Gareth Malone hopes his online singing group can help struggling artists to make money amid the worsening coronavirus crisis. The famous choir master, 44, London, appeared on This Morning where he opened up about his new project, after Dame Esther Rantzen, 79, who is self-isolating with her daughter, urged him to to get people together on Skype to … Read more
First Group shares edge up after transport provider announces it is set to sell its US school bus operations By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 11 March 2020 Shares in First Group edged higher after the transport provider said it had received … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: Retail sales slide again; Ladbrokes owner hails ‘excellent’ year; Gym Group posts healthy revenue growth By This Is Money Published: 08:13 GMT, 17 January 2020 | Updated: 17:10 GMT, 17 January 2020 The FTSE 100 closed up 64.75 points at 7674.56 and the pound was at $1.30 against the dollar. In the … Read more
Activist Coast Capital ramps up its attack on First Group demanding it dump its US operations By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 Coast Capital has renewed its assault on Great Western Railway operator First Group Activist investor Coast Capital has renewed … Read more
Following a flurry of accusations of bullying, Home Secretary Priti Patel was defended last week in a statement by 100 allies, including election guru Sir Lynton Crosby and William Shawcross, former chief of the Charity Commission. Patel faces a Cabinet Office investigation into the allegations (which she denies) after Sir Philip Rutnam, the Home Office’s … Read more
Lens maker for cataracts, Rayner Surgical Group, on market for £400million By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 A company that makes replacement lenses for cataract patients has been put up for sale by its private equity owners with a price tag … Read more
All five members – Mark McKinney, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Scott Thompson, and Kevin McDonald – of the legendary Canadian sketch-comedy group The Kids in the Hall are reuniting for an eight-episode revival on Amazon Prime. 17-time Emmy winner Lorne Michaels is also back as executive producer for the iconic troupe’s series after overseeing their … Read more
Judge rules that Reddit doesn’t have to disclose the real identity of a user who criticized a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Watch Tower organization on the forum A US District Court judge in San Francisco upheld a Reddit users right to privacy The user, Darkspilver, had criticized the Jehovah’s Witnesses approach to fundraising through their magazine The … Read more
Military robots win search and rescue competition as they search for survivors in underground power plant after gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm mannequins standing in for human survivors, and a lost cell phone in the ruins … Read more
Free-to-use cash machines could disappear across UK within two years unless Government steps in and forces banks to maintain them, consumer group Which? warns Free-to-use cash machines face disappearing within two years, it is claimed Estimated 9,500 free ATMs were removed or introduced charges since 2018 Banks are pushing people to switch from cash to … Read more