Sol Campbell won’t stand for Westminster: Ex-Arsenal defender rules out bid for Kensington and Chelsea seat March 3, 2015 Sol Campbell has officially ruled himself out in the race to succeed veteran Tory MP Malcom Rifkind as the MP for Kensington and Chelsea. Rifkind resigned the seat following an undercover investigation by Chanel 4's Dispatches into so-called "cash for access". Former Labour foreign secretary Jack Straw was also embroiled in the scandal. Explaining his [...]
Uber has launched its own quarterly magazine: Momentum March 2, 2015 Not content with branching out into grocery and fast food delivery Uber has decided to try its hand in the media business. The ride-sharing giant is launching its own quarterly magazine – Momentum. The publication will be targeted at the company's 150,000 drivers. Momentum will be on sale in Boston, Oklahoma, San Francisco, New York [...]
Tories launch new poster from veteran ad agency M&C Saatchi warning Labour would wreck the recovery March 2, 2015 Today the Conservatives unveiled a new election poster created by legendary ad agency M&C Saatchi. The poster warns the electorate that the British economy is on the way to recovery, but a Labour government could wreck all the progress the government has made over the past five years. The poster sticks strictly to what the [...]
Eurostar services suspended after person hit by train in Kent as travel chaos ensues at St Pancras March 2, 2015 Passengers on the Eurostar are facing major delays after services were suspended following the death of a man who was hit by a train in Bearsted, in Kent. The British Transport Police (BTP) were called in at 11:40am. In a statement the BTP said: Medics from South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended the incident, [...]
Scaffolding collapses onto double decker bus on Peckham Road March 2, 2015 Scaffolding has collapsed onto the number 345 bus on one of South London's busiest high streets. Shortly before 11:15am the scaffolding crashed into the side of the double decker bus on Peckham Road. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) were on the scene within the hour and have confirmed the area is now safe. The road [...]
Danny Alexander sets out plans to hike bank levy by £1bn March 1, 2015 The Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander will lay out plans tomorrow to hit Britain's banks with a new £1bn tax. If Alexander fails to secure the measure in the chancellor's final budget before the election the Lib Dems will include the tax in the party's manifesto. The proposal would take the [...]
Lib Dems pledge to torpedo Labour’s tuition fees policy in any future coalition March 1, 2015 Ed Miliband fails to win an outright majority and finds himself in the position of forming a Labour-Lib Dem coalition, his latest pledge on tuition could be the first policy in jeopardy. Lib Dem Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said his party would block Labour's plans to cut tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 and [...]
Mobile World Congress 2015: Samsung unveils curved screen Galaxy S6 smartphone March 1, 2015 Samsung just unveiled two flagship Galaxy S6 smartphones in Barcelona marking the start of this year’s Mobile World Congress. The S6 and its curved screen sibling, the S6 Edge, are the South Korean conglomerate’s latest attempt to restore growth to its smartphone division which has seen margins and profits erode in the face of competition. [...]
Ukip savages “BBC bias” over “pro-EU mockumentary” and questions Corporation’s EU funding March 1, 2015 Ukip has launched a stinging attack on the BBC in anticipation of what the party has labelled a "pro-EU" mockumentary to be aired on tonight on BBC 4. The Storyville programme "The Great European Disaster Movie", authored by Italian director Annalisa Piras and ex-editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, envisions a dystopian post-EU future where [...]
SNP slams Treasury scheme to plaster Union Jack flag on taxpayer funded projects March 1, 2015 A war of words between the government and the SNP has been sparked by plans to plaster the Union flag on big taxpayer projects. The plans that will be announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander tomorrow mirror the EU's practice of featuring the EU flag on infrastructure projects dependent on European grants. [...]
