Schoolgirl killer Colin Pitchfork could be freed from jail as Parole Board consider case

Parole Board meets to decide if notorious child killer Colin Pitchfork can be freed from jail after he raped and murdered two 15-year-old schoolgirls in 1980s Schoolgirl killer Colin Pitchfork could be released early from after parole hearing He was jailed for life after raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth Conservative MP Alberto … Read more

Darktrace beefs up its board ahead of float by hiring David Willetts

Darktrace beefs up its board ahead of UK float by hiring Tory former minister David ‘Two Brains’ Willetts By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 17 March 2021 Tech firm Darktrace has a moved a step closer to a stock market listing in London after … Read more

Indian runner duck jumps on board an Australian shepherd dog

Fowl play! Cute moment an Indian runner duck jumps aboard an Australian shepherd dog Australian shepherd dog, Teak, was taken for a walk in Bedford New Hampshire  He lay on the ground after its friend Pancake the Indian runner duck approached Teak’s owner said the dog often lies on the ground to play with the … Read more

Fire breaks out on board cruise ship docked off the coast of Corfu

Fire breaks out on board huge cruise ship docked off the coast of Corfu Fire broke out on board cruise liner MSC Lirica around 3.30pm local time  Videos showed two lifeboats on fire and smoke billowing from side of vessel  Fire crews were called and brought the blaze under control around an hour later Tracking … Read more

Dakota Fanning comes on board Showtime’s Ripley opposite Andrew Scott

Dakota Fanning comes on board Showtime’s Ripley opposite Andrew Scott in new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novels By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:05 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 03:12 GMT, 12 March 2021 It was announced in 2019 that Showtime was commissioning a series based on Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels. And now, after … Read more

BT boss threatened to quit unless board replaced chairman

BT’s boss threatened to quit unless the board replaced its chairman, according to claims By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 5 March 2021 BT’s boss threatened to quit unless the board replaced its chairman, it was claimed yesterday.  Philip Jansen, who became chief executive … Read more

Jack Dorsey’s Square buys majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal as rapper joins board

Financial technology company Square said Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire majority ownership of Tidal, the music streaming service partly owned by Jay-Z. Square – which was founded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in 2009 – will pay $297 million in cash and stock for Tidal. The deal will also see Jay-Z … Read more

Exxon appoints two activist investors to board in drive to go green

Exxon Mobil appoints two activist investors to the board amid pressure for the firm to go green By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:58 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 1 March 2021 Eco drive: Exxon Mobil has appointed two activist investors to the board Exxon Mobil has appointed two activist investors … Read more

Issa brothers appoint Dame Alison Carnwath to EG Group board

Issa brothers beef up board ready for float: Former investment banker Dame Alison Carnwath joins EG Group By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 24 February 2021 The new owners of Asda have appointed another heavyweight director to their petrol station empire to allay concerns … Read more

Women now hold one third of board positions at UK’s largest 350 companies

Women now hold more than a third of board positions in the UK’s 350 largest companies after a 50% surge in five years, a new report has revealed. . The final report from the Hampton-Alexander Review revealed that the number of women on FTSE boards has jumped to 1,026 – up from 682 in 2015. It … Read more