On Tuesday evening Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) joined the US in attacking Houthi forces in Yemen. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement claimed, “Careful intelligence analysis identified a cluster of buildings, used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack ships in the Red Sea …
Read More »BBC One – The One Show – Energy Misbilling
This week, Watchdog investigates energy suppliers who are chasing people for money they don’t owe, who are not even their customers. Alwyn started receiving letters from E.ON addressed to ‘The Occupier,’ despite having a pre-paid electricity meter with a different provider. After two years of discarding the letters upon receiving …
Read More »More than 50,000 children contact veterans through VE Mail | The Standard
Together Coalition said on Thursday that participating veterans had started to receive “mail bags full of responses from schoolchildren” via the Royal … Source link
Read More »Princess Sofia of Sweden cradles her baby daughter in the royal infant’s first public appearance at King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 79th birthday celebrations
Princess Sofia of Sweden and Prince Carl Philip’s newborn daughter Princess Ines Marie Lilian Silvia has made her first public appearance on her grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf’s birthday. Sweden’s longest reigning King was joined by his wife Queen Silvia, children, and grandchildren as he waved at crowds gathered outside …
Read More »Investors approve Czech Sphinx’s £3.6bn Royal Mail bid: Postal service falls into foreign hands for first time
By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 17:01 EDT, 30 April 2025 Royal Mail’s takeover by a Czech billionaire is official after enough shareholders approved his bid. It means Britain’s 509-year-old post carrier will fall under foreign ownership for the first time since it was established by Henry VIII in 1516. Daniel Kretinsky, …
Read More »Labour’s postal sell-out: Did we learn nothing from the financial vandalism of our water firms? asks ALEX BRUMMER
Labour’s greatest business betrayal has been accomplished without words of public dissent. Assured by undertakings from Czech sphinx Daniel Kretinsky, 80 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of his EP Group’s £3.6billion purchase of Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services (IDS). Sell-out merchant Keith Williams, IDS chairman, hailed the …
Read More »Secretive Czech tycoon nears £3.6bn Royal Mail takeover – but doubts remain over motives
Shareholders in Royal Mail owner back takeover by tycoon Daniel Kretinsky – but questions are being asked about what the future holds for the famous firm and its 125,000 workers Postal workers and customers must now wait and see what the future for Royal Mail will be now it looks …
Read More »Maida Vale fire sees school evacuated after roof set alight
A Maida Vale school has been evacuated after part of its roof went up in flames this afternoon (Wednesday, April 30). Firefighters rushed to Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School on Kennet Road shortly after 1pm to reports of the incident. London Fire Brigade confirmed one woman was treated at the …
Read More »Some M&S stores left with empty shelves after cyber attack
Faarea Masud & Joe Tidy Business reporter & Cyber correspondent BBC The food shelves in the Marble Arch M&S in central London were missing some products Some Marks & Spencer (M&S) stores have been left with empty food shelves as the retailer continues to struggle with a cyber attack affecting …
Read More »Austria’s ams OSRAM in talks to sell part of its business, shares jump
By Nathan Vifflin (Reuters) -Austria’s ams OSRAM is planning to sell part of its business in order to reduce its debt, it said on Wednesday after reporting first-quarter core earnings ahead of market expectations. The Switzerland-listed shares leapt 13% by 0908 GMT, leading gains on the Swiss mid-cap index. Aldo …
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