Alibaba, China’s E-commerce giant has broken its own world record for sales on China’s Singles Day, a huge viral phenomenon, the World’s biggest online shopping event. They surpassed the previous record amount of £ 6.1bn $9.3bn in just over half the time. Singles Day, also known as Double Eleven since it is held on…
Hampstead resident use crowd funding to fund extra police officers after their local police station was closed in January 2014, as lack of police presence in the town is criminal acitivities. A scheme to pay for their own officers have received pledges of £180,000 nearly 30 per cent of the target from residents in the…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s next foreign visit is to the UK this week to meet David Cameron and the Queen and to address 90, 000 strong British Indians at Wembley this Friday. Stadium Heralds new strategic relationship with UK and some £15bn of trade and investment deals are expected. Modi remains focused on the economy…
David Cameron announced that the government is to give the public a legal right to “affordable” broadband throughout Britain, making it a basic service akin to water or electricity. Within the next five years every home and business in the UK will have access to a fast broadband connection. “Access to the internet shouldn’t be…
Remembrance Sunday where the main occasion took place in Whitehall London went without a hitch Crowds were waiting in the Mall to watch the subsequent procession. There were 14 different representatives – religious leaders in attendance and the Prime Minister David Cameron stood with former prime ministers and the opposition namely David Corbyn and many of them…
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck 62 miles southwest of Coquimbo, Chile according to US Geological survey. No injuries reported so far. The quake came after another one measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale. The quake woke residents of Chilean capital Santiago 186.4 miles, 300km away. Chile has a history of major earth quakes in…
20 people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from the Samarco mining company Iron ore mine in south-eastern state of Minas Gerais Brazil burst on Thursday 5th November 2015 afternoon and send debris into Bento Rodgrigues about 4miles 7km away. The project controlled by BHP Billigton and Vale River water was…
World Travel Market London 2015, now in its 36th year, the leading global 4-day event for the travel industry professionals, attended by 51, 500 senior travel industry professionals and government ministers, ended on a high, with speed networking for buyers and separate session for the world’s top 50 travel bloggers who reach 10.6million audience. WTM…
Family of Late Alan, a senior probation officer and Pat Firth, a secretary, was unaware that their home contained 350-piece collection of ceramics, and could be one of most important collections of pottery in the world. The discovery which was sold for almost 1million at auction. Jason Wood of Adam Partridge auctioneers, was asked to…
Singer Kylie Minogue has officially switched on the Oxford Street lights to declare Christmas 2015 to be officially on the way with all it entails – shopping, singing, parties, fancy clothes, presents, celebrations and general good cheer.