A crypto derivatives exchange has received a clean bill of health from the same software tester that vets the trading and settlement systems used by the London Stock Exchange (LSE). ZUBR, which only opened for trading in early March, said its trading software had been successfully stress-tested by Exactpro. The exchange’s high-frequency trading feature, risk management protocols and trading engine met requirements set by the software […]
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26 Mar, 2020 10:47 Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, is sounding the alarm that hospitals in London may collapse within days due to a “continuous tsunami” of Covid-19 patients, despite increasing critical care capacity sevenfold. “They are struggling with the explosion of demand in seriously ill patients. They are saying it’s the number arriving and the speed with which they are arriving and […]
All commercial and private flights from London City Airport will be suspended from Wednesday evening until the end of April, amid a three-week national lockdown imposed by the British government to tackle the Covid-19 crisis. In a statement, the airport said the suspension of services was the “right and responsible course of action” for the safety and wellbeing of staff and passengers. The airport said it […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail by a London court after his lawyers argued that the Covid-19 pandemic posed a serious threat to his health in light of his pre-existing conditions. Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the global pandemic “does not provide grounds” for Assange’s release, as cited by the AAP’s reporter at the hearing. Assange bail application:- US govt lawyers: Assange is a […]
Above Photo: REUTERS. Rough sleepers already known to charities will be part of an initial trial Hotel beds have been offered to rough sleepers in London to help protect them against coronavirus. About 300 rooms were made available this weekend to vulnerable people already known to homelessness charities as part of an initial trial. London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office is working with Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Video footage out of London and Paris shows “youths” attempting to loot stores and start fights in response to the coronavirus outbreak. A clip showing a Sainsbury’s shop front in central London shows youths attempting to smash down the supermarket’s doors in an effort to break in. According to the Daily Mail, the video also “shows a number […]
A hospital in north west London has declared a “critical incident” as it counts those requiring a high level of care, revealing that it doesn’t have enough space to treat such people, due to an escalation in coronavirus patients. In a message sent to its workers on Thursday, Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow said that it has no critical care capacity left, reports the Health Service […]
A hospital in London has declared a “critical incident” after it has run out of hospital beds, reported SKY News. BREAKING: Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow has declared a ‘critical incident’ due to a surge in patients with #COVID19. Latest #coronavirus updates 👉 https://t.co/tCytiCImjS pic.twitter.com/PpGpaA0PN1 — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 20, 2020 The “critical incident” was declared at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, where it appears […]
The UK government has announced that local and mayoral elections scheduled for May are to be postponed for one year due to the Covid-19 epidemic to avoid the expected peak of the virus in late spring. Voters in England were scheduled to go to the polls on May 7 — including for the London Mayoral contest — but just hours after the PM’s spokesperson said they […]
11 Mar, 2020 11:48 A major police operation is underway in Elephant and Castle, south London as police officers investigate a suspicious vehicle near the London Underground tube station, according to reports. Always where the action is. Elephant and castle locked down. Apparently car full of fertiliser was stopped, which led to lockdown pic.twitter.com/Boos25EtaB — Dirk Bischof (@_startupninja_) March 11, 2020 DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
Masked assailants attacked Dr. Adnan Khan with a metal rod in central London just days after Islamabad ramped up effort to extradite the former PM who flew to the UK for medical treatment. Khan, who serves as a personal physician of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was assaulted as he was going for a walk in Park Lane, local media report. The attackers punched the doctor and […]
Facebook has shut down its three London offices until Monday after a Singapore-based staff member who’d visited two weeks earlier was diagnosed with coronavirus, the social media company confirmed. “An employee based in our Singapore office who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 visited our London offices 24-26 February 2020,” a Facebook spokesperson told Sky News on Friday, explaining that all three London offices would be closed […]
Opinion 19:25 GMT 06.03.2020Get short URL The Conservative-leaning ‘Onward’ think tank has advised the Government to stop directing so much money towards London if it is serious about ‘levelling up’ Britain. This comes with a warning that Boris could lose his gains in the Red Wall if he continues to invest in the already rich and productive South while neglecting the North. Analysis carried out by […]
6 Mar, 2020 14:55 Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov, whom the US wants to extradite from Britain over alleged tax evasion, has revealed he cannot leave his home in London because he is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. Read more DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get The Royalist in your inbox every Sunday. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can even make the rain look good. As they arrived at London’s Mansion House on Thursday evening for the Endeavor Fund Awards, a heavy squall burst over them. Source
LONDON—Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the ruler of Dubai, ordered his henchmen to abduct two of his daughters and force them into captivity after they tried to flee from his controlling grasp, according to a British court. One of the women was subjected to inhumane treatment amounting to torture in the view of a British High Court judge, whose findings about the 70-year-old leader were unsealed in […]
HSBC’s London office in Canary Wharf has evacuated its entire research department on Thursday morning after an employee tested positive for the Coronavirus, Financial News reports . NEW: I’m told HSBC has evacuated parts of its Canary Wharf office after a coronavirus scare. — Shehab Khan (@ShehabKhan) March 5, 2020 The research department was then “deep-cleaned and sanitized”, according to a person familiar with the matter. […]
HSBC has evacuated its UK headquarters in London after an employee of the bank tested positive for coronavirus. The infected individual reportedly works in the bank’s research department, and an entire floor of the Canary Wharf building that houses the company will have to be deep cleaned as a result of the incident. The headquarters is in the center of London’s financial center, which hosts many […]
On Monday Julian Assange’s defense team told a London court that the United States plotted to assassinate the WikiLeaks founder. After describing US intelligence attempts to plant “intrusive and sophisticated” secret surveillance devices in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where Assange had been living under asylum for seven years, Assange’s attorney Edward Fitzgerald told the court according to an explosive Daily Mail report published Tuesday: “There were conversations about whether there […]
Foreign diplomats in London owe the UK more than $152 million in unpaid congestion charges, with its close ally, the US, being the worst offender, staggeringly racking up more than 100,000 individual fines. Britain’s Foreign Secretary regularly reveals the amount of congestion charge debt accumulated by foreign envoys in London, and the latest report puts the figure at £116.9 million ($152 million). The US Embassy owes […]
Marchers Support Assange Ahead Of London Extradition Hearing By Jill Lawless, AP. February 23, 2020 Marchers Support Assange Ahead Of London Extradition Hearing2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/2020_02_23_87175_1582424469._large-e1582511281925.jpg200px200px Above photo: Former Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, editor in chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsonn, Assange’s Father John Shipton and singer Roger Waters attend a protest against the extradition of Julian Assange outside the Australian High Commission in London, Britain, […]
Julian Assange Extradition: Our Freedom On Trial Starts Monday In London By Angel Fox, Angel of Truth February 23, 2020 Julian Assange Extradition: Our Freedom On Trial Starts Monday In London2020-02-232020-02-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-as-he-is-driven-into-a-london-court-on-may-1.-by-daniel-leal-olivas-for-getty-images..jpeg200px200px Above: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he is driven into a London court on May 1. By Daniel Leal-Olivas for Getty Images. There were protests in support of Julian Assange in the lead up to his […]
Thousands have protested near the British Parliament against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s looming extradition to the US ahead of the hearing next week. Demonstrators marched from Australia House to Parliament Square near the Palace of Westminster, where both houses of Parliament are located. Chanting: “There’s only one decision – no extradition!” and “Free Julian Assange!” the demonstrators demanded the WikiLeaks co-founder not be handed over to […]
21 Feb, 2020 11:45 File photo of St Paul’s in London ©REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 36, was arrested in October by counter-terrorism investigators after she asked undercover cops to supply explosives. Source