Bank of England could reveal a £60 billion funding gap soon

Mar. 27 | The Bank of England is set to put out its views on the strength of its its finances soon and various banks in Britain are expected to be told that they could be potentially facing a capital shortfall amounting to £60 billion. In November 2012, the Financial...

Helen Mirren slams Sam Mendes at Empire Awards

Mar. 26 | The Oscar winning director of Skyfall Sam Mendes has been criticized by Helen Mirren for not mentioning any women as his inspiration during his acceptance speech at the Empire awards. The director mentioned numerous male directors like Paul Thomas Anderson,...

Justin Timberlake’s new album set to break records

Mar. 26 | ‘The 20/20 Experience’ is Justin Timberlake’s latest album and is expected to sell one million copies in its first week itself. Before its release Billboard had projected a sales figure of 500,000; which it then pushed up to 750,000. Of...

Britain to tighten rules for EU member states

Mar. 26 | From now on migrants from EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have to prove that they came to UK for the ‘right reasons’ and they have ‘reasonable chances’ of getting a job to receive the unemployment benefit for more...

New fertility treatment could help eradicate certain maternal diseases

Mar. 21 | In what could be seen as a major development for fertility treatment, regulators have shown support for the creation of babies via IVF treatment involving three genetic parents. This new fertility treatment could help extinguish incurable diseases that...

Injured Kevin Pietersen out of all forms of cricket for 2 months

Mar. 20 | Swashbuckling English batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the third Test against New Zealand and the upcoming IPL (Indian Premier League) series in India, due to the injury on his right knee picked up during a fielding session earlier in the...

Budget day reveals increase in jobless rate

Mar. 20 | Thousands of young people from around the country have been joining dole queues, as the rate for unemployment has steadily gone up. This is the first rise that has been noted in a year, even as chancellor George Osborne delivers the Budget to the House...

Chameleon botnet takes millions away from advertisers

Mar. 20 | A botnet has been taking millions of dollars away from online advertisers, according to reports on March 20, 2013. According to Spider.io, the botnet named Chameleon is using over 120,000 home computers and is generating fake advert viewings, thus costing...

Labor MP Siobhain McDonagh receives compensation in lost phone case

Mar. 18 | Siobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP whose phone was stolen in 2010 has been apologized to and paid a substantial sum in damages from News International and the Sun, who had accessed text messages from the device. It is now possible that hundreds of other...

British cinema loses Frank Thornten

Mar. 18 | The British television community lost a legend on March 16, 2013, as Frank Thornton passed away in his sleep. The ‘Are You Being Served?’ actor died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 92 in his London home. The star was a regular on television...