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Merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK

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Merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK making Europe’s leading 5G networks Vodafone Group and CH Hutchinson Group Telecom Holdings Ltd, owner of Three Uk have agreed to merge their UK business, Vodafone owning  51 % of the combined business subject to regulator approval. The merger will be completed before the end of 2024. The £15bn investment, the new company has promised for the UK to help to create one of Europe’s most advanced standalone 5G networks with about 27 million customers more than 11, 500 staff.  The bigger companies have more power can drive prices higher as the regulators … Continue reading Merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK

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Inefficiency payouts from Taxpayers money

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Former Prime Ministers, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss each were given severance cash of £18, 660 when they quit as prime minster. The Payout for Truss works out at around £380 every day 9 (only 49 days) she was in the job, her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for 38 days, who  delivered the disastrous mini-budget was also handed a severance payment of £16, 876. Chris Pincher, who resigned as Johnson’s deputy chief whip after being accused of groping two men, received £7, 920. Tom Scholar who was sacked by Truss as the Treasury’s top civil servant  on her first day in … Continue reading Inefficiency payouts from Taxpayers money

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Concorde

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Concorde a tailless aircraft design with a narrow fuselage permitting a 4-abreat seating for 92 to 128 passengers, an ogival delta wing and a droop nose for landing visibility, powered by four Rolls-Royce/Sneoma Olympus 593 turbojets with variable engine intake ramps and reheat for take-off and acceleration to supersonic speed, which was inconceivable. Constructed out of aluminium, the first airliner to have analogue fly-by-wire flight controls, maintaining a supercruise up to Mach 2.04 (2,170km/h: 1, 170 kn) at an altitude of 60,000 ft (18.3km). In 1976 delays and cost overruns increased the programme cost to 2.1 billion in 1976. The … Continue reading Concorde

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Great engine for state

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Bank of England, the eighteenth-century private institution that operated for benefit its shareholders became “ became a great engine for state” according to Adam Smith. Now life is getting uncomfortable in Threadneedle Street with rate rises, gloomy pronouncements about higher mortgage bills and news that bank of England is itself launching a review into how it constructs and deploys economic forecasts have all contributed to the new wave of intense criticism from pundits, politicians and citizens of the UK’s central bank and its actions. The Bank had come under fire for the first time in its 300-year history for its … Continue reading Great engine for state

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Stop Elephant poaching

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Over 100 elephants everyday and Over 50, 000 elephants  every year are massacred for their tusks, every year by poachers. There are only 450. 000  African elephants left in the world and we are running out of time. Working in nine African countries AVAAZ has deployed a tiny team of undercover investigators who are infiltrating the criminal networks and bringing them to justice, by takin down illegal ivory syndicates responsible for  killing up to 100, 000 elephants. To cripple the gruesome trade in animal parts, they need donations pooled from across the planet, which will have direct impact in the … Continue reading Stop Elephant poaching

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Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Red Arrows flying out of Farnborough airport Pic. Laurence Nair-Price Goodwood Festival of Speed. Four Red Arrows flying out of Farnborough to celebrate motorsport’s ultimate summer garden party, 2023 Festival of Speed at Goodwood,  West Sussex, presented by Mastercard. Cars, bikes as they blast up the hill climb track displaying machines and drivers who made them famous instilling noise and thrill. Supercars like Pagani Utopia, Bugatti Bolide and several other supercars are debuting at the festival of speed. Serious injury escaped after a classic Jaguar Mk1 wheel detaches and bounced into the crowd at Goodwood Festival of speed. The Red … Continue reading Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Hollywood actors on strike in US, Junior Doctors strike in England

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Hundreds of thousands of actors went on strike on 12th July, 2023, Wednesday night right at the peak of the summer blockbuster season, after talks with major studios, streaming services failed.  SAG-AFTRA, (Screen Actors Guild) union representing 160, 000 actors said “ SAG-AFTRA’s National Board has the option to call a strike if the AMPTP won’t agree on a deal that bolsters performer’s careers and ensures their profession remains one that can support a dignified livelihood”, after a month of tense failed negotiation  the actors will be joined by script writers. Actress and activist Jane Fonda who was joined by … Continue reading Hollywood actors on strike in US, Junior Doctors strike in England

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Shakespeare’s romantic tragedies

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The New York Times bestseller is Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1926 Shanghai that hums to the tune of debauchery, similar top her first novel  (Immortal Longings by Hodderscape, £18.99) which is also based on another Shakespeare’s romantic tragedies, Anthony and Cleopatra. These Violent Delights is in twin cities San-Er in the Kingdom of Talin, where a gladiatorial death match is held annually, with great riches awarded to the last contestant standing. Princess Calla Tuoleimi enters the game in the hope that, if she wins, she will get close enough to her reclusive uncle … Continue reading Shakespeare’s romantic tragedies

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” Any Wear, Anywhere” rent your clothes to travel light

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Japan Airlines is offering the ultimate chance to travel extra light, pack your undies and toothbrush but rent all  your clothes on arrival to Japan  and ditch the bulky suitcases, under a year-long experiment. Under the scheme  a potential visitor  to Japan  flying JAL, Japanese Airline, can rent outfits by season, size, colour scheme and use for two weeks by reserving up to a month in advance. According to JAL rental clothes  will be delivered to a hotel or accommodation ahead of arrival and collected at the end of the visit to be dry cleaned and recycle. A woman travelling … Continue reading ” Any Wear, Anywhere” rent your clothes to travel light