Wifi networks at a number of train stations across the UK have been suspended after a “cybersecurity incident”. Nineteen stations including London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street had their wifi services suspended on Wednesday night after the incident. They were still down on Thursday morning. The Manchester Evening News reported that passengers accessing…

The water in Careening Cove at Milson Park, Kirribilli, is still bright green a day after a substance was discovered leaking from a stormwater drain. Authorities said there was no indication the substance is toxic, and it is most likely a fluorescein dye that could have entered the drain ‘from thousands of areas’. Locals were…

Jaguar Land Rover has said it will spend half a billion pounds to upgrade a Merseyside factory to build hybrid cars and prepare for electric vehicle production. Britain’s largest automotive employer – officially known as JLR – said it has already spent £250m on new car production lines, machinery, people and digital technology at the…

The San Antonio Spurs logo is seen before the game against the Golden State Warriors in Game Three of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 19, 2018 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.  Noah Graham | National Basketball Association | Getty Images Businessman Paul Viera is increasing his stake in…

The chairman of Rentokil Initial, the FTSE 100 firm that catches rats and destroys termites, says he is “delighted to welcome” a representative of Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners on to the board. What Richard Solomons means, one suspects, is that Rentokil’s standing is so low after a thumping profits warning a fortnight ago that it…

Won’t somebody think of the chickpeas? The war on single use plastics has been waged on many fronts, from bottle tops to carrier bags and cutlery to straws. But one recent innovation by British supermarkets has been met with resistance from an unlikely source: hummus lovers. Sainsbury’s and Tesco have ditched single-use plastic lids on…

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, July 12, 2024.  Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southwest Airlines is planning to reduce service to and from Atlanta next year, cutting more than 300 pilot and flight attendant positions, according to a company memo…

A Starbucks worker wears a t-shirt and button promoting unionization on April 7, 2022, in Chicago.  John J. Kim | Chicago Tribune | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the coffee chain is committed to bargaining in good faith with the union that represents many of its baristas, as the…

The Labour leadership has lost a motion at the party’s conference in Liverpool that called on ministers to reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments. The defeat is a blow to Downing Street, as the prime minister and his team had repeatedly said during the conference that the move demonstrated that they could be trusted…

The Co-operative Group has laid bare the impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores soared by almost 20% to £40m in the first half of the year. The member-owned mutual has spent £18m so far this year on measures to protect staff in its food business, including rolling out…