Orionids Meteor Shower 2016: When is it happening and how to watch it if you’re in London October 21, 2016 Look out – the Orionids Meteor Shower peaks tonight. The shower is caused by debris from Halley’s Comet, and is set to light up the sky by producing up to 25 shooting stars an hour tonight. This event is set to be a spectacle and one not to be missed. Here’s what you need to [...]
Here’s what happened on the third episode of The Apprentice October 21, 2016 In last night's episode, Lord Sugar gave the candidates a food task, meaning everybody messed around in a kitchen for half the episode. Even though they were making sweets, no one called their brand “Lord Sugar”, proving none of them really have what it takes to win. Although the phrase “business acumen” was only used twice, so [...]
American Airlines’ share price loses altitude after empty seats and higher labour costs weigh on profits October 20, 2016 The world's largest airline by revenue, American Airlines, has posted a 56 per cent drop in profit for its third quarter, but managed to beat analyst expectations. Shares took a hit however, falling some three per cent in New York after the announcement. The numbers AA's profit dropped out of the sky over the year, falling to $737m (£601m), [...]
Sky’s finally launching its mobile service October 20, 2016 Sky is finally launching its mobile service nearly two years after it first signed a deal with Telefonica to use its O2 network capacity. Customers will be able to pre-register for the service from 31 October and the media company will reveal further details of the service at its investor event today. Sky has taken some [...]
BT comes under pressure from digital minister October 19, 2016 The minister for digital policy has said the government is committed to improving competition in the UK broadband market as watchdog Ofcom weighs the case for breaking up BT. Minister of state for digital and culture Matt Hancock said the government wanted to ensure “a fair market in which all providers can compete for business”. The [...]
Twitter fires its new head of VR… in the same week it hired him October 19, 2016 Twitter is ploughing on into the world of virtual reality, though it faced a small setback today after announcing it had fired its new head of VR (roughly 48 hours after he started his new job). A Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, Gregory Gopman, had joined the struggling social network to work on a nascent team charged with [...]
Chinese industrial duo Yinyi Group and Impro to battle it out for Doncasters October 18, 2016 Two Chinese industrial firms, Yinyi Group and Impro, have emerged as two of the bidders for engineering giant Doncasters. According to Sky News, the interest is tentative, but should it progress further, could test the government’s attitude on foreign ownership of British manufacturers. Read more: Winning HS2 bidder has to develop generation of UK engineering [...]
Weak pound and oil price surge pushes average price of unleaded petrol above 115p for first time over a year October 18, 2016 The average price of unleaded petrol across the country rose above 115p yesterday, reaching 115.15p, according to data from Experian Catalist. Although many pumps will already have been selling fuel at that level or higher for several days, this is the first time in over a year the overall average has nudged above the threshold. The [...]
Tour de France champion Chris Froome says questions remain over rival Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of controversial TUEs October 18, 2016 Triple Tour de France champion Chris Froome has fuelled the debate over Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUE), saying his rival may have been operating in a grey area of anti-doping rules. Wiggins has faced questions after it emerged that he was prescribed a powerful drug, which would have been forbidden without a [...]
The UK’s biggest banks are bracing themselves for another £2bn on their PPI bill October 18, 2016 Britain's largest banks are set to add billions to their collective bill for payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in the next two weeks. According to Sky News, executives at Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Barclays are in the process of finalising top-up provisions, amounting to around £2bn in total – due to be [...]