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Ad-supported Murdoch Netflix rival to launch in the UK

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation is entering the UK’s highly competitive free, ad-supported video streaming market. Tubi will compete with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, ITVX, Channel 4’s streaming platform as well as the BBC iPlayer. The platform has been quickly gaining market share in the US where, according to Fox, it has almost 80 million […]

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Joe Biden’s team works furiously to quell any Democratic revolt

Publicly, President Biden’s allies have spent the past several days aggressively downplaying his missteps in Thursday’s debate by assailing the “bedwetting brigade” of anxious Democrats, trumpeting a record influx of campaign donations and noting the long list of incumbents who stumbled during their first debates. Privately, they have worked the phones to reassure nervous donors, […]

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Arctic ‘dirty oil’ ban comes into force for ships

Getty Many oil and gas tankers in the Arctic use Heavy fuel Oil to power their engines A ban on the dirtiest and most climate-damaging fuel for ships has come into effect in Arctic waters. Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) is a tar-like, thick but relatively cheap oil that is widely used in shipping around the […]

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Shania Twain leaves Glastonbury much impressed

13 minutes ago By Mark Savage, Music Correspondent BBC The star played a set full of country crossover hits including You’re Still The One, That Don’t Impress Me Much and Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? “Hats off to you Glastonbury,” says Shania Twain, surveying a sea of people – many of whom are, ironically, wearing […]

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Affordable home residents in Edinburgh hit by 450% gas price rise

9 hours ago By Angie Brown, BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter BBC Jakub Parulski, who lives with his wife and two young daughters, said they were in a ‘horror story’ Residents of affordable housing developments in Edinburgh have said they are “living in a horror story” after being hit with a massive rise in their gas […]

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World’s smallest elephant slides towards extinction

3 days ago By Helen Briggs, @hbriggs, BBC environment correspondent Getty An orphaned three-month-old baby Bornean elephant “Joe” The world’s smallest elephant is in danger of dying out as numbers reach just 1,000 in the wild, but there’s hope it can be saved. The conservation body, the IUCN, which compiles the ‘red list’ tally of threatened species, says […]

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Visa Introduces Rapid Digital Card Replacement Service

Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Card payment provider Visa has added a new service – Digital Emergency Card Replacement. This service allows card issuers to send a replacement digital card quickly through text or email. Visa offers fast […]

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