Russia using trained bottlenose dolphins to protect its Black Sea fleet April 28, 2022 Russia is using bottlenose dolphins to stop its warships from being sabotaged. New satellite images analysed by the US Naval Institute show dolphin pens in the occupied Black Sea port of Sevastopol. The animals have been trained to detect mines and warn of hostile scuba diving soldiers, known as frogmen. This comes after the Kremlin’s [...]
Women now dominate boards of top three water firms, with five-out-of-six CEO and chair positions held April 28, 2022 Women now dominate the boards of water companies, with five out of six heads taking up the roles. The majority of chief executives and chairs for the three FTSE-Listed water firms, Severn Trent, Pennon and United Utilities, are now held by women. This comes after Louise Beardmore was promoted to chief executive at UU, succeeding [...]
Prince Harry’s role at $5bn life coaching firm at centre of employee anger over ‘sneaky pay cut’ April 28, 2022 Employees at a life coaching and mental health firm have questioned the role of Prince Harry as its “chief impact officer”. Staff at $5bn Silicon Valley company BetterUp have complained about the Duke of Sussex’s high-profile role, as it implements a payment restructure which staff have claimed amounts to a “sneaky pay cut.” It did [...]
Former top executive at Russia’s Gazprombank flees Kremlin’s reach and joins Ukraine’s defence April 28, 2022 A former senior executive at a major Russian bank has fled the country and joined Ukraine’s army. Former vice-president at Gazprombank, Igor Volobuyev, said he “couldn’t stay with those people, shake their hands, watch the war on my phone as if this were a horrible film and pretend I didn’t care. Speaking to Ukrainian media [...]
Putin warns ‘retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast’ if West intervenes in Ukraine April 28, 2022 Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned the Kremlin’s “retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast” if the United States or a Nato country intervenes in the Ukraine war. In a television address, he responded to President Joe Biden committing to more military aid to Kyiv continuing to ramp up sanctions on Moscow with European allies. This comes [...]
28-year-old man charged with four murders in Bermondsey stabbing, will appear in court today April 28, 2022 A man will appear in court charged with the murder of four people at an address in Bermondsey, South London. Joshua Jacques, 28, stands accused of killing Dolet Hill, 64, Denton Burke, 58, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and Samantha Drummonds, 27. He will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on today charged with the murders. [...]
Tory MP accused of watching porn on phone in the Commons, as party whip says ‘action will be taken’ April 27, 2022 A Conservative MP has been accused of watching porn on his phone in the Commons, as whips pledge action against the “wholly unacceptable” behaviour. chief whip, Chris Heaton-Harris said “action will be taken” and said he would hold private meetings with female Tory MPs who made the claims. The accusation was raised during a meeting [...]
400k out of workforce due to health inequality which could lead to £8bn economic drag April 27, 2022 The government has said tackling health disparities is a “priority’, after a new report revealed Illness and covid has driven an estimated 400,000 people from the workforce, leading to a possible £8bn drag on the economy. 1m workers are missing from the workers from before the pandemic, with 400,00 due to illness, including long-Covid, according [...]
F1 test systems firm AB Dynamics weathers supply chain pressures with price increases on new orders April 27, 2022 AB Dynamics, manufacturer of driving robots and simulators used by the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team, had £37m in revenue in the six months up to February, more than £10m more than the previous year. The company had £5.7m in operating profit, a 63 per cent increase on 2021, while net cash was down 16 [...]
Power firm Drax has 99 per cent of energy generated from renewables April 27, 2022 Power creating firm Drax had 99 per cent of generation from renewables last year, as the firm looks to help shore up UK energy security. The company announced a series of new plants, including a 360Kt site in Alabama and 40Kt satellite plant in Arkansas, while its biomass, hydro and pumped storage elements in the [...]
