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The Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined 5.6m pounds for failing to follow regulations that prevent banks from lending to unsafe individuals that belong on government ban lists such as terrorist organizations. The FSA (Financial Services Authority) stated that the RBS failed to properly screen transactions and customers throughout 2008, which created the risk that [...] Palace accounts revealed yesterday that the cost of the Royal Family fell over last year. After a round of tightening finances and the Queen ‘dipped’ into her savings a bit the household required seven pence less to run per taxpayer, totalling to 62p per taxpayer. A spokesman for the family said that it was mainly due [...] It does not take £10m to know that the pollinators among wildlife are dying out since a simple look out in the garden will reveal that hoverflies, honeybees, wasps, butterflies, moths, and bumblebees are disappearing. In fact, since the 1970’s butterfly species have declined by 75% in the UK, honeybees are facing extinction, and three [...] Epsom and St. Helier University Hospital Trust in Surrey earned over £1.8m from car parking fees over the course of one year according to a new report on parking charges that are placed on hospital visitors. The consumer association Which? named the worst NHS hospital car parks across England based on information that it gathered from [...] Channel 4 has decided that an advertisement for abortion services will not be allowed to air in Northern Ireland although millions of viewers that live in Scotland, England, and Wales will see it. The ad is for Marie Stopes International (MSI) and is banned due to the fact that in Northern Ireland abortion is still illegal. [...] Four British Airways executives that faced accusations of criminal price-fixing were freed this week after the case that was built against them collapsed in court. The four men were the BA sales and marketing director Andrew Crawley, former commercial director martin George, former head of UK sales Alan Burnett, and former head of communications Iain Burns. They [...] Tickets to an England cricket match, a Tiffany bracelet, and some pheasants are just a few of the most wonderful and odd gifts that England’s teachers have received from their students according to a new surgery by the ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers) which found that gifting is popular in schools. Over 90% of all [...] Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! |
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