How Johnny Depp blew his half billion bounty: Star bought £25,000 of wine every month

Depp explained to the court in London that he had been late to Amber Heard’s 30th birthday party as he was having an important meeting with his advisers. The pair are pictured above in 2011 There has been no shortage of jaw-dropping revelations during the Johnny Depp libel trial.  One disclosure, however, really is a … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘will have to slash public spending or hike taxes to fund his £30 billion mini-budget’

Rishi Sunak will have to slash public spending or hike taxes to fill huge black hole in government’s books after his latest £30billion coronavirus mini-budget, warns former Justice Secretary David Gauke Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled ‘plan for jobs’ which could cost up to £30billion It is the latest in a number of interventions to dampen … Read more

Ministers blew £10 BILLION on bungled Track and Trace system

Ministers spent an astonishing £10 billion on the failed test and trace programme as part of an extra £48 billion on public services during the coronavirus crisis, it has emerged. The bungled programme was championed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock when introduced at the end of May  but, as of last week, it is still failing to track … Read more

Ministers blew £10 BILLION on bungled Trace and Trace system

Ministers spent an astonishing £10 billion on the failed test and trace programme as part of an extra £48 billion on public services during the coronavirus crisis, it has emerged. The government also blew £15 billion on personal protective equipment for frontline health staff. The huge sum – which was spent on gloves, aprons and masks for hospitals … Read more

Big names back Chancellor’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme 

Big names back Chancellor’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme to prevent a youth unemployment crisis By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 8 July 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to hit the phones to drum up support among businesses for his new Kickstart scheme. The … Read more

United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees by October 1 once its $5 billion COVID-19 aid ends

United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees, or roughly 45 per cent of its workforce, by October 1 amid a drop in air travel resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.   The fall deadline marks when a restriction against enacting furloughs and layoffs in a $5 billion payroll bailout of the airline expires. Officials at United made the … Read more

Fastest-growing black hole in the Universe is 34 billion times the mass of our sun

Fastest-growing black hole in the universe is 34 BILLION times the mass of our sun and gorges on nearly the equivalent of one entire sun every day, study reveals The black hole – dubbed J2157 – is billions of light years away from planet Earth It dwarfs the one in the Milky Way, which is … Read more

Britons working from home during the coronavirus lockdown have spent almost £2 BILLION

Britons working from home during the coronavirus lockdown have spent almost £2 BILLION on new desks, headphones, laptops and other office equipment, survey reveals Seven million workers have spent £233 on average, according to Uswitch.com And half a million are thought to have blown more than £500 on office essentials Headphones were the most popular … Read more

Kim Kardashian’s beauty line valued at $1 billion in Coty deal 

Kim Kardashian’s beauty line valued at $1 billion as Max Factor-owner Coty snaps up a 20% stake By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 June 2020 Max Factor-owner Coty has snapped up a 20 per cent stake in Kim Kardashian West’s beauty line KKW … Read more

The £450 BILLION yacht: Concept for 200-yard-long mega-catamaran with a built in HARBOUR

The £450 BILLION yacht: Concept for 200-yard-long mega-catamaran with a built in HARBOUR for less gigantic vessels and an 80-yard pier is created by German designers The German designed Galileo2 Catamaran would have an enormous ‘harbour area’ beneath the main deck   Beiderbeck Designs included an ‘amphitheatre style’ open air cinema and a 5000 square foot … Read more