‘Welfare value’ of Britain’s green spaces stands at £25bn, with Hyde Park topping the list May 2, 2022 The “welfare value” of Britain’s natural open spaces exceeds £25bn, with London’s Hyde Park topping the list at £24m. A new study funded by the government looks at pars, woods, riversides, beaches and country parks across Britain, assessing how locals enjoy the green space. Research by academics at the University of Exeter produced the outdoor [...]
Qantas buys 12 new planes in bid to conquer ‘final frontier’ of 20-hour flights down under from London and New York May 2, 2022 Australia’s national airline Qantas has ordered 12 huge new luxurious planes as it confirmed plans for new long-haul routes from London and New York, to conquer the “final frontier” of aviation. The carrier will launch 20-hour flights on Airbus A350-1000s, complete with wellbeing zones and extra measures for comfort, taking passengers down under from across [...]
City of London backs plans to ‘design out suicide’ from skyscrapers April 29, 2022 Plans to “design out suicide” from the Square Mile’s skyscrapers have been approved by the City of London. The Corporation’s planning committee backed advice in a paper about preventing deaths in high rise buildings, using methods which designers should take on. According to EGI, developers will have to take suicide prevention measures into “material consideration [...]
Liz Truss ‘appalled by serious allegations’ after British Virgin Islands premier held in drug-smuggling sting April 29, 2022 The head of the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory, has been arrested in a sting operation accused of smuggling cocaine in to the United States. Andrew Alturo Fahie, was held as he boarded a plane in Miami, seized up by undercover agents posing as traffickers. The official was with the head of the [...]
White paper signals formal end to BBC licence fee April 29, 2022 The government has issued a white paper signalling the formal end of the BBC licence fee. The 42-page document acknowledged “clear challenges on the horizon to the sustainability of the licence fee”, while saying sanctions for not paying the fee were “disproportionate and unfair”. According to the Times, the government said: “We need to consider [...]
Foreign Office confirms a British national has been killed in Ukraine April 28, 2022 The foreign office has confirmed a British national has been killed in Ukraine. The unnamed individual was reported dead on Thursday while a second person is reported missing. According to Sky News, the foreign office said: “We can confirm that a British national has been killed in Ukraine and are supporting their family.” “We are [...]
French firm handling passport application phone lines is called in by UK government over backlog chaos April 28, 2022 The head of a French firm tasked with handling help lines for passport applications has been called in by the UK government over its handling of the backlog chaos. Teleperformance is being urged to answer questions about lengthy delays on the phones and a failure to process applications, after millions of Brits were left in [...]
Labour backs suspension of MP Liam Byrne from Commons over bullying complaints April 28, 2022 Labour has backed the suspension of one of its MPs from the Commons over bullying complaints, following an investigation by a Parliamentary committee Liam Byrne could face two days out of parliament following a probe by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The panel upheld a complaint against the MP by a former member of his [...]
Landscaping firm Marshalls swoops in for £535m acquisition of Marley Group April 28, 2022 Landscaping specialists Marshalls have swooped in for a £535m acquisition of Marley Group, backed overwhelmingly by shareholders. The FTSE-250 firm agreed the move with 99 per cent of its shareholders, after they helped raise almost £190m to fund the acquisition. Marley, labelled the as the ‘Marshalls of roofing’, will help to shore up the new [...]
Elon Musk loses bid to lift screening of tweets about Tesla April 28, 2022 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has lost a bid to lift a screening process on his tweets about Tesla. The new owner of Twitter had agreed for his social media posts to be looked at by a lawyer in 2018, and sought to remove the oversight. The entrepreneur, who recently said the electric car [...]
