Should Hollywood look north after latest southern snub? June 10, 2024 Hollywood bigwigs have been called on to look north to stage their latest box office hits after the UK film industry was dealt another major blow recently as £750m plans for a new film studio in Buckinghamshire were quashed.
Pro-Palestinian rallies in London continue as Gaza crisis intensifies December 16, 2023 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have gathered again in London this weekend to call for an end to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
The Notebook: Turning 18 with a junior ISA? Here’s what to do October 1, 2024 From managing a junior ISA to preparing for upcoming tax changes, financial expert Susannah Streeter offers her advice in today's Notebook.
Wasps secure stadium and financing for return to rugby February 26, 2024 Former European Champions Cup winners Wasps edged closer to a return to professional rugby yesterday with confirmation of funding and a solution to their stadium woes. The club folded in 2022 having racked up debts of over £100m, and were one of three clubs to go under – alongside Worcester Warriors and London Irish – [...]
Exclusive: Home REIT property deals examined by UK crime agency January 27, 2023 The National Crime Agency is scrutinising property deals involving beleaguered social housing investor Home REIT, City A.M. has learned.
Four Mothers at London Film Festival review: This Irish ode to oldies is like a big warm hug October 13, 2024 Four Mothers premiered at the London Film Festival on 13 October. Our rating: ★★★★ Irish writer siblings Colin and Darren Thornton’s rumination on the challenges of balancing family life with personal ambition embraces like a big warm hug. Four Mothers follows Edward, a queer 30-something writer whose book on teenage trauma has found success in [...]
Mike Lynch: UK tech tycoon who founded software firm Autonomy is extradited to US May 12, 2023 British technology tycoon Mike Lynch has been extradited to the US to face criminal charges. The founder of software firm Autonomy, who was once dubbed the UK’s Bill Gates, will stand trial on charges including fraud, which he denies. It comes weeks after he lost an appeal last month following an almost four-year court battle [...]
Can the Conservatives ever win back London? August 3, 2023 The Conservatives hung onto a leafy, traditionally blue seat with less than 500 votes, if they can’t convince the suburbs of London, can they ever win its heart? John Oxley on the Tories’ London problem.
Police called as two protestors scale Home Office building December 15, 2022 Two protestors have scaled the Home Office building in central London. The Metropolitan Police announced they were called just before 6.30am to reports of the disturbance. It confirmed to City A.M. protestors were from the Animal Justice group. This comes after at least four migrants died in the English Channel yesterday amid criticism of the [...]
Mark Kleinman on banks, Ocado and London’s IPO market June 29, 2023 Mark Kleinman is City editor at Sky News Politics could push ministers to punish banks This is a cost of living crisis, not a banking crisis: if I had a fiver for every time a senior bank executive had said that to me over the last 18 months, I’d never need another mortgage of my [...]