October 20, 2014
PUBLIC FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER, 2014
GENERAL SITUATION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE BAHAMAS WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE AS IT LIFTS NORTHWARDS SPECIAL WARNINGS: BEACH GOERS AND MARINERS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EXPOSED ATLANTIC SHORELINES OF THE BAHAMAS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION FOR…
October 20, 2014
Ford invests £190m in a plant for clean diesels
Ford has invested in the future of the UK car manufacturing by pumping £190 million into its Dagenham production facility, helping to secure another 318 jobs at the plant. The funding has been provided for the development and building of new…
October 20, 2014
Apple earnings beat expectations
Apple reported third-quarter earnings of $8.47bn (£5.24bn), a 13% rise from the same period a year earlier, beating analysts' expectations. Profits at the technology giant were helped by sales of its new iPhone 6 models, which were on sale for ten…
October 20, 2014
Google changes ‘to fight piracy’ by highlighting legal sites
Google has announced changes to its search engine in an attempt to curb online piracy. The company has long been criticised for enabling people to find sites to download entertainment illegally. The entertainment industry has argued that illegal…
October 20, 2014
IBM pays $1.5bn to offload chip unit as profit falls
IBM is to pay $1.5bn (£930m) in cash to offload its loss-making chip manufacturing division to Abu Dhabi owned GlobalFoundries. IBM, which wanted to avoid the cost of upgrading the unit's technology, said it would now focus on cloud computing,…
October 20, 2014
Reggae legend John Holt dies at 67
Reggae vocalist John Holt, who sang the original version of Blondie's hit The Tide is High, has died aged 67. His manager Copeland Forbes told the Jamaica Observer he died in a London hospital on Sunday. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed.…
October 20, 2014
Martina Navratilova slams ITF ‘silence’ over Williams sisters
Martina Navratilova has criticised the "silence" of the International Tennis Federation after comments from one of its members about the Williams sisters. Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev described world number one Serena…
October 20, 2014
Turkey Allows Iraqi Kurds to Join Fight
In a reversal of policy, Turkey said Monday it allow Iraqi Kurds to use Turkish territory to support the besieged Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani. The announcement comes after U.S. forces air-dropped military supplies into the city currently under…
October 20, 2014
Cease-fire Falling Apart
The cease-fire deal announced by the Nigerian government on Friday appears to be unraveling as fresh clashes between soldiers and Boko Haram militants are reported in the northeastern town of Damboa. The news comes as the government prepares for…
October 20, 2014
Nigeria and Boko Haram ‘agree ceasefire and girls’ release’
Nigeria's military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released. Nigeria's chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram has not made a…