You have a few hours left to bid on this burned-out husk in San Francisco

[ad_1] Houses in San Francisco are notoriously expensive, with the average home price currently hovering around $1.26 million. Maybe it’s no wonder then that a fire-ravaged shack priced at $299,000 in one of San Francisco’s southernmost neighborhoods saw at least 20 people tour the property this past weekend, according to The San Francisco Standard. Potential … Read more

Rental car startup Kyte slashes staff and shrinks to two markets in bid for survival

[ad_1] Rental car startup Kyte, which bills itself as the “best alternative to Hertz,” is pulling out of almost all of its major markets in the United States and has cut its workforce roughly in half in a bid to survive after exploring a sale earlier this year. The company is shrinking its operations to … Read more

Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge conviction for attempted murder of baby | UK | News

[ad_1] Child serial killer Lucy Letby has had a bid to challenge a conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Lawyers for Letby, 34, asked senior judges for approval to appeal against her most recent conviction after she was found guilty at the end of a retrial … Read more

Stonehenge tunnel campaigners would have lost bid to scrap it | UK | News

[ad_1] Campaigners bidding to stop a planned but now scrapped road tunnel near Stonehenge would have lost a legal bid against the proposals, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) was appealing a decision to refuse a challenge to approved plans to build a two-mile tunnel near the world famous … Read more

BBC slashes news jobs in urgent bid to save £24M Licence Fee cash | UK | News

[ad_1] BBC News has announced cuts of £24 million as part of wider BBC efforts to save £700 million a year. The cuts include the global interview programme Hard Talk with presenter Stephen Sackur labelling the move as “depressing” for the future of in-depth interviews that “hold to account those who all too often avoid … Read more