Watch live: The new back-to-basics Nokia 3310 launch February 26, 2017 Try to contain your excitement: the back-to-basics phone you've been dreaming about, the Nokia 3310, is due to be unveiled by parent company HMD Global at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today – and we've got the live stream right here. The rumoured new phone will be unveiled alonside two new smartphones at 3.30pm UK [...]
Some Barclays customers are still locked out – but Barclays says it isn’t related to yesterday’s huge outage February 26, 2017 Barclays customers were still complaining about problems with Barclays' online banking service this morning, following a huge outage stranded many of its 15m customers without access to their money last night. However, a spokesperson for the lender said while there was an "ongoing issue with a minimal number of Android users", problems experienced this morning [...]
If you want a job at UK’s best financial services company to work for, you’ll have to move to Wolverhampton… February 26, 2017 Want a job at the firm named the UK's best financial services company to work for? You'll have to move to the Midlands. Yep – a Wolverhampton company has clinched the sector's top spot in a ranking of the UK's best employers. The Sunday Times' 100 Best Companies to Work for 2017 named Charter Court Financial [...]
Five people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into pedestrians in South East London February 26, 2017 Five people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians in Bellingham, in South East London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 8.20am today, after reports of a car collision with a wall and a number of pedestrians on Bromley Road. BELLINGHAM: Bromley Road is closed due [...]
Home secretary Amber Rudd: This is the end of free movement as we know it February 26, 2017 Home secretary Amber Rudd has emphasised that the UK's immigration rules will radically change after Brexit, saying it will be the end "of Freedom of Movement as we know it". In an interview on Peston on Sunday, Rudd refused to be drawn on the options being looked at, saying it would be a "mistake" to go [...]
Ukip deputy Peter Whittle shrugs off threats from Arron Banks, saying there are “other” donors February 26, 2017 Ukip's deputy leader has brushed off a threat from one of its largest donors, saying "there are other people" to help bankroll the party. Appearing on The Andrew Marr show, Peter Whittle said if Arron Banks, whose fortune is estimated at £100m, withdraws his funding, it will not hurt the party. "If Arron were to take [...]
The UK’s terror threat is at its worst since the 1970s, says the new terror watchdog February 26, 2017 The UK's new terror watchdog has said we're facing the worst threat since the IRA was at its peak in the 1970s. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Max Hill said Isis is planning "indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians" in cities across the UK. "In terms of the threat that’s represented, I think the [...]
Unilever investors are gunning for it to be broken up after the Kraft Heinz deal failed February 26, 2017 Some of Unilever's largest shareholders have spoken out after the failed takeover attempt by Kraft Heinz, calling for a break-up of the consumer products giant which could lead to its food brands, including Marmite and Ben & Jerry's, being separated off from its personal care division. Matthew Tillman, fund manager at Allianz, Unilever's 14th biggest [...]
FTSE reshuffle: Dixons Carphone, Easyjet, Capita and Intu all face relegation February 24, 2017 It's FTSE 100 reshuffle time again next week – and research suggests Dixons Carphone, EasyJet, Capita and Intu Properties could all be in the relegation zone. The Share Centre said potential replacements include the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, whose focus on international investments means it is making the most of a stronger pound, and asset [...]
UK stamp prices will increase by 1p from March, the Royal Mail has said February 24, 2017 The Royal Mail has announced the price of stamps in the UK are due to increase by 1p from the end of March. In a statement today it said first class stamps will rise to 65p, while second class stamps will rise to 56p. Meanwhile, the price of a large letter first class stamp will [...]
