‘Unusually large’ meteor lights up night sky over Norway July 26, 2021 Norwegians have been stunned by an “unusually large” meteor that lit up the night sky in southern Norway on Sunday. Witnesses described powerful flashes of light followed by loud bangs as the meteor rumbled across the sky over the capital of Oslo, and the phenomena have been seen as far north as Trondheim as reported. [...]
Starling Bank makes first acquisition in bid to expand lending July 26, 2021 British digital lender Starling Bank has struck a £50m deal for specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Fleet Mortgages, in the first of an expected series of deals to drive growth. Starling, which last week said it was eyeing an IPO over the next two years, has finalised the cash and share deal for Hampshire-based Fleet Mortgages, for [...]
Senior management redundancies spike in the wake of Brexit July 26, 2021 Structural changes to the financial services sector following Britain’s exit from the EU has led to a spike in redundancy rates for senior managers. Research from Fox & Partners indicates a nine-fold increase in senior management redundancies. Last year saw 559 senior managers in the sector lose their jobs, up from 61 the year before. [...]
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Ferrari Portofino M review: the al fresco super-GT July 26, 2021 The Ferrari Portofino M gets a ‘Modificata’ update, with the 620hp V8 and eight-speed gearbox from the Roma. It’s a car of many talents.
Russia PM plots his own Cayman Islands with disputed Japanese territories July 26, 2021 Russia has said its prime minister can go wherever he wants on Russian territory, following a Japanese diplomatic protest against his visit to a disputed string of islands. Tokyo has set out an official diplomatic protest over the visit by prime minister Mikhail Mishustin to one of four Russian-held islands which Japan claims, a Japanese [...]
US maintains travel ban on UK residents over Delta variant fears July 26, 2021 The White House has maintained a travel ban on the UK and the EU’s schengen zone due to fears over the highly transmissible Delta variant. The ban has now been in place since last March when it was implemented by former President Donald Trump. A White House official told Reuters today: “Given where we are [...]
Criminal Commission consider report alleging Tom Hayes was wrongfully convicted for Libor rigging July 26, 2021 An academic paper that claims Tom Hayes was wrongfully convicted for rigging Libor interest rates is under review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). It’s the latest development in an ongoing inquiry by the CCRC – the body responsible for investigating suspected miscarriages of justice – into the former trader’s case. The CCRC confirmed [...]
TfL still facing £500m funding gap as network unveils slimmer budget July 26, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) today revealed that it is facing a £500m funding gap for this financial year as it continues to try to broker a long-term financial package with the government. In its revised budget, published this afternoon, the transport network revealed that it would need £1.9bn of funding for 2021/22, down from the [...]
Will Tesla change direction on Bitcoin again? July 26, 2021 City AM columnist Gavin S Brown looks west as all eyes are focused on Tesla to see if it gives Bitcoin the green light again.
