By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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Is the Guardian Media Group following Pearson’s lead? Top Right Group sale or IPO reportedly being considered by owners GMG and Apax days after FT sale

July 26, 2015

Just days after Pearson sold off the FT Group in a deal worth £884m, the Guardian Media Group may now be following its lucrative lead. Top Right Group, the publisher of industry magazines such as Drapers, Retail Week and Nursing Times formerly known as Emap, is being prepared for a sale or float by owners [...]
Now Boris Johnson has a fourth job after signing half a million pound book deal

July 26, 2015

As if the prospect of working three jobs wasn’t enough, Boris Johnson has only gone and landed himself a fourth. The Mayor of London, MP for Uxbridge and Telegraph columnist can add a fourth string to his increasingly crowded bow, after signing a book deal. Busy Boris will pen a new biography of Shakespeare for [...]
Secret Escapes gets $60m Google Ventures backing for global expansion

July 26, 2015

Deals website Secret Escapes has landed $60m (£39m) investment from Google's venture arm to fuel ambitious global expansion plans. The flash deals website set up in London in 2010 which offers luxury holidays at a discount has completed a series C round of funding led by Google Ventures and existing investor Octopus Investments. Index and [...]
Alex Salmond says second Scottish independence referendum “inevitable”

July 26, 2015

He may have failed in his attempt to lead Scotland to independence, but former First Minister and now SNP MP in Westminster Alex Salmond, believes it's not the end of the dream. He has called a second vote on Scottish independence "inevitable" speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning. "I think a [...]
Lord Sewel resigns as House of Lords deputy speaker after Sun on Sunday alleges drug taking

July 26, 2015

Lord Sewel has resigned his position as the deputy speaker of the House of Lords following allegations that he took drugs with prostitutes. The Labour peer, who chairs the Lords' committee on standards and behaviour, was allegedly caught on camera taking cocaine with two prostitutes according to the Sun on Sunday. Now Sewel, a former [...]
Paris Police fire shots at car which crashed through Tour de France barrier in Place de la Concorde

July 26, 2015

Police in Paris have fired shots at a car which tried to crash through a barrier on the final stage of the Tour de France route in the French capital. The car tried to crash through security barriers being set up for the Tour de France final, which will pass through the city later today. [...]
Great Scotland Yard snapped up by Indian billionaire Yusuffali Kader’s Lulu Group for luxury hotel

July 26, 2015

Indian billionaire Yusuffali Kader has snapped up the historic home of London's Metropolitan police and will turn Great Scotland Yard into a luxury hotel. Kader's Abu Dhabi headquartered Lulu Group has bought up the Edwardian building in Whitehall in a £110m deal with Galliard Homes, and will work with the Steigenberger Hotel Group to run the [...]
EU Referendum: David Cameron “pencils in June 2016” for Brexit vote as George Osborne heads to Paris

July 26, 2015

A referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union could be held within the next year, with June 2016 pencilled in for the vote, the Independent on Sunday reports. David Cameron has promised a vote before the end of 2017 and has embarked on a whistlestop tour of Europe since winning the election. meeting leaders to [...]
Christmas in July? A million Brits have already finished their festive season shopping

July 23, 2015

It's only July, but more than a million Brits have already finished their shopping for Christmas, which is still five whole months away. It's not just a strange minority that already have the festive season wrapped up though. They may not have finalised everything quite yet, but more than a third of the country have, [...]
London Waterloo train delays expected as two platforms close due to signalling problems

July 23, 2015

The closure of two platforms at Waterloo is expected to cause delays for rush hour commuters travelling from the station for the rest of the evening. A signalling problem has resulted in the closure of platforms three and four, resulting in delays as well as disruptions to normal routes. South West Trains which runs services [...]

Starmer not told Mandelson was denied security clearance

Trump-hating Fifa World Cup fans should have costs paid if denied visa

Avenue Q is wonderfully lawless chaos (with very rude puppets)

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