city leave at least 34 dead, more than 100 wounded March 22, 2016 Brussels' residents are once again finding solace against terrorism in cat pictures. The Belgian city was the scene of a lockdown in November as authorities attempted to trace suspects behind the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people. At the time, residents were asked not to tweet pictures that might tip off suspects – prompting a wave of cat [...]
