A new report from Media Reform Coalition (MRC) has shown that billionaires have more control of corporate UK media than ever before- and it doesn’t look like change is coming anytime soon.
Campaign and research group MRC has published its latest report into media ownership in the UK and says three companies control the mass majority of the press landscape.
The group’s previous analysis was in 2021 and the latest report suggests it has worsened in some areas in the few short years.
‘I ask the world to help the Palestinians.’
HMRC has started writing to thousands of people who could be missing out on their full state pension entitlement due to an error in their national insurance records.
An investigation by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has ruled the cause was accidental.
Frasier bosses included a tribute to Archie Lyndhurst in the premiere episode(Pictures: Instagram / FilmMagic)
SNP MP Lisa Cameron defects to the Conservatives SNP MP Lisa Cameron has defected from the Scottish National Party to the Conservatives. She was facing a selection contest to remain as the SNP candidate at the next general election. She blamed the “toxic and bullying” culture within the SNP’s Westminster group as the reason for deflecting to the Tories. PM Rishi Sunak and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross have both welcomed Lisa to the party. Lisa said she had received support from the PM after her mental wellbeing deteriorated in recent weeks, but had no contact from the SNP leadership. …
Interest rates expected to be held after small economic growth The UK economy grew marginally by 0.2% in August following a sharp fall in July. The latest figures have fuelled expectations that interest rates will be left unchanged again next month. Analysts described the figures as “lacklustre” and said higher borrowing costs and the higher cost of living was weighing on consumers and businesses. Rates were held at 5.25% in September, ending a run of 14 consecutive rises after inflation started to slow. The UK is not currently in recession but there have been concerns over weak growth, with the…
Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore. Billionaire Ecclestone, 92, did not disclose the trust to the government in July 2015. He was charged following a tax investigation by HM Revenues and Customs, which said the probe had been “complex and worldwide”. Prosecutors say he declared “only a single trust” to tax authorities, which was established on behalf of his daughter. According to the charge, he had told HMRC he was “not the settlor nor beneficiary of any…
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Paper Talk: Full-scale invasion of Gaza expected next week The growing crisis in Israel and Gaza continues to dominate the UK newspapers. Israel formed a coalition government and is expected to invade Gaza soon. Israel-Hamas The Times says the new Israeli government is preparing to invade Gaza as “early as next week.” The Sun says “Israel steps up blitz on Gaza.” The Daily Mirror says Israel and Hamas “trade blows” as the world “holds its breath” ahead of an “all-out attack”. The paper’s front page headline is “Death and more death.” The Guardian has…
‘The really big failures that are labelled as intelligence failures… are in fact failures of imagination,’ he told BBC Radio 4.
Lewis Campbell, 15, has been named by police as the boy who died.
The appeal comes from the force’s counter-terrorism unit.
Isaac first started the foodbank during the pandemic and used his pocket money to set it up.
We’re about to return to a much more familiar British autumn.
This up from the previous estimate of ‘more than 10’.
The lawsuit is ongoing, but the court of appeal ruled the couple’s case ‘appears to be well-founded in principle’.
How Luton Airport fire is affecting flights – here’s what we know Sky News says Flights from Luton Airport were cancelled on Tuesday night after a huge fire caused a terminal car park to partially collapse. The airport said flights would remain suspended until Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know about the fire and how it is affecting passengers. When will flights start again? All flights to and from the airport are currently suspended until 3pm on Wednesday. The airport initially suspended flights until midday, but extended this early on Wednesday morning. About 25,000 passengers are suffering disruption,…
Luton airport fire appears accidental, says fire chief as flights suspended until 3pm The Guardian says All flights at Luton airport are suspended until 3pm, the airport said in a statement. It is Britain’s fifth-busiest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Mancheter, and it handled 13.3 million passengers last year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority. The local fire chief Andrew Hopkinson told reporters: “We’ve got no intelligence to suggest it’s anything other than an accidental fire that started in one of the vehicles.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2023/oct/11/luton-airport-fire-birkenstock-float-new-york-imf-world-bank-inflation-business-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-652669b88f08868e610b887b#block-652669b88f08868e610b887b
Luton Airport fire: Cause of car park inferno that damaged 1,500 vehicles revealed The Independent says The cause of the huge blaze at London’s Luton Airport that has damaged up to 1,500 cars has been revealed. Over 100 firefighters battled through the night to extinguish the car park inferno, which has left thousands of passengers affected by diversion and cancellations. With flights set to be disrupted for most of the day, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has now revealed the cause of the blaze was a diesel car. “We don’t believe it was an electric vehicle,” Andrew Hopkinson, chief fire…
Luton Airport fire rips through multi-storey car park A massive fire in a Luton Airport terminal car park on Tuesday evening has led to all flights being suspended at the airport until this afternoon. Flights have been halted until 15:00 BST after the fire at the car park caused a building to suffer a “significant structural collapse”. Around 1,500 vehicles may have been in the car park and subsequently damaged, Bedfordshire Fire Service said. Four firefighters and an airport staff member were taken to hospital with issues stemming from breaking in smoke. Another patient was treated at the scene, although…
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Paper Talk: Hamas massacred babies and Sir Keir pitches a Labour Britain Wednesday’s front pages continue to lead with Hamas attacks on Israel. Elsewhere, the Labour Party conference in Liverpool and TV presenter Holly Willoughby quitting This Morning also makes the front pages. Hamas attacks The Guardian says the bodies of victims are still being recovered, four days after the attacks began. The i newspaper reports on children being killed in the village of Kfar Aza, which headlined “massacre of innocents.” “This was a holocaust pure and simple,” says the Daily Mail. The Express…
‘It’s not like a gold diamond ring or anything like that, so who would want to take that?’
The Wednesday letters page discusses the economics of keeping video games versus selling them, as one reader asks for F1 racing wheel advice.
Protester throws glitter on Sir Keir as conference gets underway The Labour Party conference began in Liverpool with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech being disrupted by a man who threw glitter over him as he prepared to speak. The man shouted about “true democracy” and “crisis” before he was dragged off the stage. Starmer laughed off the protest and delivered his speech. Labour promises ‘decade of national renewal’ Sir Keir has promised a “decade of national” renewal in his speech if Labour is elected at the next general election. The speech is likely Starmer’s last pitch to be prime…
Keir Starmer to make housing pledge in leader’s speech As the Labour Party conference gets underway, leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to pledge to “build a new Britain” with extra powers for housing and local mayors if the party wins the next election. He will promise to accelerate building on unused urban land. He will also say Labour would build the “next generation of New Towns” near English cities. And he will say extra police will guarantee patrols in town centres. Sir Starmer will say a Labour government will herald a “decade of national renewal” after 13 years of…
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