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Hiring a digital marketing manager in 2015 was another pivotal move. Investing into digital marketing has significantly benefited us ten years later. Not only did we survive a very challenging period, but we emerged stronger and expanded into a national media brand through our acquisition of Bdaily. That calendar includes the VISION 31 investment campaign, which continues to lead efforts to supercharge North East industrial and economic growth over the next decade. Our ambition is to scale both the NET and Bdaily brands nationally, replicating the success we’ve built in the North East.

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The Scottish luxury 'floating hotel' that was crowned quirkiest in the UK"The restaurant is really romantic too." View 4 Images Scotland's "quirkiest" hotel has been named (Image: Jane Barlow / PA)The "quirkiest hotels" in Scotland were recently named in a new list and placing first was a one-of-a-kind 'floating hotel'. Fingal is a luxury floating hotel situated in the Scottish capital's Leith district, featuring 22 cabins and decks. The third and final Scottish hotel to be named among the "quirkiest" in the UK was the Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel in Dumfries and Galloway. Meanwhile, the full list of the quirkiest hotels in the UK can be found on The Times website.

For the eighth consecutive year, Stewarts is listed in The Times’ annual report on the best law firms in England and Wales. Stewarts is ranked for inheritance and succession, family, commercial dispute resolution and personal injury and clinical negligence. The Times Best Law Firms surveyed more than 3,900 solicitors and barristers to identify the best law firms across 28 categories and therefore rankings are based entirely on peer feedback. Commercial dispute resolutionThis category recognises the work of our Commercial Litigation and related commercial disputes teams, including our International Arbitration team. Inheritance and successionOur Trust and Probate Litigation team is recognised in the inheritance and succession category.

AI generted image for representation“contactless”"considerably reduce"What UK official said about the facial recognition system at airports“The border has really changed over the last few years and that work is picking up pace. Public expectations have changed and technology has changed. This system eliminates the need for British citizens to show their passports at immigration queues at airports across the country. According to Phil Douglas, the director-general of Border Force, the trial demonstrated that processing times are faster because the physical passport scan has been removed. The new technology has also been integrated into the UK's existing e-gates.In a statement to The Times, Douglas said:Plans for the contactless border were first reported last year.

Britain will back a modular nuclear power station for Anglesey Island in northern Wales, ending years of uncertainty over the fate of what is considered the country’s best nuclear site. The decision, which was announced Thursday morning in London, appears to be an effort to create a British nuclear champion and a move to increase the government’s role in the economy, especially the energy sector. The Wales plant would also be the first of this type of nuclear plant to be built in Britain. Modular designs are promoted as cheaper and quicker to construct. Rolls-Royce SMR, an affiliate of the jet engine maker that is one of Britain’s few remaining large industrial companies, will design the power station at Wylfa, a rocky headland on the island that overlooks the Irish Sea.

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The Jeffrey Epstein case took a new twist Wednesday when House Democrats released emails the disgraced financier wrote that mention President Trump. (House Oversight Committee) 2 / 7 Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released emails from Jeffery Epstein discussing President Trump. (House Oversight Committee) 3 / 7 Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released emails from Jeffery Epstein discussing President Trump. (House Oversight Committee) 4 / 7 Republican members of the House oversight committee released Jeffery Epstein email correspondence with Michael Wolff on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. (Republican members of the House Oversight Committee) 5 / 7 Republican members of the House oversight committee released Jeffery Epstein email correspondence with Kathy Ruemmler on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.

‘User privacy’The company also attacked the newspaper publicly in a blog post by chief information security officer Dane Stuckey, who accused the paper of “invasion of user privacy”. On 7 November, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang ruled that it would be “appropriate” for OpenAI to produce the logs that Times lawyers had requested as part of the discovery process. In her original decision, Wang said OpenAI had failed to explain why it thought user privacy was at risk, given that the logs were subject to “exhaustive” anonymisation. In its filing, OpenAI argued the logs were “irrelevant” to the case. Judge Elke Schwager of Munich District Court I ruled that OpenAI should pay damages, while OpenAI said it disagreed and would appeal.

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Switch Mobility is shutting down its UK plant and shifting production to its Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), UAE facility to cut costs and improve efficiency. "A few months ago, we decided to shut down Switch's Sherburn, UK, facility as operating there was no longer viable. We have since shifted the manufacturing of Switch buses to our RAK plant in the UAE, where we are investing under $3 million to produce buses for the UK and European markets. Unlike many EV makers that run standalone factories, Switch leverages Leyland's manufacturing infrastructure for "gliders" - vehicle shells without batteries or powertrains . The company currently has an order book of about 1,500 electric buses.Ashok Leyland's upcoming Lucknow plant, designed primarily for e-buses , is nearing completion.

She wrote: “Trump couldn’t have been friendlier, telling me it was fantastic that I was there. According to the email reviewed by CNN, Epstein wrote to Wolff apparently to address Trump’s claim that he asked Epstein to resign his membership at the president’s Mar-a-Lago Club. “trump said he asked me to resign,” Epstein wrote, adding, “never a member ever. “I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you–either on air or in scrum afterwards,” Wolff reportedly wrote to Epstein. “Donald is f**king crazy,” Epstein wrote in one January 2017 email to a New York Times reporter, one week after Trump’s inauguration.