Image copyright Techworks Image caption The GAT-1 gave trainee pilots a sense of how to control and fly a plane A project to restore early flight simulators has won an award for the best computer conservation project. Engineers from the TechWorks museum in the US won the Tony Sale award for their work to return …
Image copyright ShortList ShortList, which claims to be UK’s biggest men’s magazine, is being axed by its publisher as advertising continues to move online. The magazine will stop publishing its free print edition, which has a circulation of about half a million copies, but live on online. Its publisher has been renamed the Stylist Group …
Image copyright Getty Images What does the 585-page Brexit withdrawal agreement mean for you? BBC experts answer some of the most common questions you have sent us. Is there time for a renegotiation? @LonsYons Chris Morris, Reality Check correspondent replies: It would be difficult but not impossible: the rest of the EU would have to …
Image copyright Getty Images The pound has stabilised after Thursday’s turmoil sparked by the political fall-out from Theresa May’s Brexit plan. Sterling edged up against the dollar to $1.2816 in the absence of any more resignations caused by the prime minister’s proposal. The pound suffered its biggest fall for two years on Thursday, while UK-focused …
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rolls-Royce is one of the biggest suppliers of aero engines Politicians must get behind a “practical plan” for Brexit, the boss of engineering giant Rolls-Royce has said. Warren East said time was running out and that any deal was better than leaving the EU without an agreement. Rolls-Royce employs …
Image copyright PA Potential bidders for the National Lottery are being sought by the Gambling Commission ahead of the current licence ending in 2023. The commission said it would be seeking the “best ideas, innovations and experiences” to create a lottery fit for the future. It wants the next operator to “maximise returns to good …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) broke the record held by Jeff Koons A celebrated painting by British artist David Hockney has been sold at Christie’s in New York for just over $90m (£70m) – an auction record for a work by a living artist. Portrait of …
Image copyright Getty Images EE and Virgin Media have been fined £13.3m by the telecoms regulator for overcharging customers who wanted to leave their contracts early. Ofcom said customers of both companies were left “out of pocket” by the early-exit charges. The regulator that around 400,000 EE customers who ended their contracts early were over-billed, …
Image copyright Getty Images Japan Airlines will introduce a new breathalyser system at overseas airports after one of its pilots was arrested at Heathrow Airport for being drunk. Katsutoshi Jitsukawa was arrested last month after a test showed he was over nine times the legal alcohol limit. The new measures also come after a series …