The East Coast Main Line is set to become Britain’s first mainline digital rail link with £350 million of new investment to install state-of-the art electronic signalling designed to cut journey times and slash delays. This huge cash injection – on top of £1.2 billion
One in four adults in the UK are experiencing food insecurity, which is likely to have left them susceptible to hunger and potential malnutrition, during the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the main finding of a survey published today by Feeding Britain and Northumbria University’s Healthy
Lib Dem leadership candidate Wera Hobhouse has confirmed her intention to pull the party’s target for net-zero carbon in the UK forward by five years – from 2045 to 2040. Shortly after former Coalition Minister, Sir Ed Davey and Oxford MP Layla Moran confirmed they
The Philharmonia Orchestra has today announced The Philharmonia Sessions – a summer programme of three world class free digital concerts, broadcast on YouTube and conceived and created especially for an online audience. Whilst live music remains almost entirely inaccessible due to COVID-19, globally renowned musicians
London’s 2nd most popular ride-hailing app Kapten is allowing customers to ride out of lockdown with pride by supporting Pride in London. For every ride booked until midnight, June 23rd, Kapten will donate £1 to Pride in London. All passengers have to do is enter a code.
A London-based fashion designer working with high street retailers is preparing to ramp up its product distribution post-lockdown, with the support of Lloyds Bank. Family-run Design Couture Ltd, which owns plus-sized ladies clothing brand Gatsby Lady London, has experienced significant disruption across its wholesale and
London-based technology firm fibodo, has joined forces with leading leisure industry partners Active IQ and Study Active to create #DoingOurBit – a free, bespoke online fitness platform for NHS staff. #DoingOurBit started as a passion project for Julie Davis, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at the
A hungry hound ended up needing emergency treatment from charity vets at PDSA after getting her tongue stuck in a can of tuna. Bonnie, a ten-year-old Staffordshire Bull terrier cross, had been given her favourite fish as a teatime treat, but when her owner put
The FCA has this week fined Commerzbank AG (London Branch) £37,805,400 for failing to put adequate anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls in place between October 2012 and September 2017. Commerzbank London was aware of these weaknesses and failed to take reasonable and effective steps
Are men being complacent towards coronavirus? Thousands of people in the UK have died having contracted coronavirus, with men making up nearly two-thirds of COVID-19 deaths in people under 85. Age-standardised data from the Office for National Statistics has also found men are twice as