Shareholders in Serco are getting their first dividend in six years after the outsourcing giant triumphantly returned to growth. It will pay investors 1p per share after its recovery plans finally hit ‘escape velocity’, with boss Rupert Soames hailing it as an important milestone. The payout has been a long time coming, and lifted shares … Read more
Chin up mate! Key to appearing honest and trustworthy is to look at someone with a level head while tilting your chin up or down can make you appear aloof or domineering Researchers took photos of 24 people head on and chin tilted up and down Slight changes to the appearance of the eyebrows and mouth … Read more
More than 100 wild animals have reportedly dropped dead near the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in China. Experts claimed that some of the animals died after being poisoned by disinfectant sprayed by workers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to state media. A total of 135 animal bodies belonging to 17 species … Read more
Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric Jack Welch has died at 84. Welch died from renal failure, his wife Suzy told The New York Times Monday. He led GE for 20 years from 1981 to 2001, growing it from a $14billion company that made light bulbs and appliances to a financial services and consulting … Read more
A 37-year-old woman in California believed vaping would help her get healthier because it would make it easier for her to quit smoking. She kept it up for more than five years – and then she collapsed, on Christmas Day. Julia Itzen was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, and would remain there for … Read more
Gerald Ratner pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through his Twitter feed. We’re sitting backstage moments after he has given a speech about his fateful gaffe almost 30 years ago. The infamous moment is still dragged up daily on social media – and Ratner says he can’t stop himself looking up who has become … Read more
Bad Bunny took advantage of an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s show to pay tribute to a transgender woman who was shot and killed in Puerto Rico. The singer was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday. While performing his song “Ignorantes” with Sech, Bad Bunny unveiled a T-shirt reading: “Mataron a Alexa, no … Read more
A married Chinese couple were tied up, placed inside suitcases and thrown into a river while still alive in Thailand, police have said. The body of Wang Jun was found in a black suitcase floating in the Ping river in Kamphaeng Phet, central Thailand, on Tuesday afternoon. Police divers are still searching for his wife … Read more
Devoted BBC listener found dead after worried radio newsreader tipped off police when ‘Clara from Bude’ didn’t make her weekly call Woman rang BBC Radio Cornwall at exactly 8.10am every Saturday and Sunday Newsreader Joanna Twist became concerned when Clara stopped calling Ms Twist and colleague were the only two people to go to funeral … Read more
Girl, 17, was found dead in her bed by her mother after suffering from sepsis that she had thought was just food poisoning, inquest hears Tina Way, 17, was found dead at her home in Cardiff, Wales on July 20 last year In the days before she died Ms Way had been on holiday at … Read more