Image copyright Getty Images With just a day until the Budget is announced, the newspapers are full of speculation about what it might contain, and the politics surrounding the announcement. Chancellor Philip Hammond will present the Budget to Parliament at around 15:30 GMT on Monday. A theme in the press this year is that the …
Image copyright PA Local councils in England are to get an extra £420m to tackle a growing number of potholes. Chancellor Philip Hammond will make the announcement in Monday’s budget, alongside a £28.8bn fund to upgrade England’s motorways. But the Asphalt Industry Alliance has said more than £8bn would be needed for a one-time fix …
Image copyright PA Sir Philip Green has again denied allegations of harassment – saying there had only “been some banter” which had “never been offensive”. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday from a spa in Arizona, he said he was happy to apologise if anything caused offence. The High Street tycoon spoke to the paper …
Image copyright Daisy-Daisy Image caption Voice command devices could understand Welsh in the future Welsh language versions of smart speakers and voice-driven devices such as Alexa and Siri could be developed in future. The Welsh Government’s Welsh language minister said it is important people can use Welsh with the devices. It follows warnings that gadgets …
Image copyright PA Image caption Staff have been told the AJ production line will be closed for five days from 29 October Staff at Ford’s plant in Bridgend working on the new Jaguar engine have been told not to come into work for five days. The AJ production line at the plant will shutdown from …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLord Hain: “I stand fully by what I’ve said in the House of Lords” Lord Hain says he “will not be silenced” after naming Sir Philip Green as the businessman who prevented the Telegraph from publishing allegations of sexual and racial harassment. Sir Philip has said it …
Image copyright Getty Images Political campaigners in Brazil have used software that scrapes Facebook for citizens’ phone numbers, and then automatically sends them WhatsApp messages and adds them to WhatsApp groups. Almost three weeks ago, 147 million voters in the country went to the polls for legislative elections and the first round of the presidential …
Aardman Animations, famous for creating Wallace and Gromit, has stepped into the video game arena. Described as a “video game with a difference”, its first game has been created to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War One. Set in 1917, it is called 11-11: Memories Retold and took four years to make. …
A photographer has taken some surprisingly clear shots using a camera lens he made out of ice. Mathieu Stern travelled to Iceland where he hoped to find the clearest possible ice. He then moulded chunks of ice into lenses for his camera. While the lenses only lasted about a minute each, he was able to …
Western-style adventure Red Dead Redemption 2 is released on Friday. The game allows players free rein to explore a virtual version of the old Wild West and is so big that it had to be created in nine studios in four different countries. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the first major release from Rockstar Games …