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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London 24-hour Night Tube Map: This is where the weekend Tube will run on the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines

June 22, 2015

The first map of London's first-ever Night Tube service has been revealed, showing passengers where they will be able to travel when the first services are introduced in less than three months time. Late night revellers will be able to make their way through the capital on the underground at weekends throughout the night from [...]
London 24 hour Night Tube: Seven ways London travel’s going to get even better

June 22, 2015

The Night Tube has nearly arrived. After years of Londoners dreaming of being able to hop on the tube after a night out, it will finally become reality this autumn. Transport for London's new map shows exactly where travellers can hop on and hop off in this first phase of the Night Tube rollout, but [...]
Tesco first quarter results and AGM: Three things to expect from Friday’s figures

June 21, 2015

Tesco will update the market on its first-quarter figures – the first since reporting its biggest ever loss – while executives will face shareholders at its AGM. Here's what to expect from the supermarket on Friday. 1. The numbers will continue tumbling The supermarket’s first quarter is unlikely to tell a different story from the [...]
Grexit: Tsipras puts deal proposals to Merkel, Hollande and Juncker to avoid default deadline

June 21, 2015

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has presented new proposals to European leaders for a deal on debt repayments to avoid the country defaulting. Tsipras put the proposals to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a phone call this afternoon, ahead of emergency talks due to [...]
Grexit: Not reaching a deal would be “insane”, says National Bank of Greece boss Louka Katseli

June 21, 2015

The boss of Greece’s biggest bank has said it would be “insane” for the country not to reach a deal at emergency talks due to be held tomorrow between the Greek government and European leaders. Louka Katseli, the chair of the National Bank of Greece (BNG), told the BBC "I think sanity will prevail and [...]
Lidl “ale assault” will rival supermarket beer offers in latest price war after “claret offensive” success

June 21, 2015

Lidl's is embarking on an "ale assault" with a new beer range to rival the big four supermarkets after the success of last year's "claret offensive". The discounter has now switched its attention from wine to beer, and will launch more than 60 new brews onto its shelves from Monday, many priced more cheaply than [...]
Father’s Day Vs Mother’s Day: Gift spending leaves dads short-changed compared to mums

June 21, 2015

It may be that one special day of the year when it’s all about them, but poor old dads are actually being short-changed when it comes to Father’s Day. People are way more interested in celebrating mums than dads, it turns out, and the same goes for how much cash gets splashed on them too. [...]
Michael Fallon: UK will commit 1,000 troops to Nato rapid response force for further three years

June 21, 2015

The defence secretary Michael Fallon has promised to commit UK troops to Nato's rapid response force for a further three years to fight threats from Russia and elsewhere Ahead of a meeting of Nato defence ministers due to be held in Brussels this week, Fallon promised support of 1,000 troops every year to Nato's new task [...]
George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith promise £12bn cuts to welfare budget

June 21, 2015

The government has promised to slash the welfare bill by £12bn each year, the day after tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London to protest against austerity. Chancellor George Osborne and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the cuts would reform "the damaging culture of welfare dependency" and ensure [...]
Britain’s hottest startups grew six times the rate of UK businesses

June 19, 2015

Britain’s hottest startups are fuelling economic growth and job creation, growing at six times the rate of the rest of the UK’s businesses. The Future Fifty, a group of the country’s brightest and most promising high-growth tech businesses identified by Tech City UK, increased their workforce by 30 per cent in the last year, compared [...]

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