Disgraced abroad and locked up at home: Ousted Myanmar leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison December 6, 2021 Media in Myanmar and Thailand are reporting this morning that a court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions. The ruling is the first in a series of cases brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate [...]
Uber drivers to stage nationwide protest tomorrow before headline IPO May 7, 2019 Uber drivers are gearing up for a national boycott of the app tomorrow ahead of the firm's highly anticipated public listing later this week. Uber drivers in London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow will not log into the app between 7am and 4pm tomorrow to protest at the IPO, which they claim will result in payouts to venture capitalists [...]
Uber drivers to stage nationwide protest tomorrow before headline IPO May 7, 2019 Uber drivers are gearing up for a national boycott of the app tomorrow ahead of the firm's highly anticipated public listing later this week. Uber drivers in London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow will not log into the app between 7am and 4pm tomorrow to protest at the IPO, which they claim will result in payouts to venture capitalists [...]
How could you invest to beat inflation? January 17, 2022 With rising inflation, many are starting to see how investing their money can lead to better returns. On New Year’s Day, many kickstart January with a New Year’s resolution. Some give up chocolate, while others exercise more. A few take up a new hobby. But a handful resolve to spend less and save more money. [...]
Community infection: Omicron variant spreads fast as 75 new cases are detected across England December 4, 2021 The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) said a further 75 cases of the Omicron variant have been confirmed in England amid signs of a “small amount” of community infection. The latest cases take the total for England to 104 and for the UK as a whole to 134 – including the first confirmed case in [...]
This service has been delayed: A railway revolution is at a crossroads October 20, 2021 It was back in May when Grant Shapps, the one-time Tory chairman turned Transport Secretary, promised a revolution that would put passengers “at the heart” of everything to do with Britain’s railways. Critics claim his revolution – that will hand control of the railways to a quango looking something like NHS England – is nationalisation [...]
Used car sales double as chip shortages deplete new model stocks August 10, 2021 The number of used cars changing hands doubled in the second quarter as stock shortages forced some people to turn to second hand models. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), 2,167,504 used models were bought in the last period, up 108 per cent on 2020. The number sold was also up [...]
UK GDP shoots up after worst year on record amid non-stop ‘string of positive news’ March 31, 2021 The UK economy bounced back more strongly than first thought in the last six months of 2020, the Office for National Statistics said this morning. GDP rose by 16.9 per cent and 1.3 per cent in the third and fourth quarters respectively. An early estimate of one per cent growth for the period between October [...]
Exclusive: London faces ‘furlough cliff edge’ with Newham, Haringey and Brent to suffer most July 10, 2021 London workers are amongst the hardest hit by the pandemic onslaught, with four London boroughs featuring in the top five areas in the UK that are most reliant on furlough. The London borough of Newham has 18 per cent of its working population on furlough and is second out of 369 ranked county or district [...]
UK housing market continues strong recovery as prices surge September 30, 2020 UK house prices rose by five per cent in September compared with a year previous according to the latest data from Nationwide. The building society said the annual rate of growth was at its highest in four years as the post-lockdown recovery continued. Its lending data revealed that there had been a 0.9 per cent [...]