A racing pigeon has sold at auction for more than £1.4 million to a mystery Chinese buyer. The three-year-old hen called New Kim was sold by Belgian auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) in an online auction for 1.6 million euros on Sunday. The sale beat the 1.25 million euros paid last year for male pigeon Armando, dubbed … Read more
Bankrupt Boris Becker has his luxury German villa on the market for £1.8million with just one catch… the buyer would have to live with his 85-year-old mother. The three-time Wimbledon Champion’s sprawling home has been put up for sale by the UK’s insolvency administrator as part of his bankruptcy case. Boasting ‘unrestricted views of the … Read more
Audioboom owner Nick Candy abandons attempts to find a buyer for the podcast firm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:54 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 14 October 2020 Audiogloom: Nick Candy pictured with wife Holly Valance A podcasting group backed by property tycoon Nick Candy has abandoned attempts to … Read more
TikTok will be sold in ’48 hours’ and Trump-backed Oracle is the ‘favored buyer with a $20billion cash and stock deal’ – as Microsoft and Walmart team up for their bid TikTok’s US arm will be sold in the next 48 hours to either Oracle – owned by Trump donor Larry Ellison – or Microsoft … Read more
A major decline in house prices is ‘unlikely’ despite the recession, new findings claim as the country’s post-lockdown recovery shifts up a gear. Property prices look set to hold firm for the rest of the year and are still up 2.5 per cent on a year ago, with the market showing ‘little sign of slowing’. … Read more
Maps that chart the Spanish Armada’s defeat are blocked from leaving Britain in bid to find buyer to stump up £600,000 Maps are believed to have been drawn immediately after the decisive battle in 1588 that stopped the Spanish Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest placed export … Read more
A social worker with a flair for interior design has revealed how she managed to bag a property she fell in love with – simply by sending the owners a hand-written letter expressing her interest. Sally Deakin, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, who lived in a new-build before she spotted the traditional mid-terrace on Lawn Avenue, … Read more
Fresh hope for Woodford investors? US firm reportedly closing in on a deal to snap-up his stricken fund’s biotech holdings as one-year anniversary of its closure passes US-based Acacia Research Corporation is reportedly close to snapping up Neil Woodford’s biotech portfolio for just over $300m, according to Sky News Today marks one year since the … Read more
A couple who snapped up a 1960s home ‘in a whirlwind’ have revealed how they’ve dramatically transformed the erstwhile property into an ultra-stylish abode, spending £50,000 on a full renovation. Recruitment consultant Rosie Potter, 27, and partner Jacob Flurry, 29, who owns a vaping business, say they weren’t seriously looking to get on the property ladder … Read more
Lady Cobham has blasted the planned US takeover of the British defence company bearing her name – saying it puts the UK’s national security at risk and should be stopped by the Government. The widow of Sir Michael Cobham, who built up the firm over 25 years – said the proposed £4billion takeover by private … Read more