Armed police in negotiations with man in north London over “hazardous items” October 22, 2016 Police have responded to an incident in Northolt and evacuated 80 people "after a report of concerns for the occupant and hazardous items inside the property". Authorities have not entered the house and are currently in negotiations with the one man believed to be inside the property. "Whilst it is not known what the man has [...]
Police launch investigations into fatal stabbings in Shepherds Bush and Wood Green October 22, 2016 Police have launched murder investigations after there were two fatal stabbing in the capital within hours of one another in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to Shepherds Bush at 2.40am after a man, believed to be 28-years old was found suffering from stab wounds on Askew Road. The man has not been [...]
ABN Amro takeover talks have started, though Nordea says they’ll be put on ice until after the Dutch elections October 22, 2016 The chairman of Swedish banking giant Nordea confirmed that it has held preliminary talks with Dutch authorities over a future tie-up with state-backed lender ABN Amro. Local media reported earlier this month that Nordea had approached ABN Amro and Bjorn Wahlroos told Finnish broadcaster YLE today that although this was the case there would be no firm commitment until next year. Read more: [...]
Government ups the ante on “Plug-in Van Grant” by committing addition funds for businesses October 22, 2016 The government is offering UK firms subsidies of up to £20,000 for switching their large trucks to electric vehicles. Business and energy secretary Greg Clark made the announcement during a three day trip to Japan to meet top executives from Nissan, Honda and Toyota – all of which have considerable manufacturing operations in the UK. Read more: Apple's driverless car plans [...]
Weak pound means pricier petrol and more VAT for the Treasury October 22, 2016 Treasury coffers have been bolstered by the weakened pound driving up prices at the pump according to a report released today. Fuel prices have risen by an average of 3.5p a litre over the last month. This means that the government is raking approximately £25m each month in increased VAT revenues, the AA Fuel Price report revealed. Read more: [...]
Greggs sausage rolls up the leaderboard in hospital food poll October 22, 2016 A ranking of the healthiest providers of hospital food revealed that one of the nation's favourite bakeries was narrowly pipped to the top spot. The "Healthy Hospital Food: 2016 Brand League Table" compared the performance of how well companies meet NHS England targets on healthy checkouts, food advertising and price promotions in hospitals. Although the Royal Voluntary Service and [...]
26 people treated and five taken to hospital after London bus crashes into a bridge October 22, 2016 A bus crashed into a railway bridge in Tottenham at around 4am this morning. Two fire engines and 15 firefighters attended the incident on St Lays Road with the bus seemingly stuck under the bridge. The incident was over, according to the London Fire Brigade, by 5.45am. A total of 26 people were treated with five of [...]
Police say that London City incident could have simply been an accident October 22, 2016 Police officers are investigating yesterday's evacuation of London City airport that led to 500 people being evacuated following a "chemical incident". A search in the immediate aftermath of the incident identified what was believed to be either CS gas or a spray. Read more: London City Airport evacuated after fire alarm "Whilst the cause of [...]
The Euro Parliament president is stepping in this morning to try and save the EU-Canada trade deal October 22, 2016 The head of the European Parliament has not given up hope on saving the Canada-EU trade deal and is holding last ditch talks with two of the key parties this morning. Martin Schulz, said he would meet Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland at 6.30am British time and then speak with Walloon premier Paul Magnette at 9am in an effort to revive [...]
Hackers unleashed a wide-ranging and complex attack in the US that quickly spread globally October 22, 2016 Yesterday's complex cyber attack was orchestrated by hackers accessing thousands of internet-connected devices, such as webcams and digital recorders, that had previously been infected with malicious code. An infrastructure company called Dyn, which effectively acts as a switchboard for internet traffic, was targeted by hackers and led to access to the websites of companies around the world being [...]
