Government watchdog calls for review of the use of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after a video of Matt Hancock clinch with Gina Coladangelo was leaked Requested in letter from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson said ‘risks and considerations are complex and multi-faceted’ False claims blamed leak of Hancock clip on hostile … Read more
Bank of England vows to improve diversity after internal review found ethnic minority staff are less likely to be promoted and their white colleagues are paid more Internal review at Bank of England discovered failures in institution’s diversity Ethnic minorities less likely to be promoted and paid less than white colleagues Bank also missed its own … Read more
You may not be leaving your own postcode this summer, but Jack Savoretti’s Europiana will make you feel as if you’ve got away from it all By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 19 June 2021 Jack Savoretti … Read more
President Joe Biden‘s brother James Biden has abandoned a new clean-energy investment firm he launched in the United Kingdom after a White House ethics review and new rules aimed at banning conflicts of interest. James Biden, and his wife Sarah Biden, had started a limited liability partnership called 2BT, Financial Times reported, which planned to invest … Read more
Dream Horse Cert: PG, 1hr 53mins Rating: A Quiet Place Part II … Read more
Hats off, a triumph: Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at Garsington Opera is a joy to the ears and a feast for the eyes By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 BST, 5 June 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 5 June 2021 Der Rosenkavalier Garsington Opera, Bucks … Read more
SpaceX may face a legal challenge from a rival satellite operator who has called for a halt to Starlink launches pending an environmental review of the megaconstellation. Broadband firm Viasat called on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday to stay a license modification allowing for Starlink’s expansion in low orbit. The megaconstellation, which … Read more
The tiny village of Middle Handley is just 15 miles from Chatsworth House, one of Britain’s grandest stately homes, and it once formed part of the Chatsworth Estate, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire since the 16th Century. Now it is linked by name only thanks to the village’s popular pub, The Devonshire Arms. … Read more
Chris Barrett: If you tend to panic during market declines, you should consider a more conservative asset allocation Chris Barrett is the investment director at wealth management firm JM Finn. Asset classes such as stocks, bonds, cash, property, and alternatives like gold, are interconnected yet differ in terms of their exposure to global risks. They tend … Read more
A TikTok who posted a positive Yelp review for a waiter was left speechless after she was contacted by his girlfriend just 20 minutes later. After eating out with friends at a restaurant, Antonia, from Wisconsin, put a jokey post on the review site at the request of the waiter, Ira, writing: ‘My King, Love … Read more