How much major UK streaming services have increased prices

Households looking to subscribe to Disney+ will find the streaming site has increased its prices by over 33 per cent, as it adds an array of new shows to the platform under its Star banner.  Customers must now pay £7.99 a month, as opposed to £5.99, whilst yearly plans have also risen from £59.99 to … Read more

Police rescue 18 people from the back of refrigerated lorry at motorway services near Peterborough

Police rescue 18 people from the back of refrigerated lorry at motorway services near Peterborough after being alerted by driver Cambridgeshire Police rescued 18 people from the back of refrigerated lorry Police called at 11.30 this morning by the driver of the vehicle near Peterborough The driver noticed the people when they stopped at Haddon … Read more

Apple is DOWN! A number of services like iCloud and Photos are experiencing an outage

Apple is DOWN! A number of services like iCloud and Photos are experiencing an outage or working slower than usual Some of Apple’s services are experiencing outages starting Wed afternoon Currently a number of iCloud services, Photos and Find My Friend are down The outage started around 1:30pm ET, which hit other Apple features It … Read more

Music chiefs warn over clampdown on streaming services

Music industry bosses to defend right to large chunk of revenues from streaming services such as Spotify amid threat of crackdown By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 Music industry bosses will this week defend their right to a large chunk of … Read more

UK customers of TV streaming services will no longer be able to watch live sport when in the EU

Amazon Prime, BT and Sky UK customers no longer able to watch live sport with the services when in the EU, including Premier League football Sky, Amazon Prime and BT Sport customers will miss out when in Europe  Now the UK has left the EU, consumers can no longer watch live sport overseas  Users will … Read more

Uber and Lyft’s claims their services reduce car ownership in US cities is debunked in a new study

Uber and Lyft have touted their ride-hailing companies as ‘car-cutters’ by reducing the number of vehicle ownership in US metro areas, but a new study finds the claims are far from the truth. A team from Carnegie Mellon University found, on average, a 0.7 percent increase in personal vehicles after the two firms unleashed their … Read more

Rishi Sunak wants post-Brexit City of London financial services boom

Rishi Sunak hails chance of ‘Big Bang 2.0’ for City of London after Brexit as he hints red tape will be slashed to help forge ‘exciting’ future Rishi Sunak has hailed the prospects for a ‘Big Bang 2.0’ in the wake of Brexit The Chancellor hinted that red tape could be slashed to help the … Read more

National Express to suspend all coach services

National Express SUSPENDS all coach services due to new Covid lockdown and falling passenger numbers Firm says all its services will be temporarily suspended from 11.59pm on Sunday Anyone whose travel has been cancelled will be offered amendment or refund It comes as travellers coming to the UK must now present a negative Covid test … Read more

Half of all rail services may be cut due to ‘ghost trains’

Half of all rail services may be cut due to ‘ghost trains’: Routes could be slashed again amid predicted slump in passengers during third lockdown An emergency timetable would be introduced in a bid to cut service levels   Aim is to reduce number of so-called ‘ghost trains’ which carry no passengers  Expected number of services … Read more

Lenny Henry says BBC risk losing BAME viewers to streaming services like Netflix 

Sir Lenny Henry has called for the BBC and other traditional broadcasters to follow the lead of Netflix in casting actors that represent Britain’s ethnic diversity. The actor and comedian, 62, who has been on our screens for forty years, said that he still felt ‘very lonely’ in the industry as someone from a minority … Read more