How the Internet of Things is taking tech into the future September 13, 2022 IoT’s importance as a technology trend this year and into the future is the role it plays in the successes of other technologies.
Guilty: MP Margaret Ferrier forced to do 270 hours of community service after taking the train while positive September 13, 2022 A member of parliament head today she will have to do 270 hours of community service, after she “wilfully ignored” Covid rules and travelled by train from London to Scotland after testing positive. Margaret Ferrier was told the sentence was a direct alternative to custody and that she will need to carry out the unpaid [...]
UK civil servants to have computers monitored to get people back to office September 13, 2022 Whitehall civil servants will have their computers monitored in a bid to get people back to the office permanently post-Covid. Civil servants in the Cabinet Office, which has around 2,700 staff, have been told that management will monitor how often they log on to their computers to track how much they work from home. It [...]
Lidl joins Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Primark to shut shops for Queen’s funeral September 12, 2022 Top supermarkets and retailers including Lidl, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s are set to shut their UK stores on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Major retailers B&Q and Primark will also close shops for the bank holiday to mark the Queen’s state-funeral next Monday. Some supermarkets are also working on plans to cut some of [...]
Carlos Alcaraz’s US Open win could set him on course for superstardom September 12, 2022 No matter the result at Flushing Meadows on Sunday night the world of tennis was going to be exposed to a new Grand Slam winner, but in Carlos Alcaraz’s victory at the US Open the sport might have uncovered its next superstar. While the world basks in the ability to say they lived through the [...]
Where it all began seven decades ago: How Elizabeth became Queen in a treetop in rural Kenya September 12, 2022 Let’s go back to the 1950s. 1952 to be precise, it’s February 6. A day that would change the life of a young, newly married English princess forever. Being on an official Royal tour with her husband in East Africa, 25-year old Princess Elizabeth was watching baboons while taking photographs of the Kenyan sunrise from [...]
Queen’s funeral: Travel chiefs warn train network will be ‘extremely busy’ as refunds offered September 12, 2022 Travel chiefs have warned services and stations will be “extremely busy” in the next week due to the official period of mourning. Both the Rail Delivery Group and Transport For London discouraged unnecessary travel and urged planning, as hundreds of thousands are expected to visit Her Majesty the Queen lying in state. Parliamentary authorities are [...]
Wilko shakes up rent payments as it eyes cashflow ahead of Christmas September 11, 2022 High street giant Wilko is shaking up its rent payments schedule in a bid to conserve cash in the run up to Christmas. The garden and home retailer told landlords that it would now unilaterally pay its quarterly rent bill in monthly instalments to manage the firm’s cashflow: heralding a difficult time moving forward for [...]
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died, aged 96 September 8, 2022 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 96 at her Scottish country residence, Balmoral. She served as the Queen of the United Kingdom and of the Commonwealth for 70 years, having come to the throne at the age of just 25. She was born in 1926. Buckingham Palace confirmed the monarch’s passing in a [...]
Energy firms welcome Government support package for households September 8, 2022 Energy firms have broadly welcomed the announced support package for households this winter, but called for more focus on demand.