News archive from 26 March 2014
Scots film industry’s funding limit rises by 60%
SCOTLAND'S film industry has been handed a major boost after it emerged that the maximum funds available for major productions is to soar by 60 per cent. National arts agency Creative Scotland has unveiled the move following months of campaigning from...
'More women than ever' on top UK company boards, says report
The boardrooms of top UK companies have undergone a "culture change", with a growing number of women in decision-making roles, a new report has found. Lord Davies, Britain's former trade minister, said women now account for 20.7% of board...
Blackstone close to $5.5 billion-plus Gates takeover -sources
The buyout firm is in the final stages of negotiations with Gates' private equity owners, Onex Corp (OCX.TO) and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), and the two sides are aiming to finalize an agreement by early next week, the people...
Facebook In $2bn Oculus Virtual Reality Deal
Facebook has announced it is to splash out $2bn on buying Oculus, a virtual reality company. The deal includes $400m in cash and some 20 million shares worth about $1.6bn. A statement released by Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Oculus's technology...
Failed Britvic tie-up turns Barr focus on England
IRN-Bru maker AG Barr yesterday said it would be targeting customers south of the border as it puts the aborted Britvic merger behind it. Drawing a line under Cumbernauld-based Barr’s failed merger with rival Britvic last year, chief executive Roger...
Cyber-attacks increase leads to jobs boom
Every cloud has a silicon lining. As the number and sophistication of cyber-attacks increase, so too does the demand for people who can prevent such digital incursions. Cyber-security is having a jobs boom. But there aren't enough people with the...
Isle’s explosion of fury at plans
Residents' concerns about plans to store up to 4,999 tonnes of a potentially highly explosive fertiliser at Keadby are "purely reaction to scare stories" claimed a spokesman for the company behind the scheme. But people living near the...
Play park plan for Epworth centre
Plans for a new play area in Epworth are moving ahead, with efforts to procure funding. Youngsters from the town stated their case for play equipment for older children, to town councillors at their recent meeting. The town council agreed support for...
Doncaster’s Flying Scotsman latest star of magazine collection
Doncaster built locomotive legend the Flying Scotsman has become the latest star of a new magazine collection put together in association with the National Railway Museum. The latest edition of the Great British Locomotives Collection went on sale...
Retrial into murder of Derby teenager Kadeem Blackwood will start today
THE prosecution will today open its case against a man being retried for the murder of Derby teenager Kadeem Blackwood. At Nottingham Crown Court yesterday, a jury of eight men and four women was sworn in to try Michael-Paul Hamblett-Sewell. The...
Benedict Cumberbatch to play Hamlet at Barbican
Benedict Cumberbatch's appearance as Hamlet will mark his first full return to the stage since starring in Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle, at the National Theatre in 2011. Photograph: Catherine Ashmore/PA Benedict Cumberbatch is to swap...
The cost of bunking off: Truants land parents with £3million fines
Parents of truant children were hit with £3million in fines last year. Some 52,000 £60 penalty notices were sent, an increase of 25 per cent. Yet nearly 28,000 penalties weren’t paid in 28 days, causing the fine to double. It means the number of...
Heading off the obesity epidemic: DNA tests at five can tell if a child will be fat at 14
A DNA blood test can predict obesity levels in children as they grow up, scientists claim. Samples taken when a child is five can indicate how much body fat they will have at 14, researchers say. The test checks a gene called PGC1 which regulates fat...
The Afghan refugees clinging to hope amid terror and tragedy
Afghan refugees are pleading with Western troops not to abandon them once more to the resurgent Taliban, while cursing the Nato bombs that forced them from their homes and killed family and friends. Survivors of 13 years’ of conflict since the Allied...
Teenage girls need better access to morning-after pill – Nice
'Evidence clearly shows that the availability of contraception reduces the rate of unwanted pregnancies.' Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Teenage girls should be given greater access to the morning-after pill in schools and GP surgeries...
Realtime News
- 01:37 UK scientists join race for lab-grown meat
- 01:12 Preston schoolgirl Saira Ali wins a national LEGO competition by...
- 01:08 Scott Morrison rules out One Nation preference deal after...
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- 01:02 Sudoku 4,323 medium
- 00:54 Guardian readers help write history
- 00:52 Man's 400-mile drive to help stranger visit dying mother
- 00:52 'Stupid' Cadbury treasure hunt ad withdrawn after complaints
- 00:35 Italy's La Scala opera house to return Saudi millions
- 00:34 No-deal Brexit could mean £130m hit to research budgets
- 00:32 Russell Galley: Working together to put end to financial exclusion
- 00:29 Children predict future to have flying cars and robot waiters
- 00:27 Why are Venezuelans seeking refuge in crypto-currencies?
- 00:21 England’s post-16 qualifications to be streamlined
- 00:19 Mark Casci: Celebrating what is great and good about Yorkshire...
- 00:19 Flying cars and robot waiters in children's views of the future
- 00:17 Home leasehold system needs reform, say MPs
- 00:17 World's most expensive cities revealed
- 00:16 Children predict future to have flying cars and robot waiters
- 00:16 Women's NCAA Tournament: 11-time champs UConn miss out on No1 seed
- 00:12 UK breast cancer death rates falling fastest in ‘big six’ of Europe
- 00:12 Use forecast to talk about climate change, urges ex-BBC presenter
- 00:12 MPs call for Viagogo boycott and shake-up of ticket touting laws
- 00:12 Discrimination against urban music persists, says report to MPs
- 00:07 Alun Wyn Jones says don’t rule out Warren Gatland coaching England
- 00:02 British billionaire holds Chelsea takeover talks as Roman...
- 23:32 Watch BBC One's brand new trailer for Gentleman Jack
- 23:27 Drug dealer fled hospital in boxers with drip attached so he didn’t...
- 23:15 Germany’s learning visits offer measure of Dan Ashworth’s England...
- 23:09 Greens push to suspend Fraser Anning from parliament
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