Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has branded the chancellor’s new business rates holiday “near worthless” for larger firms and is an obstacle to it taking on old Debenhams shops. The Sports Direct and House of Fraser owner said the £2m limit on the amount of relief a company can claim means it will have to review
Month: March 2021
The Royal Family’s handling of bullying claims against the Duchess of Sussex show it is “bankrupt of decency”, one of Meghan’s former Suits co-stars has said. Patrick J Adams said it was “obscene” the palace was “promoting and amplifying accusations of bullying against a woman who herself was basically forced to flea (sic) the UK
As the Duchess of Sussex defends herself against accusations of bullying ahead of a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan’s friends have taken to social media to defend the former actress. As the latest clip from the much-anticipated TV chat with Prince Harry and Meghan is released, some of those close to the 39-year-old have
A sixth person in the UK who tested positive for a Brazilian coronavirus “variant of concern” has been found. The COVID-19 variant, first seen in the city of Manaus, is thought to spread more rapidly than the original virus and to be more capable of evading existing vaccines. In total, six cases of the P1
Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey is set to be the TV viewing appointment of the year – possibly the decade. Snippets released in the run-up to the highly-anticipated broadcast with the US chat show queen have shown the former royal couple have not held back in their criticism of “The Firm”. Here is
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is to set up a £35 million industrial action fund in response to the government’s recommendation of a 1% pay rise for NHS workers. RCN chief executive and general secretary Dame Donna Kinnair condemned health minster Nadine Dorries’ claim that 1% was “the most” the government could afford, calling
The Duchess of Sussex has said it is “really liberating” to be “able to make a choice on your own” in the latest teaser clip of her interview with Oprah Winfrey. In the new clip, Meghan recalls a previous conversation with Winfrey in which she said she would not be able to take part in
A “super-Earth” located just 26 light years away could hold the key to finding extraterrestrial life. At 430C (806F) and bathed in radiation, there is unlikely to be life nestled between the rivers of lava which are thought to burn across Gliese 486 b’s surface. But – like Earth – the planet is made of
The Pope has arrived in Iraq for an historic weekend visit which carries both symbolism and risk. With a message of inter-faith tolerance, Francis will spend four days in Iraq in what is his first foreign trip in more than a year and the first-ever papal pilgrimage to the war-hit nation. The Pope will visit
Australia has hit back at the EU’s move to block a shipment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine – suggesting the bloc was trying to “tear up the rule book”. Italy earlier said it would block the export of about 250,000 vaccine doses from its Anagni plant, a decision that was later approved by the EU, after
Boohoo is facing renewed pressure from MPs on workers’ rights – days after Sky News revealed the online fashion retailer was facing the possibility of a US import ban over the issue. The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has written to the group’s chairman Mahmud Kamani to request that a long-term bonus scheme announced last year,
The Royal Family has been accused of having “double standards” over its investigation into bullying claims against the Duchess of Sussex. In an interview with Sky News, the co-author of Harry and Meghan biography Finding Freedom questioned why the palace had ordered an investigation into the duchess but had not done so with Prince Andrew.
By now, Caleb Followill’s wife, model and former Victoria’s Secret angel Lily Aldridge, hopefully will have been able to listen to his latest work, his eighth album with Kings Of Leon. She is certainly doing her bit to support her husband’s record, plugging it with heart and fire emojis to her 5.3 million followers on
A recommended 1% pay rise for NHS workers has been called “pitiful and bitterly disappointing” by nursing union leaders who said the government was “dangerously out of touch” with health staff. The figure, which covers 2021 and 2022, is contained in a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) document for the NHS Pay Review
Love Island has been confirmed to return in the summer after the last two series were cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. The hit dating show, now hosted by Laura Whitmore, sees contestants “coupling up” to find romance – plus a cash prize – usually while sunning themselves at a luxury villa in Majorca. It
The first nominations for this year’s BAFTAs have been announced – and for the first time, all the actors in the Rising Star category are British. Nominees for the award, which honours young or up-and-coming acting talent and is the only one voted for by the public, have been revealed ahead of the full BAFTA
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