https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASPqlbqhB0M/pete-norman RSS for Node Tue, 12 May 2026 15:19:27 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-24/pound-under-pressure-adios-to-fatbergs-your-sunday-uk-briefing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-24/pound-under-pressure-adios-to-fatbergs-your-sunday-uk-briefing Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:15:03 GMT A pound store selling domestic goods in Welling, Greater London, UK, on Monday, June 19, 2023. The squeeze on finances for thousands of British homeowners is set to intensify after a key rate on mortgage borrowing climbed to its highest level since December. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-17/rishi-sunak-skips-un-boe-decides-and-sponsors-in-women-s-football-uk-briefing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-17/rishi-sunak-skips-un-boe-decides-and-sponsors-in-women-s-football-uk-briefing Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:12:14 GMT A fence displays the United Nations (UN) logo outside its headquarters in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020. The United Nations General Assembly met in a virtual environment for the first time in its 75-year history due to the pandemic. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-30/toxic-cocktail-for-zoomers-boe-goes-hiking-your-sunday-uk-briefing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-30/toxic-cocktail-for-zoomers-boe-goes-hiking-your-sunday-uk-briefing Sun, 30 Jul 2023 11:35:07 GMT LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 04: Waitress Jaz Coupland delivers a food order inside the Hoxton branch of the vegan restaurant chain "Mildreds" on January 04, 2020 in London, England. Veganuary, a campaign launched in the UK in 2014, encourages people to "try vegan for January and beyond." The campaign organizers said that more than 250,000 people pledged to go Vegan last year, up from 160,000 the year before. Veganism and vegetarianism are on the rise in the UK, with consumers citing a variety of reasons, from personal health to environmental concerns. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-09/sunday-uk-briefing-fretting-over-home-loans-and-government-debt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-09/sunday-uk-briefing-fretting-over-home-loans-and-government-debt Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:20:22 GMT Residential properties in Pimlico in London, UK, on Monday, June 20, 2022. The price of London's swankiest properties gained the most in more than seven-years last month as returning demand for city center homes tempt sellers to cash out. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-02/sunday-uk-briefing-france-cleans-up-the-lull-for-bond-traders https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-02/sunday-uk-briefing-france-cleans-up-the-lull-for-bond-traders Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:10:05 GMT A worker cleans debris next to damaged and looted Meyer jewelry store in the centre of Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023, after a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France over the killing of a teenager by police. French police arrested 994 people nationwide during a fourth consecutive night of rioting over the killing of a teenager by police, the interior ministry said on July 1, 2023. France had deployed 45,000 officers overnight backed by light armoured vehicles and crack police units to quell the violence over the death of 17-year-old Nahel, killed during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on June 27, 2023. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP) (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-18/sunday-uk-briefing-mps-vote-on-boris-new-lockdown-video-and-mortgage-rates https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-18/sunday-uk-briefing-mps-vote-on-boris-new-lockdown-video-and-mortgage-rates Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:20:20 GMT People walk past Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, and the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the bell "Big Ben", in London on June 15, 2023. Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Covid lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street when he was prime minister, a UK parliament committee ruled on Thursday. The cross-party Privileges Committee said Johnson, 58, would have been suspended as an MP for 90 days for "repeated contempts (of parliament) and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process". (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-11/your-sunday-uk-briefing-tories-risk-civil-war-cbi-funding-fears https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-11/your-sunday-uk-briefing-tories-risk-civil-war-cbi-funding-fears Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:31:03 GMT Visitors sit at restaurant tables against a backdrop of Tower Bridge in London, UK, on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Soaring temperatures caused by a blast of hot air led the UK to post fresh health warnings through the weekend. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-04/your-sunday-uk-briefing-cbi-s-crucial-vote-covid-messages-sunak-visits-biden https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-04/your-sunday-uk-briefing-cbi-s-crucial-vote-covid-messages-sunak-visits-biden Sun, 04 Jun 2023 11:00:23 GMT The BT Tower during a strike by BT Group Plc workers, in London, UK, on Friday, July 29, 2022. Tens of thousands of BT's unionized workers voted in favor of the company's first national walkout in more than three decades after the collapse of pay rise negotiations in April. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-28/your-sunday-uk-briefing-us-debt-deal-britain-s-declining-car-industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-28/your-sunday-uk-briefing-us-debt-deal-britain-s-declining-car-industry Sun, 28 May 2023 11:00:20 GMT US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, center, speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Republican and White House negotiators are moving closer to an agreement to raise the debt limit and cap federal spending for two years, according to people familiar with the matter, as time grows short to avert a catastrophic US default. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-21/sunday-uk-briefing-inflation-set-to-drop-and-sinn-fein-beats-dup https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-21/sunday-uk-briefing-inflation-set-to-drop-and-sinn-fein-beats-dup Sun, 21 May 2023 10:30:09 GMT Suella Braverman, UK home secretary, leaves 10 Downing Street after attending a Cabinet meeting in London, UK, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may delay an economic plan scheduled for Oct. 31 to give him time to square it with his agenda, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-10-30/bloomberg-weekend-reading-in-glasgow-the-whole-world-is-at-stake https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-10-30/bloomberg-weekend-reading-in-glasgow-the-whole-world-is-at-stake Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:30:10 GMT LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM FEBRUARY 4: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and British broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough look at a projection of planet earth during the launch of the UK-hosted COP26 UN Climate Summit, which will take place this autumn in Glasgow, at the Science Museum on February 4, 2020 in London, England. Johnson will reiterate the government's commitment to net zero by 2050 target and call for international action to achieve global net zero emissions. The PM is also expected to announce plans to bring forward the current target date for ending new petrol and diesel vehicle sales in the UK from 2040 to 2035, including hybrid vehicles for the first time. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe-WPA Pool/Getty Images) Photographer: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Europe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/beer-loving-britons-scramble-to-keep-the-suds-flowing-in-crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/beer-loving-britons-scramble-to-keep-the-suds-flowing-in-crisis Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-01/air-pollution-vanishes-across-china-s-industrial-heartland https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-01/air-pollution-vanishes-across-china-s-industrial-heartland Sun, 01 Mar 2020 11:48:01 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-11-16/venice-flooding-the-city-underwater-in-pictures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-11-16/venice-flooding-the-city-underwater-in-pictures Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:29:55 GMT TOPSHOT - Police patrols across flooded St. Mark's square during an exceptional "Alta Acqua" high tide water level on November 12, 2019 in Venice. - Powerful rainstorms hit Italy on November 12, with the worst affected areas in the south and Venice, where there was widespread flooding. Within a cyclone that threatens the country, exceptional high water were rising in Venice, with the sirocco winds blowing northwards from the Adriatic sea against the lagoons outlets and preventing the water from flowing back into the sea. At 22:40pm the tide reached 183 cm, the second measure in history after the 198 cm of the 1966 flood. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-10/pentagon-gets-a-fix-for-f-35-bug-in-400-000-pilot-helmets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-10/pentagon-gets-a-fix-for-f-35-bug-in-400-000-pilot-helmets Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:22:55 GMT Gen III Helmet. Source: Chad Bellay https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-27/u-s-border-patrol-buys-33-million-bullets-for-new-glock-handgun https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-27/u-s-border-patrol-buys-33-million-bullets-for-new-glock-handgun Sun, 27 Oct 2019 05:00:00 GMT U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers standing guard are seen along the US and Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. U.S. border officials temporarily closed the San Ysidro port of entry between Tijuana and San Diego, one of the busiest border crossings in the world, "to ensure public safety." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-31/u-s-unleashes-military-to-fight-fake-news-disinformation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-31/u-s-unleashes-military-to-fight-fake-news-disinformation Sat, 31 Aug 2019 13:43:26 GMT Fake news on internet in modern digital age, conceptual illustration with text overlaying hexadecimal encrypted computer code Photographer: stevanovicigor/iStockphoto https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-05-26/in-photos-eu-voters-go-to-the-polls https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-05-26/in-photos-eu-voters-go-to-the-polls Sun, 26 May 2019 16:37:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-25/u-s-military-to-trawl-through-350-billion-social-media-messages https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-25/u-s-military-to-trawl-through-350-billion-social-media-messages Sat, 25 May 2019 07:43:20 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-31/elton-john-george-clooney-urge-boycott-of-brunei-owned-hotels https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-31/elton-john-george-clooney-urge-boycott-of-brunei-owned-hotels Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:55:36 GMT The Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles, owned by the Sultan of Brunei, on May 7, 2014 in California. Bolkiah owns the historic Beverly Hills Hotel as well as the Bel-Air Hotel. Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced last week that he would push ahead with implementing sharia, despite criticism both at home and internationally. "The Beverly Hills City Council yesterday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the government of Brunei for a series of laws that impose extremely harsh penalties, including death by stoning for homosexuality and adultery," said a statement sent to AFP. AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)