MARKET REPORT: Ocado roller-coaster as rival makes robot claim

Ocado shares went on a roller-coaster ride yesterday as the online supermarket was accused of stealing robot technology from a Norwegian company. The shares had been in positive territory until around midday, when Autostore launched a scathing public attack.  The business revealed a lawsuit against Ocado in the UK and US, which alleges that its … Read more

Andy Murray falls to heavy first-round defeat against old rival Stan Wawrinka at the French Open 

Andy Murray falls to heavy first-round defeat against old rival Stan Wawrinka at the French Open as the Scot wins just six games while Dan Evans loses in five sets to former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori Andy Murray was making his first appearance at Roland Garros for three years 2015 French Open winner Wawrinka … Read more

Andy Murray falls to emphatic first-round defeat by old rival Stan Wawrinka at the French Open 

Andy Murray falls to emphatic first-round defeat by old rival Stan Wawrinka at the French Open as Brit wins just six games Andy Murray was making his first appearance at Roland Garros for three years 2015 French Open winner Wawrinka hit 42 winners to Murray’s 10 in the match Murray’s defeat follows Dan Evans’ narrow … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Will the BBC rue the day it drove Andrew Neil into the arms of a rival news channel?

Will the BBC rue the day it drove Andrew Neil – by widespread agreement Auntie’s most forensic and best informed political interviewer – into the arms of a fledgling rival news channel? That is what many will ask following the announcement that Mr Neil is to be chairman of GB News, a new channel that … Read more

Andrew Neil will lead new news channel to rival BBC and Sky aiming to reach those ‘unheard’ by media

Andrew Neil explains why he wants to interview Boris Johnson prior to the election The ‘Empty Chair’: Neil vs Boris Johnson, December 2019 Mr Neil delivered a direct interview challenge to Boris Johnson during the 2019 General Election, telling him it was ‘not too late’ to accept his invitation to chat before the poll. Mr … Read more

Lewis Hamilton’s Black Lives Matters gestures are slammed as ‘too much’ by former F1 rival

‘If a driver is gay, will they fly a rainbow flag and urge everyone to be gay?’: Lewis Hamilton’s Black Lives Matters gestures are slammed as ‘too much’ by former Russian F1 rival Vitaly Petrov – who bizarrely claims racism doesn’t exist in his country Lewis Hamilton has been slammed by his former F1 rival … Read more

British triathlete hails ‘very rare’ sporting gesture by Spanish rival

A British triathlete has relived the disastrous moment he took a wrong turn just yards from the finish line before his Spanish rival stopped and let him claim third place.  Diego Méntrida was trailing British athlete James Teagle at the final stretch of the 2020 Santander Triathlon in Barcelona, Spain. But Teagle mistook the direction … Read more

Spanish triathlete shows incredible sportsmanship as he lets his rival take bronze medal

Heartwarming moment Spanish triathlete shows incredible sportsmanship by stopping on finishing line to let rival take bronze medal after he took a wrong turn on the course Video shows Diego Méntrida stopping at the finish line to let British athlete pass James Teagle was on track to place third but ran off course metres from … Read more

Look out Holly and Phil! BBC to launch rival to This Morning

Look out Holly and Phil! BBC to launch rival to This Morning – with stars such as Stacey Dooley and Rylan Clark-Neal as potential hosts BBC to launch new mid-morning programme set to spark a ratings war with ITV Corporation chiefs want to model it on their evening programme The One Show  Stars such as … Read more

David Cameron urges Boris Johnson to bring ex-leadership rival Jeremy Hunt back into the Cabinet

David Cameron urges Boris Johnson to bring ex-health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt back into the Cabinet saying he should not fear having experienced ‘big beasts’ around him to help with coronavirus battle Mr Cameron said that Mr Hunt ‘talks a lot of sense’ as health committee chairman PM has been accused of having a … Read more