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Baroness Warsi quits Tories claiming party attempting to gag her
Former Tory chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has quit the Conservatives in a furious row just as the party is preparing to gather for a crucial conference on its future in Birmingham. The Muslim peer was brought in as chair by David Cameron in 2010 to help detoxify the party’s brandContinue Reading
Blimp hired by football team crashes into row of houses in scary moment
Sao Paulo also released a statement confirming that they were renting the blimp and that they had been granted permission to fly the airship on Wednesday night. They said: “Sao Paulo FC regrets the incident that occurred with the airship leased from Airship do Brasil Industria e Servicos Aereos SA.Continue Reading
Chancellor could be willing to alter non-dom plans, report suggests
Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be willing to change the plans for Labour’s crackdown on non-doms, according to reports. The Financial Times reported on Thursday evening that Government officials had said Ms Reeves could change the policy if the numbers are not satisfactory. A Treasury spokesperson called the report “speculation, notContinue Reading
Blackcatcard Wins 5 Prestigious Awards in 2024: What Role Did AI Play?
The Maltese fintech brand Blackcatcard won five prestigious awards in 2024: – Best Innovation in Financial Technology of the Year (MiGEA 2024);– Best Use of Crypto/Blockchain Technologies (Malta Cryptocurrency Awards);– PayTech Leadership Award (PayTech Awards);– Digital Bank of the Year and Best Mobile Money Offering (Malta Fintech and Cryptocurrency Awards).Continue Reading
Covid inquiry: Hospitals ran out of body bags and were close to collapse in pandemic, tearful medic says
Politicians chose not to equip the UK with enough intensive care units before the pandemic the chief medical officer has said, as a senior NHS doctor described scenes “from hell” on hospital wards. Professor Kevin Fong – former national clinical adviser in emergency preparedness, resilience and response at NHS EnglandContinue Reading
Troubled cinema chain Cineworld asks High Court to approve restructure plans
Four companies which form part of the troubled cinema operator Cineworld are seeking High Court approval for a restructuring plan to allow them to continue trading. Cine-UK Ltd, Cineworld Cinemas Ltd, Cineworld Cinema Properties Ltd and Cineworld Estates Ltd, which are parts of the UK arm of the world’s second-largestContinue Reading
Watch: Giant new Milky Way map changes view of galaxy ‘forever’ | News
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way, containing more than 1.5 billion objects, including newborn stars. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (Vista) telescope, the scientists monitored the central regions of the Milky Way for more than 13 years.Continue Reading
Amazon’s UK tax bill up on previous year as revenues widen
Amazon has revealed it paid £932 million in direct taxes in the UK last year, some £150 million more than the prior year. The online marketplace, which is one of the country’s biggest employers, earned about £27 billion in total UK revenues in 2023, up from £23 billion in 2022.Continue Reading
FTSE 100 gains amid fresh China stimulus hopes
The FTSE 100 closed slightly higher on Thursday following reports that China would soon announce another economic stimulus package after already announcing one earlier this week, pushing up European stocks. London’s blue-chip index rose 16.21 points, or 0.20%, to end the day at 8284.91, with most of its early gainsContinue Reading
Diddy ‘very eager’ to testify at criminal trial, lawyer says
Sean “Diddy” Combs is said to be “very eager” to testify at his upcoming criminal trial, according to his lawyer. “I don’t know that I could keep him off the stand,” the music mogul’s attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a teaser of TMZ’s new The Downfall of Diddy: The IndictmentContinue Reading