Right-wingers Dacre and Moore in line for top media posts under Johnson September 27, 2020 Two prominent right-wing media critics of the BBC are reportedly in line for jobs as the next president of the public service broadcaster and the head of TV regulator Ofcom. Former Telegraph editor, and official Margaret Thatcher biographer, Lord Charles Moore is in line to be the next BBC president, while former Daily Mail editor [...]
Royal London in talks with LV= over £500m tie-up September 26, 2020 Royal London is in negotiations with fellow financial services provider LV= regarding a tie-up and could reach an agreement within days. A deal would see the groups merge their pensions, life insurance and asset managements businesses, according to Sky News. The transaction would end LV=’s 177-year status as an independent business and create a “mutual [...]
Andrew Neil to leave BBC and lead new UK TV news channel September 26, 2020 Andrew Neil is set to leave the BBC and lead a rival news channel backed by US group Discovery. GB News plans to launch in early 2021 with Neil as its chair and top presenter. The channel is aiming to bring a talk-radio style to the UK “underserved and unheard by their media” and upend [...]
Botticelli portrait set to fetch $80m as it goes up for auction September 24, 2020 One of the last known privately-owned portraits by Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to fetch at least $80m (£63m) when it goes under the hammer in January. The 550-year-old painting, titled Young Man Holding a Roundel, will go up for sale as part of Sotheby’s Masters Week series of auctions in New York next [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on Tatum September 24, 2020 Tatum is a unique platform that tackles blockchain developers’ biggest problems today: speed, accessibility and interoperability. It reduces development time to mere hours and is extremely easy to use. Anyone with little to zero coding knowledge can benefit from its features at no cost – Tatum has made its platform open source for everyone. As [...]
Hancock urges people to download new contact-tracing app September 24, 2020 The government has urged people living in England and Wales to download the NHS’s coronavirus contact-tracing app to help tackle the worrying rise in coronavirus cases, after it was officially released. It will be available to everyone aged 16 and over and will work in multiple languages. Mobile network operators Vodafone, Three, EE, O2, Sky [...]
Tesco boss warns against panic buying after new virus restrictions September 23, 2020 Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has said there is no need for customers to be panic buying groceries, following new restrictions imposed across the UK to combat a second wave of coronavirus infections. Images have been shared on social media of supermarket shelves stripped of food staples such as pasta and flour, bringing back memories [...]
Venezuela heads back to court over £800m pot of gold in the Bank of England September 22, 2020 The Venezuelan central bank is heading to court in London today, as it appeals a ruling from over the summer that affirmed the UK’s recognition of Juan Guaido as the country’s interim leader. Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) has brought a case at the Court of Appeal to decide ownership of a £800m horde of [...]
Boris Johnson to tell Brits to work from home in lockdown U-turn September 22, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today tell Brits to work from home where possible as the UK slaps down fresh restrictions to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Just weeks after urging people to head back into the office, the prime minister will make a sharp U-turn and say that people should work from home if they [...]
London may be days away from new coronavirus restrictions September 20, 2020 Sadiq Khan is reportedly rallying the government to impose new lockdown restrictions on London in the coming days. City Hall sources are also indicating that the mayor may tell Londoners that they should start working from home from next week. Coronavirus cases jumped by 3,899 today, after cases jumped by 4,422 yesterday. Health secretary Matt [...]