London Array blames EU rules on birds as it calls off expansion February 19, 2014 THE CONSORTIUM behind London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, has axed plans to expand the project due to migrating birds causing delays. Dong Energy, E.On and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar, which own the London Array project, have decided not to proceed with phase two of the plan after reviewing the “technical challenges and environmental [...]
Russia escalates tensions with expansion of EU food import ban October 21, 2014 Russia is ramping up its tit-for-tat trade war with the EU through an extension of the food import ban to include animal fats and offal. Russia's food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said the ban will come into effect today and applies to cattle and pig by-products, meat offal, cattle fat, pork fat (including lard) and bird [...]
Flappy Bird’s earnings pale in comparison with these big players February 12, 2014 When Flappy Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong revealed he was making over $50,000 (£30,250) a day from the game, before he removed it from distribution, pundits were certainly shocked. But the smartphone App Store gold rush, those are rookie numbers compared to some larger game makers. Supercell, behind both Hay Day (the eighth highest grossing [...]
Disappearing wildlife: Global populations have halved since 1970 September 30, 2014 The world's wildlife populations are dying out faster than we previously thought. A paper called the Living Planet Report 2014 was released by the London Zoological Society (ZSL) earlier today, and it shows how populations have declined by an average of 52 per cent over the 40 years from 1940 to 2010. To [...]
Unbroken film review: Angelina Jolie’s debut feels like torture December 18, 2014 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ Unbroken is the inspirational story of one side-parting’s survival against the odds. Global conflict, aviation disaster, regular beatings from a sadistic Japanese prison guard nicknamed “the Bird” – the list of hardships endured by this hairstyle makes for harrowing reading. The hardy parting even survives 40 days at sea in a [...]
Autumn Statement 2014: What does George Osborne’s budget mean for you? From single parents to entrepreneurs December 3, 2014 THE SINGLE PARENT Catherine Gannon, 51 Managing partner of law firm Gannons Gannons Commercial Law continues to perform extremely well as profits and earnings increase on last year. Catherine is commercially savvy and has recently restructured the business from an LLP to a Limited Company due to the new Legislation covering LLPs. This illustrates that [...]
End of Flappy Bird sparks a new market for pre-loaded phones February 10, 2014 FLAPPY Bird, the app sensation that was removed from iPhone and Android app stores this weekend, has prompted a boom in eBay sales of pre-loaded smartphones. Sellers began charging premium prices for phones that already have the app loaded, with iPhone 5 phones advertised for around £800. Bidding for a 16GB iPhone 5 with Flappy [...]
Flappy Bird fans all atwitter after creator pulls high-flying game February 10, 2014 FLAPPY Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong last night pulled the plug on his high-flying and addictive game after announcing, “I cannot take this anymore”. The Vietnam-based games developer, whose deceptively simple free mobile game flew to the top in popularity at the Apple App Store and Google Android Play store, tweeted earlier, “22 hours from [...]
The best take-away Christmas lunch: From Benugo’s hot roast turkey sandwich to Itsu’s “aggressively disgusting” pot of chicken December 1, 2014 December is upon us and it’s now perfectly acceptable to buy a take-away Christmas lunch – our sandwich committee checked out some of the most popular. Fred’s at Tesco Thanksgiving Sandwich Turkey, vegetable crisps, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, brie ★★★☆☆ Full marks for presentation but zero for practicality; trying to fit this [...]
Ed Vaizey: Why we must not underestimate the importance of digital skills December 8, 2014 Coding is often thought of as a niche activity – the preserve of a few individuals working in advanced IT professions. In reality, it is something anyone can learn and is a vital tool in the technological revolution that has transformed the way we all live and work – from how we spend our leisure [...]