Using several tonnes of rice, Of All The People In All The World by theatre company Stan’s Cafe makes otherwise obscure global statistics tangible, offering a grain of truth about our planet: every grain of rice represents someone, somewhere. For the 2020 edition in Nine Elms, in acknowledgement of the …
Read More »Week ahead: UK data, US-China trade deal in focus
At home, foreign trade data for November are scheduled to be published on Monday, followed by readings on consumer prices and retail sales in December set to follow on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. Investors will be scrutinising those reports for further signs of weakness which might cement expectations in financial …
Read More »Trafford Council spent £153m on property in Greater Manchester in 2019 – here’s where the cash went
Trafford Council spent £153.4 million on purchasing and investing in property in 2019 as part of its finance strategy. The authority has spent the cash in the hope of bringing in greater returns for council tax payers through interest on loans and from profits on any future sales of property …
Read More »Labour leadership outsider Clive Lewis calls for referendum on Royal Family in Meghan and Harry row
Sir Keir Starmer Sir Kier Starmer was raised by socialist parents who named him after Keir Hardie, the Labour leader’s founder and a colossus of the socialist movement. The current bookies’ favourite to win the leadership, in Who’s Who he refers to his parents Rodney and Josephine Starmer as ‘Rod …
Read More »Weekly Rewind: January 10th, 2020
Inspect a gadget at CES 2020 Today sees the final day of the Consumer Electronics Show 2020, where hordes of brands and tech companies descend on Las Vegas to show off the cars, phones, TVs and endless other gadgets that they hope will ignite people’s imaginations. But what have been …
Read More »What the papers say – January 10
The attention of the nation’s papers on Friday continues to be split between the ongoing royal family and Iran sagas. The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and the Daily Mirror all lead with the Queen’s rallying call for the royals to find a quick resolution to the crisis engulfing the monarchy. …
Read More »Do the right thing, headteacher tells Ocado
Parents and pupils protest against Ocado’s plans for Bush Industrial Estate in Upper Holloway A HEADTEACHER has urged Ocado to scrap its bid to build a distribution and refuelling centre next to her primary school’s playground, as construction work on the site begins to gather pace. The food delivery giant …
Read More »Royal Mail’s (RMG) Sell Rating Reiterated at Liberum Capital
Liberum Capital restated their sell rating on shares of Royal Mail (LON:RMG) in a research note published on Tuesday, Stock Target Advisor reports. RMG has been the topic of several other research reports. Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on Royal Mail from GBX 310 ($4.08) to GBX 300 …
Read More »Andy Cohen offers Meghan Markle a role on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced they will be stepping back as senior royals – after a whirlwind two years in the public eye. The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 38, who made their first ever appearance together at the Invictus Games in Toronto on 25 September 2017, …
Read More »Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein ‘ordered masseuse for Prince Andrew in 1996’
Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein ‘ordered masseuse for Prince Andrew at five-star Los Angeles hotel in 1996’ – three years before he claims they met Masseuse who worked for Epstein claims she gave the Duke a massage in 1996 Casts doubt on Prince Andrew’s claim he didn’t meet Jeffrey Epstein until 1999 …
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