Kenny Shiels: Football manager sparks row by claiming women are more emotional than men April 13, 2022 The manager of the Northern Ireland women’s football team, Kenny Shiels, has claimed that it is difficult to stop women’s teams conceding one goal after another because they are “more emotional than men”. Shiels, who is due to lead the team in their major tournament debut at Euro 2022 this summer, said an “emotional imbalance” [...]
English Cricket Board and KP under fire over The Hundred adverts April 13, 2022 Press Association The UK’s ad watchdog has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and its sponsor KP Snacks about directing junk food promotions at children after banning two adverts for The Hundred featuring crisps and toffee popcorn. The first ad, an email offering free bats and balls sent by the ECB to people [...]
Time Out calls time on London as printers pulled after fifty years April 12, 2022 Time Out will be halting London printers for good as the group pulls the magazine in the capital after over fifty years.
Top traded stocks within stocks and shares ISAs April 12, 2022 As the new tax year commences, we look at why you should make the most of your ISA allowance within an IG stocks and shares ISA and dig into the most popular shares in IG clients’ stocks and shares ISAs. Utilising your ISA allowance The new tax year is almost upon us and with this [...]
All Sold Up: Universal Music snaps up Elvis Presley hits April 12, 2022 The "King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” Elvis Presley is the latest music icon to have his song catalogue snapped up this afternoon by Universal Music.
Cybersecurity: Opportunities – and Challenges – for UK TMT M&A April 12, 2022 Cybersecurity is expected to be the biggest challenge and opportunity facing technology, media, and telecommunication (TMT) mergers and acquisitions professionals (M&A) in 2022, according to new research by Datasite, which surveyed 200 senior UK M&A professionals. The survey found that 54% of UK CEOs and 46% of senior M&A professionals said that cybersecurity presents the best [...]
Sky launches discount broadband following Ofcom pressure April 12, 2022 Sky is the one of the latest broadband providers to launch a discounted rates for low-income customers, following ongoing pressure from Ofcom.
Police training documents suggest the force are unequipped to investigate Big Tech April 11, 2022 New training documents have revealed that UK police officers are left largely unequipped to investigate Big Tech despite a government push to crackdown on online harms. According to reports from Sky News, training fails to teach officers how they can contribute to social media app investigations, with officers instead being told to obtain specialist support. [...]
Mixed feelings for Crawley Town fans following crypto takeover April 11, 2022 Crawley Town fans say they are both 'excited and apprehensive' over a cryptocurrency group buying a controlling stake in the League Two club.
After Elon Musk turns down board seat: With 211m users worldwide, is Twitter the next social media giant to die? April 11, 2022 Sixteen years after its launch and with 211 million users, Twitter has long been considered one of the original social media platforms. However, as the likes of TikTok make rapid gains in popularity, it seems today’s social media users are being drawn away from the hard news and conflict of Twitter debate, to more positive environments. [...]