A former executive at Funding Circle, the London-listed finance group, has raised millions of pounds to launch a digital platform that promises to give small businesses instant credit decisions. Sky News understands that Jerome Le Luel, who spent nearly seven years as Funding Circle’s chief risk officer and head of lending strategy, is close to
8:00 AM ET Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs are upon us. While the Boston Bruins set all sorts of records
In this article VORB SPCE ASTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Virgin Orbit started as a program of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic in 2012, before being spun off into a separate company five years later. In the private space race, Virgin Orbit contended its method of launching its rockets — known as “air launch”
Multiple people have been injured and four have been killed in a shooting in Alabama, officials have said. The incident is reported to have taken place at a teenager’s birthday party late on Saturday evening in the city of Dadeville, in Tallapoosa County. It was not immediately known if a suspect was in custody. WRBL-TV
Controversial Labour attack adverts targeting Rishi Sunak were not a mistake and there are more to come, a senior shadow cabinet member has told Sky News. Wes Streeting argued it was “absolutely right to take the gloves off” and hold the government to account for its record. The social media campaign in which the opposition
Sudan waits to see how high the price of peace will be There are no heroes in this story. Both the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been responsible for committing atrocities against civilians. Hundreds have been killed since the 2019 revolution and many more injured. Now, the power pact that brought the two
Fighting erupted in Sudan on Saturday as the army and paramilitary forces clashed, leaving at least 56 people dead and hundreds injured. They were the first clashes between the forces since 2019 but rose out of a long-running tussle for power. Here is what you need to know. Who are the main players? On one
Escalating nurse strike action by withdrawing protection for emergency hospital care will endanger patient safety, a NHS leader has warned as the government said a “full and final” pay offer had been made to staff. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents health trusts, also raised concerns over the possibility of nursing
It’s time for a fancy pants edition of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. In today’s column, we’ve got a beautiful specimen of an antique-style roadster complete with the tried-and-true guts of electric microcar from China. What could go wrong?! This little EV represents the crème de la crème of China’s sophisticated
Torchwood star Murray Melvin has died at the age of 90, with Russell T Davies and John Barrowman leading tributes to the “wonderful” actor. His death was announced on Friday by a friend, who said Melvin had “never fully recovered” from a fall in December. The actor was best known for the 1961 film A Taste
7:15 AM ET Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in April 2022 to mark the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier. Today, MLB will again be celebrating Jackie Robinson Day throughout the sport. FIVE YEARS AGO, during one of my eldest daughter’s first Little League games of the season,
Spotify has announced it is dropping Heardle – the name-that-tune game inspired by Wordle. The streaming giant had acquired the game last July, five months after it took the world by storm. Heardle played small snippets of music and challenged gamers to guess the song as quickly as possible. But in a new statement, Spotify
An Indian gangster-turned-politician has been shot dead on live television. Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were being escorted for a medical check-up in handcuffs at the time of the attack. Both men were accosted by camera crews – and police say the gunmen who killed the pair had been masquerading as journalists. Three people
The mother of Ava White, a 12-year-old girl who was stabbed to death, says new police powers to tackle adult knife crime should also be applied to younger offenders. When Ava was murdered in Liverpool city centre in 2021, it was a crime that stunned and appalled the nation. Her mother Leeann, now a knife
It has been one those weeks in America where you end up with whiplash from a flood of remarkable news. So much news, in fact, we couldn’t cover it all in the depth we’d like to have done. The main stories were all familiar American themes – guns, intelligence leaks, abortion, drugs. But within each,
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The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) pictured on February 03, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. Thomas Lohnes | Getty Images News | Getty Images Germany’s energy worries are over and Europe’s largest economy has the “inherent strength” to recover from the dual shocks of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to Bundesbank
The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled following concerns over safety and costs. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construction – will be removed from government road-building plans, Downing Street has confirmed. Existing stretches will remain but be subjected to a safety refit so
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reached an agreement in principle amid a long-running dispute over pay and employment terms. In a joint statement with Royal Mail, CWU confirmed the agreement will now be considered by the executive of the union before it goes before the membership. The details of the proposed
In this article WMT AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT For years, Amazon warehouse staffers have complained about unsafe working conditions and the injury risks they face when rushing to fill packages and get them to customers in two days or less. While Amazon claims its injury rate is coming down, facility-level data released