Rail campaign group threatens legal action against Chris Grayling over beleaguered East Coast franchise April 19, 2018 Transport secretary Chris Grayling is being threatened with legal action by a campaigning group over the controversy surrounding the Virgin Trains East Coast mainline. Bring Back British Rail has instructed law firm Leigh Day to seek a judicial review of Grayling’s handling of the franchise, after it was announced that Virgin and Stagecoach’s joint contract [...]
The biggest tech breakthroughs of the last decade December 18, 2019 It is easy to forget, as we approach the end of not just 2019 but also the decade, just how far technology has developed over the past 10 years. To mark the end of the era, City A.M. asked several experts for what they think have been the biggest technological breakthroughs or advancements made in [...]
Tube chaos: Severe delays hit Tube lines after Underground fire alert hits Jubilee Line commuters May 23, 2019 A fire alert at Bond Street station left commuters' journeys in tatters today as the Jubilee Line was struck with severe delays and left part suspended for most of the morning. Read more: Revealed: These are London's most stressful Tube stations There was no service on the Jubilee Line between Finchley Road and Waterloo this [...]
Peterloo film review: Mike Leigh’s best since Secrets & Lies is a stunning piece of filmmaking November 2, 2018 First, a history lesson: on August 16th 1819, at a pro-democracy demonstration in Manchester, a skittish militia charged with keeping the peace rampaged with sabres drawn into a crowd of some 70,000 unarmed people, killing 15 and injuring hundreds. Though the crowd’s central demand – equal votes for all men – went unmet, Peterloo was [...]
Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
Glasgow Warriors can use Scotland’s Twickenham heroics for inspiration against Saracens in Champions Cup quarter-final March 28, 2019 Glasgow may not have beaten Saracens in Europe in five attempts but the Scottish side can take solace from their national team’s historic clash against England just two weeks ago as they prepare for this weekend’s Champions Cup quarter-final. Scotland were down and out after half an hour at Twickenham, with England 31-0 up, only [...]
City commuters face paying an extra £71 in parking charges at key Essex stations January 11, 2019 City workers will face increased charges for leaving their cars at stations in Essex, in a second blow to commuters after fares were put up earlier this year. Operator c2c said it was increasing charges by 40p for daily tickets, with annual passes rising by up to £71. Read more: Rail fares rise by 3.1 per [...]
Tesco reports gender pay gap of 8.7 per cent saying male workers take more shifts that offer premiums February 21, 2018 Tesco has reported a gender pay gap of 8.7 per cent across its UK retail business after crunching the pay data of more than 225,000 members of staff. It becomes the first of the big supermarkets to report the figures required by government ahead of an April deadline. All firms with more than 250 employees [...]
Liam Williams will be in the spotlight if England continue to kick against Wales with Leigh Halfpenny absent February 21, 2019 England exploited Robbie Henshaw's inexperience at full-back in the win over Ireland and then capitalised on Yoann Huget's inability to lead the backline in the victory against France a week later. Liam Williams will not present such an obvious weakness in the Wales back three for Saturday's Six Nations showdown, but Eddie Jones's side have [...]
Uber hack: The UK’s top cyber crime and data authorities – the NCSC, NCA and ICO – are investigating the massive data breach November 22, 2017 UK authorities have launched an investigation into the massive hack of Uber which left the data of 50m customers vulnerable. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a probe of the incident which it said raises “huge concerns” when it comes to ethics and data privacy. And GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will be [...]