It’s been a tough year for fashion retailers on the High Street, but online it’s been quite a different story. Fashion bloggers Jasmine Jonas and Melissa Holdbrook-Akposoe tell the BBC’s Emma Simpson that demand for fashion to be fully accessible has led to the increasing influence of social media. Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Getty Images US stocks suffered one of the worst weekly falls in a decade as trade tensions with China, interest rate rises and a possible government shutdown rattled markets. All three indexes closed lower, with the technology-focused Nasdaq down 20% since its peak, placing it in so-called “bear market” territory. The Dow Jones …
Italian golfer Francesco Molinari, named as BBC World Sports Star of the Year, says he “wouldn’t be as good without the help of technology”. Source by [author_name]
Image copyright AFP Rogue drones “deliberately” flown over one of the UK’s busiest airports caused travel chaos this week. Incoming planes were forced to divert to airports up and down the country as the drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), repeatedly appeared over the airfield at London’s Gatwick Airport. The situation was so serious the …
Image caption All 15 websites targeted in the operation have been seized The FBI has seized control of 15 websites that let people pay to knock individuals and other sites offline. The so-called booters sought to swamp targets with huge amounts of data in what are known as distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Three US men have …
Image caption Lawyer Mathew Newman, for Providence’s administrators, said investors could get some money back should the action succeed Investors who lost £37m in a Guernsey “Ponzi scheme” could recoup some of their losses after a legal challenge was launched against a “big four” accountancy firm. Administrators for Providence Investment Fund are suing PwC for …
Is the Ormskirk to Preston line the worst railway in the UK? Since the timetable changes in May, more than 2,000 services have been cancelled between the two towns in north-western England, a figure that rises every day. In exclusive data analysed for the BBC, 5,712 trains were timetabled to run during the six-and-a-half-month period. …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: “Any measure that funds the government must include border security” US President Donald Trump has threatened a “very long” government shutdown if Democrats do not fund his long-promised border wall. In a series of tweets, Mr Trump demanded $5.7bn (£4.5bn), which was passed by the House …
Image copyright AFP Police say they are still searching for those responsible for the unprecedented disruption at Gatwick Airport. But the drones that were flown over the airfield have not been captured and have not been seen since Thursday night. Endangering the safety of an aircraft is a criminal offence that can carry a prison …