New crash test rules described as the ‘biggest change in a decade’ will see big vehicles – especially SUVs – have safety ratings downgraded if they cause significant damage to smaller cars in accidents, it has been revealed today. A new set of measures have been announced by testing body Euro NCAP and will be … Read more
BBC will close the ‘majority’ of its smaller support offices used by regional news teams as part of cost-cutting drive during coronavirus crisis ‘It is worrying to hear a majority of smaller sites will be closed’ – a BBC employee BBC has been reviewing the use of all its smaller district offices across England The … Read more
Size is the big issue of 2020. Not so long ago, it felt hugely comforting to be an investor in an extra large stock market fund, run by a star manager. The fund’s scale seemed to provide the ideal mix: security, plus the power to outperform. But then came Neil Woodford, bringing in his wake … Read more
Leaked iPhone 12 schematics suggest phones will have much smaller camera ‘notch’ and almost zero bezel The schematics show a drastically reduced camera ‘notch’ on the front A speaker could be placed on the top of the bezel instead of in between sensors It would mark an incremental step towards removing the iPhones notch entirely … Read more
Investment trust Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had a difficult March when its share price fell through the floor – but it has bounced back strongly By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 18 April 2020 Investment trust Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had a difficult March … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic could kill off large long-haul planes as the airline industry continues to be crippled by the worldwide lockdown, an expert warned today. Airlines are expected to switch to flying fewer, smaller aircraft – with the infection said to have accelerated the demise of the world’s largest passenger planes. These are the relatively … Read more
Apple’s next iPhone will be redesigned to have flat sides, smaller bezel, and new 3D-sensing camera Apple is reportedly redesigning its upcoming flagship iPhones Bloomberg reports the outer chassis will be square instead of rounded Premium models will reduce the size of the camera notch A 3D-sensing LiDAR system will also improve the phones’ AR capabilities By … Read more
Jada Pinkett Smith reveals one of her eyes is ‘wayyyyy smaller’ than the other as she posts makeup free selfie By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 03:45 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 04:52 BST, 11 April 2020 She has been holed up at home with husband Will Smith and their teen children in wake … Read more
Historians still quibble over whether Napoleon Bonaparte actually said it or not. Yet it has stuck. And it was certainly not meant as a compliment. ‘England,’ scoffed the former French Emperor in his twilight years, ‘is a nation of shopkeepers.’ To which, right now, one can only respond: ‘Amen to that.’ For as we confront … Read more
Planned £4bn renovation of Parliament could be postponed in favour of a smaller project lasting just a year The Palace of Westminster was due to undergo a multi-billion-pound face-lift £4 billion restoration would have seen MPs and lords move to temporary home But that project could be reduced to less than a £200 million budget … Read more