The BBC, ITV, BT and the sports production company IMG have been fined £4.2m for illegally sharing information about fees for freelance workers at football and rugby matches. The sharing of information, which breached competition law, affected workers such as camera operators and sound technicians, according to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The regulator…
Police vehicles and fire engines are seen near the scene where a fire broke out at a substation supplying power to Heathrow Airport in Hayes, west London on March 21, 2025. Benjamin Cremel | Afp | Getty Images A fire at an electrical substation caused the closure of London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday causing major…
Going, going, gone: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes’ 1/1 Topps MLB Rookie Debut Patch card was sold at the Fanatics Collect March Premier Auction for $1,110,000 on Thursday after accumulating 64 bids. The seller of the card is the family of an 11-year-old boy who pulled it from a box of 2024 Topps Chrome Update that…
A 17-year-old boy who allegedly tried to force his way on to a Jetstar flight at Victoria’s second largest airport with a shotgun earlier this month, before being dramatically overpowered by passengers, is facing fresh commonwealth charges including attempted hijacking. Police allege the boy climbed through a hole in a fence at Avalon airport, near…
The U.S. Department of Education is seen on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order to abolish the Department of Education. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department…
Covent Garden market in London Julian Elliott Photography | Stone | Getty Images Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund — the largest of its kind in the world — on Thursday said that it struck a deal to buy a quarter of a property portfolio in London’s iconic Covent Garden, in its latest bet on…
More than 9,000 unpaid carers looking after ill and disabled loved ones have become the latest to be hit with carer’s allowance overpayment debts in the past year, prompting calls for ministers to suspend the controversial practice. While the government has promised to tackle the carer’s allowance scandal and launched a review, the latest figures…
Richard Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Consumer Business Group, introduces HUAWEI Pura X mobile phone at a new product launch conference on March 20, 2025 in Shenzhen, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Huawei’s Pura X, a foldable smartphone launched Thursday, is…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to increase domestic production of critical minerals,…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interviews executives from quantum computing firms at Nvidia’s annual developer conference in San Jose, California, U.S., March 20, 2025. Stephen Nellis | Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday walked back comments he made in January, when he cast doubt on whether useful quantum computers would hit the market in the…
