2021 goes down as bloodiest year on record in London after double teen stabbing in Hillingdon and Croydon January 1, 2022 2021 has gone down as the bloodiest year on record for teen homicides in London as two boys were stabbed to death within an hour of each other. A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded at Philpot’s Farm, Yiewsley, in Hillingdon in west London, and was pronounced dead at 8.25pm. It followed the fatal stabbing of [...]
Brexit passporting: Little appetite among EU finance firms to stay in London as FCA applications disappoint January 1, 2022 It appears that many European financial services firms are not interested in continuing to be authorised in the City, as only half of EU firms that were given a temporary license to operate in the UK – immediately after Brexit – have applied for full authorisation, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The City [...]
Happy New Year: World says hello to 2022 as millions celebrate across the UK January 1, 2022 Millions of Brits welcomed the new year with confetti, drinks, fireworks and cheers across the UK. As the new year marched across the globe, time zone by time zone, tens of millions of people across the UK waited for 2022 to arrive in Britain, and it sure did when skies across the country were lit [...]
Omicron onslaught: Number of Brits with Covid jumps by nearly a million to 2.3m while NHS staff off sick with coronavirus doubles December 31, 2021 An estimated 2.3 million people in the UK had Covid-19 in the week ending December 23, up from 1.4 million in the week to December 16 and the highest number since comparable figures began in autumn 2020, the Office for National Statistics said. Meanwhile, the number of NHS hospital staff in England absent due to [...]
Explosion in ‘London leavers’ buying up properties in the countryside with St Albans top destination for first-time buyers December 31, 2021 More properties outside the city were purchased by London-based home buyers this year than in any year since 2007. First-time buyers made up nearly a quarter (24 of Londoners buying outside the capital in 2021, according to the calculations from Hamptons. The estate agent estimates that, in total, buyers based in London purchased more than [...]
Jubilant South Africa lifts curfew as Omicron wave subsides rapidly with minimal Covid hospital admissions and Delta killed off: ‘Expect the same in other countries’ December 31, 2021 Optimism is growing rapidly in South Africa as the wave of Covid infections caused by the Omicron variant seems to subside as quickly as it came. Infections are down and multiple Covid experts have confirmed the Omicron wave is subsiding quickly. The government therefore lifted the months-long curfew last night, allowing South Africans to party [...]
Covid scientists warn just ‘a whiff of infected breath’ is enough to catch hyper transmissible Omicron variant December 31, 2021 Merely “a whiff of infected breath” is enough to catch the most transmissible variant of coronavirus, Omicron, a leading scientist warned this morning. Professor Peter Openshaw, who sits on the UK’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Breakfast: “Omicron is so infectious. “We’re lucky really that it wasn’t this infectious [...]
BREAKING: Nationwide app down, thousands of Brits unable to make payments on New Year’s Eve December 31, 2021 Nationwide’s mobile banking app has just gone down, with thousands of Brits unable to make any payments or access their funds. Thousands of frustrated customers have taken to social media. Nationwide is responding to customers, saying it does not know yet when the problems may be solved. According to the website Downdetector, problems started late [...]
Southern trains cancels ALL services to and from London Victoria until January 10 as rail disruption worsens December 30, 2021 Southern announced this afternoon that none of its trains will run to or from London Victoria until January 10 due to “coronavirus isolation and sickness”. Disruption to rail services is worsening due to pandemic-related staff shortages and industrial action. London Victoria is one of the UK’s busiest stations, and is normally connected by Southern to [...]
The year of the activist shareholder: Vocal investors rebel more as FTSE companies struggle to get directors re-elected and pay approved December 30, 2021 Investors in FTSE companies are becoming more activist, with a 29 per cent jump in shareholder votes against the re-appointment of directors, according to new data shared with City A.M. In total 42 directors have been subject to major dissenting votes against their re-election, compared to 30 in 2020, according to a new report from [...]
