Average UK house price 30 per cent up on 2007 market peak July 27, 2021 The average price of a home in the UK has risen to a new high of £230,700, up 30 per cent on the 2007 market peak. Since June of last year, the average price has risen by 5.4 per cent, more than double the year on year price growth recorded 12 months ago, when annual [...]
South Korean broadcaster MBC apologises after using Chernobyl to depict Ukraine during Tokyo 2020 Olympic opening ceremony July 26, 2021 A South Korean broadcaster has been forced to apologise after using offensive stereotypes to depict countries during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony. MBC used the offensive pictures and captions alongside the athletes as they walked out during Friday’s ceremony. Italy was identified via pizza, while the broadcaster used the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 [...]
Two London hospitals announce major incident after severe flooding in the capital and south east July 26, 2021 The Environment Agency has six flood warnings in place across the country’s south east as the major incidents continue to affect two of the capital’s hospitals. Whipps Cross Hospital has announced it has been forced to evacuate around 100 inpatients owing to flooding. An entire block is currently without power with no timeline as yet [...]
Prince Harry’s start-up BetterUp heads for London and Munich July 26, 2021 BetterUp, a virtual coaching platform that promises to democratise professional coaching across an entire business enterprise, is heading for Europe as it announced an expansion into London and Munich. The firm, which was co-founded by Alexi Robichaux in 2013 and where Prince Harry is the Chief Impact Officer, has gone from strength-to-strength this year. The [...]
Covid-19 cases fall for fifth day in a row raising hopes that ‘Freedom Day’ catastrophe has been averted July 26, 2021 Hopes are increasing that Britain may have passed the peak of its third wave of the pandemic as cases fell for the fifth day in a row yesterday. The trend is borne out of the seven-day average, which has seen a significant fall. Last week cases were at 46,558, they currently fall at 29,173, the [...]
Tencent shares fall after Beijing orders end to exclusive music rights deals July 26, 2021 Shares in Tencent have fallen after China ordered the company to end exclusive music licensing agreements with record labels across the world. The move is said to be aimed at tackling the technology giant’s dominance of online streaming in the country. They must cease engaging in any of these deals in the future and any [...]
10 Team GB medal hopes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, including Dina Asher-Smith, Adam Peaty, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Sky Brown July 23, 2021 Team GB head into the Tokyo 2020 Olympics somewhat in limbo. Having won a record 67 medals, including 27 golds, at Rio 2016, it seems they might be more difficult to come by over the next few weeks. Stars of past Games Mo Farah, Nicola Adams and Alistair Brownlee, who won four golds between them [...]
Opening match of The Hundred sets UK TV record for women’s cricket July 22, 2021 The opening match of The Hundred, English cricket’s new competition, attracted a record UK television audience for a women’s match. A peak audience of 1.95m watched as the Oval Invincibles beat the Manchester Originals in a closely-fought curtain-raiser to the tournament. The figures marked an encouraging start for a competition that has divided opinion since [...]
English rugby chiefs to offer mouthgard technology to all clubs and open brain clinic as part of concussion action plan July 22, 2021 English rugby chiefs have today announced a new action planned aimed at reducing concussion risk within men’s and women’s professional rugby. The move comes amid mounting pressure on the The Rugby Football Union (RFU), World Rugby and the Welsh Rugby Union as concerns grow over the impact of contact sports on the brain. Nine former [...]
Supermarket boss says there is no need to start panic buying July 22, 2021 The boss of Iceland has said that there is no need to begin panic buying, but that the “pingdemic” risks shutting stores up and down the country. Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland, told 5Live’s Breakfast show that photographs of empty shelves were “isolated incidents”. Over 500,000 people were alerted by the app in the [...]