The Prince of Wales has marked 70 years of holding the title Duke of Cornwall by visiting the county’s annual agricultural show. The prince, accompanied by his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, toured the Royal Cornwall Show on Friday, and saw dozens of local businesses exhibiting their wares. On arrival, …
Read More »US 10-Year Treasuries Spike On Fears The Fed Becoming More Aggressive
sergeitokmakov / Pixabay In his Daily Market Notes report to investors, while commenting on the Fed, Louis Navellier wrote: More Aggressive Fed? CPI came in hot, and the market is pulling back hard. Hopes for confirmation of peak core inflation have been crushed. Core CPI was 6% year over year, 0.6% sequentially. …
Read More »Ofcom publishes new rules for commercial drone licensing – SEENIT
Ofcom has proposed new licensing rules aimed at supporting the use of drones for commercial purposes. The regulator currently allows drones to use airwaves designated for model aircraft or for Wi-Fi. While this doesn’t require a licence, it’s unsuitable for the services offered by the latest generation of drones. As …
Read More »St Bartholomew’s become first in UK to use innovative new implant
A team of clinicians based out of St Bartholomew’s Hospital have potentially revolutionised healthcare, by becoming the first in the UK to use an implant to treat aortic regurgitation. Aortic regurgitation is when blood doesn’t flow properly out of the heart and starts to leak backwards, causing the heart to …
Read More »Cupra stolen after thieves break into Droitwich home
Thieves broke into a home before stealing keys and making off with a car. The offenders forced entry into a home on Laurelwood Road, Droitwich, via a side door at around 12.25am on June 8. They then stole keys to a car, a white Cupra Ateca, and drove off in …
Read More »TPR lays CDC code of practice before parliament
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has laid its new code of practice for the authorisation and supervision of collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes before parliament. This should allow the code to complete its legislative passage through parliament in time for trustees to apply for authorisation to operate a CDC scheme from …
Read More »The summer of discontent: who will strike and when on rail, Tube and more | News
Union bosses are warning of a “summer of discontent” as a growing number of industries threaten walkouts. From pay to hours and guarantees of no compulsory redundancies, the list of workers’ demands is growing in the face of high inflation and a tight labour market. More than 40,000 members of …
Read More »Ofcom wants new spectrum licences for drones
UK comms regulator Ofcom is proposing a new license for commercial drone operators following trials that include drone delivered post by the Royal Mail. Ofcom currently allows drones to use airwaves designated for model aircraft or wi-fi without a licence, but this won’t cut the mustard for commercial drones doing …
Read More »High demand at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital A&Es
Patients are being warned that emergency departments in Worcestershire are ‘exceptionally busy’. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has taken to social media to advise people of the situation affecting the A&E departments at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital in Redditch. READ MORE: Covid face mask rules update at Worcestershire Royal Hospital …
Read More »Stock market stalwarts face reinvention test
Very old companies tend to fall into one of two categories. Some provide solutions to everyday problems or needs. Coats (COA), which has been manufacturing industrial thread since 1755, is a good example of this. Whatever the century, people have always required clothes, and clothes have always required thread. The second …
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