Online mastermind Martin Clarke steps down from Daily Mail in shock move December 4, 2021 The head of the Daily Mail online Martin Clarke announced he will be stepping down yesterday.
Sunak gears up to slash taxes December 4, 2021 Rishi Sunak is preparing to cut income tax by 2p in the pound or to slash VAT rates before the next election.
Bitcoin sheds a fifth of its value following mass sell off December 4, 2021 Bitcoin shed a fifth of its value this morning as a combination of profit-taking and macro-economic concerns triggered nearly a billion dollars worth of selling across cryptocurrencies.
GPs can postpone health checks for over-75s in booster vaccine push December 4, 2021 GPs have been given permission to postpone health checks for over-75s to allow them to focus on booster vaccines to combat the rise of the new Omicron variant.
Report finds ‘collective failure’ after England Euros final disorder December 3, 2021 The report by Baroness Louise Casey concluded about 2,000 people got into the England v Italy game illegally for the match on 11 July this year. “Ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs” could have caused death as they stormed Wembley before the Euro 2020 final, said a review into the disorder. Casey described “an appalling scene [...]
Human rights group tell the EU to ban Israeli NSO spyware December 3, 2021 Human rights organisations have called on the European Union to impose global sanctions on NSO Group and take “every action” to prohibit the company’s surveillance technology.
Spotify streams podcasts with antisemitism, racism and white supremacist material according to investigation December 3, 2021 An investigation has found antisemitic, racist and white supremacist material in podcasts on one of the most popular streaming services, Spotify.
TSB’s Debbie Crosbie becomes Nationwide’s first female chief exec December 3, 2021 Nationwide Building Society, Britain’s second-biggest provider of home loans, said this morning it has appointed Debbie Crosbie as its new chief executive officer. Crosbie, who is currently the chief exec of Spain’s Sabadell’s TSB unit, will take over from Joe Garner in the new year. She will be the group’s first female executive director, Nationwide [...]
Virgin Media TV cuts out for over 10 hours December 3, 2021 Virgin Media suffered a national outage yesterday, with some customers without access for more than 10 hours. The problem started at 10:30 GMT prompting thousands of viewers to report problems across London, Birmingham and Manchester. Virgin Media apologised, and said it would fix it “as soon as possible”, with the issue being caused by “a [...]
Hitting the note or off pitch? Quick fix for music streaming won’t help us December 3, 2021 Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art, or so said Claude Debussy in his approach to composition. For Labour MP, Kevin Brennan, a love of music and rules for art is at the heart of his fight against streaming companies, which he claims don’t pay artists fairly. His private member’s [...]
