[ad_1] If you’ve paid a visit to Swansea city centre recently, chances are that one individual in particular will have caught your eye. You can hardly miss him. Dressed from head to toe in all sorts of regalia, from Christmas tree decorations to traffic cones, with a pink dyed beard and matching wig to boot,…
[ad_1] Thursday, 05 December 2019 The UK’s electric car uptake remains low with just 0.50% of vehicles now plug-ins, hardly changed from 0.46% last year, according to UK private equity investment firm Growthdeck. Growthdeck states the lack of infrastructure has been a key impediment on the adoption of plug-in vehicles across the UK. The City…
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘Private investment is bringing down the cost of renewable energy’ Nationalising UK energy companies will delay the UK’s move towards a zero carbon future according to the chief executive of Scottish Power, Keith Anderson. He said that investment by the private sector had seen the cost…
[ad_1] Ever since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex earlier this year released candid interviews detailing their struggles with royal life, there have been reports of tension between the couple and the rest of the royal family. Meghan Markle has also launched a lawsuit against the British tabloid The Mail on Sunday, abandoning the Queen’s…
[ad_1] A Holton le Clay author has received two letters of thanks from Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace after his new children’s book took the literary world by storm. Adam Richardson, 36, who works as a team manager at Ecotricity in Louth, had been writing his fantasy adventure novel ‘Orbs and the Attack of the…
[ad_1] London’s FTSE 250 was 0.20% higher at 20,706.34 in afternoon trade on Thursday, with Dunelm leading the charge upward. Shares of the homeware retailer surged after it said full-year pre-tax profit was set to come in higher than previous expectations. AJ Bell analyst Russ Mould said: “A lot can happen in two months in…
[ad_1] Postal ballot papers have been sent out to 35,000 people, and more than half of them have already been returned. The votes are being verified and checked, although no votes will be counted before the close of polls on December 12. For those who are not voting by post, polls will be open from…
[ad_1] A widowed mum with cancer has been forced to rely on food banks to feed her 13-year-old daughter after being “plunged into poverty”. Deborah Parsons from Sidmouth says she has learned how “dire” the benefit system is after being too unwell to work and being given a total of £0 in Universal Credit. The…
[ad_1] Three men who were convicted and imprisoned on the evidence of a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago have had their sentences overturned by judges. Winston Trew and Sterling Christie, both 69, and George Griffiths, 67, were among a group – known as the “Oval Four” – who were arrested at Oval underground…
[ad_1] Royal Mail (LON:RMG) had its price objective reduced by Societe Generale from GBX 208 ($2.72) to GBX 200 ($2.61) in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday morning, Stock Target Advisor reports. They currently have a hold rating on the stock. Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Goldman…