Services on Channel 4, including subtitles, signing and audio description will probably not return on TV until mid-November. This is nearly two months after the catastrophic fault causing their absence. The outage has already lasted for over three weeks. This has angered many viewers who… Read More »Channel 4 subtitles not likely to return until mid November
Buy now, pay later firm Klarna is changing how it operates in the UK, and also introducing the option to immediately pay now for items in full. Klarna say that the new “pay now” option and other proposed changes will give customers more control and… Read More »Klarna to start offering pay now option
A new study suggests that within the last ten years, life expectancy is falling in many areas in the north of England. Researchers say there are now significant differences across England in the age people are expected to live until. For example, there is a… Read More »Life expectancy falling in parts of England before pandemic
Today sees the UK’s largest ever lottery jackpot up for grabs in the Euromillions draw. If there is only one winner, they stand to scoop the maximum possible amount of €220m (approximately £184m). The UK’s previous biggest prize fund saw a £170m Euromillions jackpot won… Read More »Euromillions Jackpot: UK Lottery biggest ever prize up for grabs
Sir Paul McCartney has shouldered the blame for the split of The Beatles for nearly 50 years. The supposed evidence comes from a revelation from McCartney in a press release for his solo album in 1970, when he announced a “break” from rock’s biggest band.… Read More »The Beatles: Paul McCartney blames John Lennon for band’s split
The public are encouraged to get their flu jab to maximise their protection against infection before the winter. Health officials worry because this is the first year that flu and Covid are both fully circulating at the same time. Research shows that people infected with… Read More »Flu jab vital this winter, as well as Covid vaccine
NatWest bank face a huge fine after pleading guilty to failing to prevent alleged money laundering of near £400m by one of its customers. NatWest “deeply regret” that between 2012 and 2016 it failed to “adequately monitor and therefore prevent money laundering by one” customer.… Read More »NatWest Bank Money Laundering failings result in Fine
Scientists think they know why some people who contract Covid develop chilblain-like lesions on their toes and sometimes fingers. It appears that the condition is a side effect of the body shifting into attack to fight against the virus. Researchers have narrowed down the parts… Read More »Covid toes study reveals why some people get the condition
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apologises for “disruption” caused by its social media services going down for nearly six hours. An internal technical issue, affecting over 3.5bn users across the world, took Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp offline. The incident began at around 16:00 GMT on… Read More »Facebook Down: Mark Zuckerberg apologies for six hour outage
During his speech at the Conservative Party conference on Monday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak commits £500m to renew job support scheme. In a promise to “double down” on helping the jobs market after Covid, he has extended several programmes launched during the pandemic. The chancellor also… Read More »Job support scheme extension, says Rishi Sunak