Bus journeys in England will be capped at £2 between January and March next year to help people deal with the rising cost of living. The Department for Transport said the plan could see some passengers save more than £3 per single bus ticket. The average fare for a three-mile journey is around £2.80, the
Month: September 2022
Jane Fonda has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has started chemotherapy. The actress and 1980s aerobics guru-turned-activist shared the news on her Instagram account, saying she feels “very lucky” because the cancer is “very treatable”. Fonda, 84, said she wanted to make people aware that many Americans “don’t have access to quality health care”
The government has extended a national security probe into the fire-sale of a leading British mobile phone technology provider whose owners include Roman Abramovich. Sky News has learnt that officials at a division of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are to take up to 45 additional working days to scrutinise the
Voting in the Conservative leadership contest has ended, with the party’s next leader to be announced on Monday. After a long and bitter summer of campaigning, there is nothing more Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak can do to try and win the keys to Number 10. The winner of the race, and subsequently the next
FBI agents found empty folders marked with classified banners among more than 11,000 government documents and photographs when they searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last month, according to the US Justice Department. The details were revealed in a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public by the department. It describes in general terms
Waste and education strikes across Scotland have been suspended after trade unions said they would put a new pay offer to members. Waste service members and non-teaching education roles were set to walk out next week, but talks with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon ended in an offer that could put an end to the strikes.
Muse has made history with their ninth LP Will Of The People, marking the UK’s first number 1 album to incorporate NFT technology. The limited edition “digital pressing” has been made in collaboration with Warner Music UK and Serenade, an eco-friendly music web3 marketplace. It is the first full-length record containing NFT (non-fungible token) elements
Waitrose has admitted to blocking rivals from opening supermarkets in close locations for close to a decade, according to the market watchdog. During an investigation between 2010 and 2019 into supermarket practices, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that Waitrose had conspired with landlords to prevent competing companies from opening stores. The practice, which
Whether it is Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak who becomes Conservative leader on Monday, they will be the third in six years to become UK prime minister by the grace and favour of the Tory party membership and without the other 99% of the electorate giving their endorsement at a general election. Liz Truss, and
Russia has scrapped plans to reopen a major pipeline that sends natural gas to Europe. The decision by Gazprom, a state-controlled firm, will make it more difficult for Europe to secure fuel ahead of the winter. Gazprom said the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would remain closed because of a leak in the main gas turbine,
Russia’s Gazprom has said natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will remain shut off. It comes after G7 finance ministers agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports in an effort to limit funding for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Gazprom said it was not reinstating supplies
If you’ve been scrolling through Twitter today you might have been baffled to see several companies posting apparently cryptic one-word tweets. It all started when the US train company Amtrak accidentally tweeted the word “trains” on Thursday evening. The tweet had gained more than 153,000 likes and 23,000 retweets by midday UK time on Friday
Extinction Rebellion protesters have superglued themselves to the Speaker’s chair in the House of Commons and padlocked their necks to the railings outside. The campaign group said around fifty of its supporters “took non-violent action” demanding a citizens’ assembly to discuss the climate crisis. Five protesters were pictured in the Commons chamber, with some holding
Dame Cressida Dick “felt intimidated” into resigning as Metropolitan Police Commissioner following an ultimatum from London mayor Sadiq Khan, an independent report has found. The review, by Sir Thomas Winsor, into Dame Cressida’s departure from the force in February also found due process was not followed. Dame Cressida said she would step aside after evidence
Grammy-winning artists from around the world have lent their talents to an album created secretly by an Iranian composer and producer who was once jailed for his music. Mehdi Rajabian contacted musicians, singers, conductors, sound engineers and designers through social media to ask them to feature in his new age classical record, It Arrives. The
The chancellor is preparing a multibillion-pound package of tax cuts to help businesses struggling with soaring energy costs. Nadhim Zahawi is drawing up emergency plans to save companies on the brink of collapse for the incoming prime minister, who will be named on Monday. According to The Times, the chancellor believes the government can learn