Foreign traders BANNED from Manchester Christmas Markets under Covid measures

Does that include Santa? Foreign traders will be BANNED from Manchester Christmas Markets under raft of Covid measures for locked-down city, reveal city health chiefs Locked-down Manchester’s world-famous Christmas Markets are ‘under review’  The city’s councillor Pat Karney said foreign market traders would be banned  Manchester is England’s Covid capital with infection rate higher than … Read more

Cornish locals battle with traders offering tourists henna tattoos and hair plaits in Padstow

A war has broken out in a Cornish seaside town as locals clash with ‘scruffy’ street traders who do hair braids and henna tattoos.  The hair and ink artists have been plying their trade near the harbour of Padstow in Cornwall for decades to capture tourism income. But locals in the upmarket resort – known … Read more

Music venue named after Edward Colston renamed Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue toppled

Music venue named after Edward Colston is renamed the Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue was toppled in the town A ceremony was held today to change the ‘toxic’ name of the Colston Hall venue  Bosses maintained attraction in Bristol gets its name from the street it sits on  A statue of Colston was toppled … Read more

Shares are back in fashion but will the new wave of traders turn into investors?

SIMON LAMBERT: Buying shares is back in fashion but will the new wave of traders turn into investors once lockdown and the tech boom fade By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:52 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 10:54 BST, 17 September 2020 If you wait long enough most things come back into fashion. The … Read more

Poet discovers he is the descendant of both slaves AND slave traders

A black poet was shocked to learn that he is the descendant of slaves, slave traders, a prime minister and the first black international footballer. Malik Al Nasir, born in 1966 in Toxteth, Liverpool, noticed he looked similar to a black Victorian footballer and went on a 15 year journey into his family history, uncovering … Read more

Three-quarters of unauthorised ‘bedroom traders’ are still operating

Rogue ‘bedroom traders’ ignore watchdog: More than three-quarters are still operating on social media Instagram stars are persuading naive investors to join unregulated groups    They are told the trader is supposedly betting on foreign exchange fluctuations 21 traders added to warning list since start of the year but 16 remain active By Miles Dilworth For … Read more

Beware ‘bedroom traders’ boasting of fortunes made from currency bets

Connor Walsh claims to have it all. A Lamborghini, the freedom of a £3 million mansion and a jet-setting job — all by the age of 25. Standing in front of his indoor swimming pool, he starts to tell his 138,000 Instagram followers how he did it. He struts over to his home bar and … Read more