UK tells airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace and suspends state carrier’s license over ‘hijacking’ May 24, 2021 The UK has joined a number of other countries in instructing airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after a commercial flight was intercepted by a fighter jet and diverted to the country to arrest a journalist. Transport secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that he had instructed the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ask planes to steer [...]
Cash clueless: Nearly half of Brits don’t know what an overdraft or mortgage is May 24, 2021 A new study has found that more than one in four people in the UK don’t feel confident when it comes to handling their personal finances. The research, carried out by debt management company Lowell and shared with City A.M. this evening, found that just a third of people claim to feel “very confident” when handling [...]
Sam Torrance: Phil Mickelson winning the US PGA Championship is among the greatest major wins ever May 24, 2021 “I absolutely believe a player in their fifties will win a major,” Bernhard Langer said last month. He didn’t have to wait long to see that prediction realised by Phil Mickelson in a quite incredible performance at the US PGA Championship. Mickelson, who turns 51 next month, was sublime at Kiawah Island last week. He [...]
ENRC opens £70m claim against SFO and top law firm Dechert May 24, 2021 A multi million pound claim against a top City law firm and the Serious Fraud Office for an alleged breach of contract will be heard at the High Court today. Mining firm Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) is suing law firm Dechert and one of its former partners Neil Gerrard for an alleged breach of [...]
Sheree Atcheson: Allies and analytics May 24, 2021 Action plans and good intentions are all very well, but is your ED&I strategy truly effective? Sheree Atcheson outlines the road to successful implementation. This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Writing in The Times last month, former Conservative minister, now NED at Goldman Sachs, Sam Gyimah argued ethnic diversity isn’t “woke” but rather [...]
BMW M3 Competition review: super saloon gets a grilling May 22, 2021 A new BMW M3 is always exciting news. Tim Pitt goes fast and sideways in the 510hp Competition – and ask how it compares to the E30 original.
Jeremy Paxman diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease May 21, 2021 Legendary broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has revealed he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 71-year-old journalist and University Challenge presenter said he had been receiving “excellent treatment” and that his symptoms were “currently mild”. “I can confirm I have recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I am receiving excellent treatment and my symptoms are currently [...]
Hating Peter Tatchell director Christopher Amos on the controversial campaigner May 21, 2021 Launching on Netflix today is the documentary Hating Peter Tatchell, a look at the life of one of the most high-profile LGBTQ+ rights activists in the world. For most of his life, Tatchell has been on the front line of the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation, often using extreme means to get a media spotlight on [...]
Screenshot: Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? May 21, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys **Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? **Can London close the tech gap on Silicon Valley? Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys Shrek turned 20 this week. Ah lovely, an innocent reminder of youth, I bet you’re thinking. Wrong. It’s actually [...]
Israel and Hamas agree ceasefire after 11-day conflict May 20, 2021 Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire following an 11-day conflict that has killed almost 250 people. Fighting across the Gaza Strip border will halt from 2am on Friday, a Hamas official and Israeli media said. A Hamas official told Reuters the truce would be “mutual and simultaneous”. It comes a day after US [...]