The Treasury has discreetly halted the bidding process for managing the sale of its stake in Natwest, raising doubts about the structure of the much-hyped ‘Tell Sid’-style retail deal. The government, retaining approximately 30 per cent ownership of the bank post-financial crisis bailout, had initiated a competitive tender process withContinue Reading

Lewis Hamilton blasted by Red Bull icon as Sergio Perez savaged

Former F1 driver Christian Danner believes Ferrari may have jumped the gun by ditching Carlos Sainz in favour of Lewis Hamilton for next season. He told MotorsportMagazin: “If you want Hamilton, you’ve kept the wrong one because he [Sainz] is faster, but that’s highly political. “He [Frederic Vasseur] should haveContinue Reading

Gut microbiome: meet Klebsiella pneumoniae – an opportunistic pathogen that is harmless to some, but causes severe disease in others

_K pneumoniae_ is the most common cause of hospital-aquired pneumonia. AnaLysiSStudiO/ Shutterstock Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common species of bacteria found in our bodies – and may even be lurking in your gut, mouth or nose right now. But it’s also a notoriously harmful bacteria that can make us veryContinue Reading