Jeremy Corbyn will be included on the ballot for Labour’s leadership contest automatically July 12, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn will be included on the ballot in Labour's leadership contest without requiring support from other MPs, Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided. The dispute over whether MPs' support would be required for Corbyn to run has intensified this week as Angela Eagle launched her bid for the leadership of the party. A [...]
Chris Froome conserves energy for crucial double-header as Briton retains Tour de France lead July 12, 2016 Britain's Chris Froome concedes he is keeping his powder dry for two crucial stages later this week after preserving his 16-second lead at the Tour de France on Tuesday. Froome finished safely in the peloton, more than nine minutes behind Australian Michael Matthews, who pipped Peter Sagan and Edvald Boasson Hagen in a sprint finish [...]
These are the next areas that will get Virgin Media’s speedy fibre-to-the-premises broadband July 12, 2016 Virgin Media has named the next 30 rural communities which will gain access to its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. The areas are expected to be connectable via full fibre by spring 2017 and is the next stage of Virgin Media's Supercharging Local Communities initiative, part of its £3bn Project Lightning network. It's aiming to bring 300 mega-bits-per-second broadband to small businesses located outside major towns and cities. Virgin [...]
Odeon owner in talks to sell chain for £1bn to AMC Entertainment Holdings July 11, 2016 The owner of Odeon is in talks with AMC Entertainment Holdings to sell the cinema chain in a £1bn deal. Terra Firma Capital Partners, which owns Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group, is in detailed negotiations at an advanced stage with AMC. An announcement on the sale could be made as early as this week, Sky News first [...]
Chris Froome satisfied as Briton defies hail and torrential rain to consolidate Tour de France lead July 10, 2016 Defending champion Chris Froome declared himself satisfied with the first week of the Tour de France after consolidating his lead in treacherous conditions on Sunday. Froome finished alongside yellow jersey rival Nairo Quintana and fellow Briton Adam Yates, more than six minutes behind Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, who won stage nine in Andorra in torrential rain. [...]
Driverless car buyers may need new insurance covering cyber-attacks, and even ransom, a new report has warned July 10, 2016 Driverless car users may need to find cover against a raft of new dangers, including ransom payments demanded by hackers. A new paper from motor insurer Axa has warned that the rise of autonomous vehicles could lead to cars being hacked to conduct criminal activity, or even to be used a weapon. Alternatively, drivers could [...]
Cyprus Chill: how to really kick back in this undiscovered corner of the Med July 8, 2016 ‘Most of what you see has been untouched for the last 40 years because of our political situation,” says my guide Yusuf, gesturing to the ruins behind him.“The embargo imposed on us by the international community after the country divided in 1974 has meant that we have been unable to excavate any of this site.” [...]
London sponsorship firm Sports Revolution signed up for Real Madrid and Barcelona basketball league July 8, 2016 London-based digital marketing agency Sports Revolution has expanded its international operations after agreeing a partnership with Euroleague, the pan-European basketball league. Sports Revolution will be responsible for implementing the sponsorship from Greek food brand Chipita which is sold over Euroleague's key markets including Russia, Greece,Turkey and Serbia where crowds over 20,000 people watch games live. Football clubs [...]
Ofcom: Sky garners few complaints across broadband, TV, mobile and telephone, but BT, EE, Plusnet fare badly July 8, 2016 Things aren't getting much better. The total number of complaints made to Ofcom in between the last three months of 2015 and the first three months of 2016 was stable – though, to be fair, there was a slight decline in pay-monthly mobile complaints. Sky consistently got less complaints than the industry average, while Virgin [...]
Georgia O’Keeffe at the Tate Modern: flowers and skulls abound, but don’t mention vaginas July 7, 2016 A teacher in America was recently fired for saying the word “vagina” in front of her class during a discussion about Georgia O’Keeffe’s series of flower paintings. O’Keeffe would be mad about this for two reasons: firstly, the sheer ludicrousness of her puritanical home country, where women can’t so much as mention their genitals without [...]