Image copyright Getty Images A UK firm contracted to provide extra ferries in the event of a no-deal Brexit will only be paid if it runs “an effective service”, the Department for Transport (DfT) says. Seaborne Freight was awarded £13.8m recently to run a freight service between Ramsgate and Ostend. But a BBC investigation discovered …
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Image copyright Getty Images A camera-equipped drone will watch over New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City, the NYPD has confirmed. It is the first time the force has used a surveillance drone to monitor the annual party in Times Square. It will be tethered to a building so that it cannot fall on …
Image copyright Allen Lloyd Image caption Traffic has reopened after the road was closed this morning A main route between England and Wales was closed after a man climbed a bridge and flew a drone from the top. Traffic was stopped on the M48 – the older of two Severn crossings – because of “concern …
Image copyright Carlos Alvarez Image caption Larry Roberts (far left) with net pioneers Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf and web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee American scientist Larry Roberts who helped design and build the forerunner of the internet has died aged 81. In the late 1960s, he ran the part of the US Advanced Research Projects …
Image copyright Getty Images Investors will be glad to see the back of 2018 after many global stock markets suffered their worst year in a decade. The FTSE 100’s traditional early New Year’s Eve close saw it end the year down 12% at 6,728.13 points. Big European and Asian markets faced similar losses in 2018, …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Woody Johnson with Donald and Melania Trump on their UK visit this summer Donald Trump’s offer of a “quick, massive, bilateral trade deal” will not be possible if Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement is approved, the US ambassador to the UK has warned. President Trump had previously said her …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption All employees of HES have now been told they have been made redundant The firm at the centre of a row over stockpiled hospital waste has confirmed it has ceased operations. In its first public statement, Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) said all 400 staff were now redundant. About 150 staff …
Image copyright David McNew/Getty Image caption An LA Times printing plant was subject to a malware attack on Friday Several US newspapers suffered major printing and delivery disruptions on Saturday following a cyber-attack. The attack led to delayed distribution of The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other titles belonging to Tribune Publishing. …
Dinnage wants to stay in broadcasting at Discovery The Premier League says its prospective new chief executive, Susanna Dinnage, has told the organisation she will not be taking up the position. She was named as Richard Scudamore’s replacement in November and was due to take up the role early in 2019. “The committee has reconvened …