Image copyright HS2 Ltd Image caption HS2 is the biggest infrastructure project in Europe An early cost estimate MPs had when they were approving the HS2 high-speed rail project was “enormously wrong”, a former HS2 boss has told BBC Panorama. Doug Thornton said the costing underestimated the value of many properties HS2 needed to purchase …
Spoiler warning: This story reveals who wins Image copyright BBC/Boundless Taylor Herring After a gruelling 12 weeks, the winner of the The Apprentice has been hired. This time last year, Lord Sugar chose both finalists to be his business partners, for the first time in the BBC show’s history. But he said of this year’s …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Colin Kroll was co-founder of both HQ Trivia and Vine The co-founder of the popular app HQ Trivia, Colin Kroll, has been found dead in his apartment in New York at the age of 35, police told US media. The CEO, who also co-founded the video platform Vine, was …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption YouTube has over a billion active users every month For the first time ever, YouTube has revealed how many comments it’s been forced to remove. The video sharing site says it took down over 224 million comments between July and September this year. YouTube says that only represents a …
Image copyright PA The rollout of smart motorways, where the hard shoulder has been permanently converted into a fourth lane, should be stopped, a group of MPs says. The all-party group backed campaigners who say having no hard shoulder puts motorists and recovery workers at risk. England has more than 100 miles (161km) of All …
Image caption This text and image form part of a longer document sent to the printers Hackers have taken control of printers around the world. It is the latest in a series of such attacks, but this time they say they have the power to destroy the machines. The stunt was first carried out last …
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Image copyright Getty Images Downing Street has dismissed claims that people will be warned not to book holidays beyond March 2019 as part of no-deal Brexit contingency plans. It comes after the Sunday Times said senior officials had examined the idea. But a No 10 spokesperson rejected the report as “categorically untrue.” And travel agents’ …
Image copyright Getty Images An announcement on Monday could affect the future of the student loans system. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be announcing the outcome of its review of how student loans are treated in the national accounts. That sounds like pretty technical stuff, but it could be significant. At the moment, …
Image copyright Getty Images Bad weather and the lure of online shopping saw consumers shun UK High Streets on one of the busiest days before Christmas. Retail experts Springboard estimate numbers were 9% lower on Saturday, compared with the same time last year. Including shopping centres and retail parks, footfall was 7.3% lower. It comes …