Volkswagen facing calls for a securities investigation over its April Fool’s Day prank name change

Investor experts are calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Volkswagen after it claimed to be changing its name to ‘Voltswagen’ in an April Fool’s Day stunt, which they say misled investors and briefly saw the automaker’s share price rise more than 16%. The German car giant, which has previously fallen foul of the … Read more

Greek police reopen investigation into death of British mother

Greek detectives have reopened the investigation into the death of a British mother who washed up on a beach in Crete 12 years ago. Jean Hanlon had moved to the island in 2005 and stayed for three consecutive summers before wintering there for the first time in 2008. But in March 2009, after sending a … Read more

Major Whitehall investigation is launched into ‘rape culture’ scandal at Britain’s elite schools

A major Whitehall investigation involving police chiefs, Government officials and Ofsted has been launched into the handling of the emerging ‘rape culture’ scandal among pupils at Britain’s elite schools. Officials from the Home Office and Department for Education (DfE) are leading a cross-Government response with senior police officers, who are being urged to take claims … Read more

Watchdog launches formal investigation into claims David Cameron lobby laws

Watchdog launches formal investigation into claims David Cameron breached ‘anti-sleaze’ laws his own government introduced by ‘lobbying the Treasury to get stricken financial firm Greensill access to Covid loan schemes’ Former prime minister alleged to have lobbied Treasury on behalf of Greensill  Said to have been part of efforts to increase firm’s access to Covid … Read more

Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter handed new SIX-YEAR ban after investigation into World Cup bribery scandal

Disgraced ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter handed new SIX-YEAR and eight month ban from football for multiple breaches of their ethics code after investigation found he had accepted an ‘undue economic benefit’ of £18m across four years Sepp Blatter has been handed a new six-year ban from football-related activities The former FIFA boss was investigated over … Read more

Tiger Woods crash investigation suggests golfer ‘may have done nothing to prevent collision’

New details have emerged in the ongoing Tiger Woods crash investigation revealing the golfer may have done ‘nothing to prevent’ the collision after he lost control of his car while speeding.   Woods, 45, was driving an SUV loaned to him by his PGA tournament, the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club, on the morning of February 23 … Read more

Billionaire tax exiles claimed millions of pounds under the furlough scheme, investigation reveals

Billionaire tax exiles, an oil-rich nation and Saudi royals have claimed millions of pounds under the furlough scheme, an investigation reveals. The super-rich owners made the ‘obscene’ claims for taxpayers’ cash for staff who were sent home after their businesses, which include the Ritz Hotel and Harrods department stores, were closed under coronavirus restrictions. The cost … Read more

WHO SCRAPS plan to publish interim report on its Wuhan coronavirus origins investigation

The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for the team that visited Wuhan to publish an interim report into the origins of coronavirus.  The Wall Street Journal reported that the initial findings from the investigation, which took place in China earlier this year, will not be released as previously stated.  Instead a full and final … Read more

Deloitte diversity champion ‘facing internal investigation over claims of bullying’

Diversity champion, 49, at accounting giant Deloitte ‘is facing internal investigation over claims of bullying and inappropriate working practices’ Dimple Agarwal is a UK deputy chief executive at top accounting firm Deloitte Diversity champion faces allegations of bullying from staff, reports Telegraph Colleagues have accused her of ‘communicating aggressively’, say the reports Ms Agarwal was … Read more

Missing British hitchhiker’s partner stresses investigation into her disappearance is still ON

Missing British hitchhiker’s partner stresses investigation into her disappearance is still ON as her mother reveals ‘excruciating hell’ of not knowing what happened to her Esther Dingley, 37, was walking solo in the mountains near the Spanish border Mr Colegate, 38, had been with her but was house-sitting when she went missing Last week, French … Read more