For nine months, Andrea C Martin has kept her head down. The new CEO of performance rights organisation PRS For Music is something of an unknown quantity to the music business, having come from outside the industry, via senior roles at Reader’s Digest, Royal Mail and ADT. She’s spent the …
Read More »UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 18
March 18 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 136 points lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers. * HSBC: HSBC Holdings has appointed Noel Quinn as chief executive officer, handing the insider and interim boss the reins of Europe's biggest bank and ending months of speculation an …
Read More »What to do this Mother’s Day amid the coronavirus pandemic
With Mother’s Day fast approaching but the government strongly advising us to curb non-essential social interactions due to the spread of coronavirus, it’s an even more challenging time when all we want is to be close to our loved ones. On Monday evening (16 March), Prime minister Boris Johnson told …
Read More »Last of Royal Navy WWII destroyer captains, Lieutenant Commander John Manners, dies aged 105
Last of the Royal Navy WWII destroyer captains dies aged 105: Lieutenant Commander John Manners was commanding officer of HMS Viceroy sinking U-1274 three weeks before end of the war Lieutenant Commander John Manners, was commanding officer of HMS Viceroy Manners oversaw the sinking of German submarine U-1274 in April …
Read More »Coronavirus news: Tracker provides ominous warning for Italy and Spain | World | News
In the past 24 hours, the death toll in Italy has increased by 345, taking the total number of coronavirus-related deaths past 2,500. In Spain the number of casualties increased by 182 overnight, pushing the total number of deaths close to 500. A new coronavirus tracker produced by the Financial Times …
Read More »Organise for alternative to Tories’ shutdown
Tories are not willing to break with market logic (Pic: Flickr/Downing Street) There are no “market?based solutions” to saving hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people’s lives from coronavirus. We have to suspend capitalism. Resources from across society and the economy—whether car plants, corportate call centres, supermarkets or second homes—have to …
Read More »Royal Mail PLC proposes to postpone strike and become “additional emergency service”
Postal workers had voted in favour of industrial action over pay and conditions, but instead are offering to support people forced to self-isolate under the government’s new quarantine measures ’s () workers have voted strongly in favour of a national postal strike but, in view of Britain’s new social distancing measures to …
Read More »Sunderland news LIVE: Coronavirus latest as most recent figures show that a further 14 deaths in England bring the total number of deaths for the UK up to 69
We will keep you up to date with developments on the situation in the North East and across the country. Follow our coverage for breaking incidents across the region. Follow our coverage for the latest updates on coronavirus throughout the day. Copyright: JPIMedia Sign up to our daily newsletter The …
Read More »Princess Diana would be ‘heartbroken’ over Prince William and Harry, says royal photographer
Princess Diana would be ‘heartbroken’ over the state of Prince William and Prince Harry’s relationship, royal photographer tells Page Six Jayne Fincher has revealed how late Diana would react to recent Megxit drama Said she’d be ‘heartbroken’ over Prince Harry and Prince William’s relationship Told how Princess Diana would ‘be …
Read More »Oxford schoolboy wins Young Mammal photography competition
A TEENAGE photography prodigy from Oxfordshire has won a prestigious nationwide accolade for the third time. Oxford schoolboy Alex White, who rose to fame across the county for his highly-skilled and up-close snaps of local wildlife, was crowned winner at the Young Mammal Photographer of the Year in the category …
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