Does fracking for gas have a future in the UK after key resignation? – New Scientist News
Does fracking for gas have a future in the UK after key resignation? – New Scientist News
Is the UK economy at a new moment of sea-change? – BBC News
Image copyright PA Image caption Mrs Thatcher outside Downing Street in May 1979 Forty years ago this week Margaret Thatcher came to power. At that time there was a sense of broken economy, broken politics, over-powerful trade unions and politicians who seemed only capable of managing decline. Fast forward to now and we again see […]
U.K. Police Have a Message for Crime Victims: Hand Over Your Private Data – The New York Times
Under the new approach, victims and witnesses will routinely be asked to sign a form saying that they consent to the police extracting data from their electronic devices, which can mean text messages, emails, contacts, social media records, internet browsing history and more. Otherwise, the case might not proceed. How much data the police extract […]
Beijing defends Huawei amid row over role in UK’s 5G network – BBC News
Image copyright PA The UK should make “independent” decisions about whether to let Huawei help build its 5G network, according to China’s ambassador in London. The US, Australia and New Zealand say the Chinese firm is a security risk because of its ties to the state. But writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Liu Xiaoming said […]
Nearly half a million UK firms in ‘significant financial distress’ – CNBC
New research from British insolvency firm Begbies Traynor revealed that 484,000 U.K. businesses are in “significant financial distress,” which is 14% of all the economically active firms in the country. The “Red Flag Alert” data also showed that the number of firms in “critical” distress, often a precursor to formal insolvency, rose by 17% year-on-year […]
FutureLearn takes $65M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform – TechCrunch
Edtech and recruitment continue to converge. London-based online degree platform, FutureLearn, is taking £50 million (~$64.6M) from Australian-based online job matching group, Seek, in exchange for a 50 per cent stake in the business — just days after the same group led a massive Series E in U.S. online learning giant Coursera. U.K. distance learning […]
UK fracking commissioner admits to deleting correspondence with industry – Unearthed
The British government’s recently-departed shale gas commissioner admitted to routinely deleting correspondence and throwing away notes from meetings with fracking companies in a move that may have violated transparency requirements. In response to an Unearthed freedom of information request sent earlier this year, Natascha Engel – who resigned this weekend after just 6 months in […]
UK Garden and Pavilion unveiled at Beijing Expo 2019 – GOV.UK
The UK Garden and Pavilion at the Beijing Expo 2019 – the largest horticultural exhibition in the world – has been unveiled today. Christina Scott, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Beijing, and Richard Burn, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for China announced the opening in the afternoon of April 29. There is also […]
Anger as UK police ask rape victims for access to phones and social media – CNN
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Could a housing court fix the UK’s rental woes? – CityMetric
Last month a group of tenants in Leeds got an opportunity to do something that most UK renters will never be able to do, and something that they probably wouldn’t rush to do either: they stood in a line in front of the courthouse and posed for a photo opp. In a housing system fundamentally […]