Category: News


Thousands take to streets to back mass public sector strike in Northern Ireland


Thousands of public sector workers have taken to the streets across Northern Ireland in the biggest strike action in the region’s recent history.

 

https://www.lbc.co.uk/business/4fc4eac83bf841a1ba1327eda9b87c81/


Legal experts say OpenAI has ‘case to answer’ in showdown with New York Times


The New York Times claim against OpenAI appears to give the tech company “a case to answer” and puts it on the “horns of a dilemma” in its negotiations with other publishers, IP experts have told Press Gazette.

 

https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-ip-experts/


Weakened UK PM Sunak survives Conservative asylum law rebellion


British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defeated a Conservative rebellion on Wednesday over his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, winning a costly victory that weakens his authority and deepens divisions in his party.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-sunaks-authority-faces-test-showdown-over-rwanda-asylum-plan-2024-01-17/


Temperature plummets overnight – with ‘bitterly cold’ days to come


More than 100 schools were closed in Scotland on Tuesday, while drivers faced difficult conditions thanks to the wintry weather across north-west England, including in Merseyside, Cheshire and Cumbria.

https://news.sky.com/story/tonight-could-be-coldest-january-night-for-14-years-with-bitterly-cold-days-to-come-13049938