BBC presenter who agreed to be a human crash test dummy for his TV show sues the corporation for £3.7m after it ‘left him with whiplash, brain damage and mental scars’ Jem Stansfield, 46, appeared as part of a crash simulation on his BBC One show Stansfield was strapped into a cart and catapulted into … Read more
Not such fun guys! City of London Corporation cracks down on illegal mushroom picking by handing out £2,000 in fines to Epping Forest foragers 27 people were slapped with an £80 fine for more than 11lbs of mushrooms Foraging in Britain can only be done for personal consumption (roughly 3.5lbs) Illegal mushroom pickers do so … Read more
Not such fun guys! City of London Corporation cracks down on illegal mushroom picking by handing out £2,000 in fines to Epping Forest foragers 27 people were slapped with an £80 fine for more than 11lbs of mushrooms Foraging in Britain can only be done for personal consumption (roughly 3.5lbs) Illegal mushroom pickers do so … Read more
BBC broadcaster Simon McCoy – beloved as the corporation’s grumpiest and most sarcastic presenter – has been forced to reveal he is leaving the corporation after 18 years and today is his final shift. The 59-year-old, famed for his dry sense of humour on live TV especially when it comes to news about the Royal Family, … Read more
BBC broadcaster Simon McCoy – dubbed the corporation’s grumpiest and most sarcastic presenter – has been forced to reveal he is leaving the corporation after 18 years and today is his final shift. The 59-year-old, famed for his dry sense of humour on live TV especially when it comes to news about the Royal Family, had … Read more
Opera boss and former BBC executive admits corporation ‘over-caters’ to 60-year-old white men from the south Stuart Murphy, now boss of English National Opera, said the ‘tide had changed’ He added there’s ‘not lots’ for under-25s on ‘BBC airwaves apart from BBC3’ He was discussing corporation’s reinstatement of BBC3 as broadcast TV channel By Paul Revoir … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s ‘super deduction’ could let Amazon wipe out its bill: Online giant’s corporation tax could be cut to zero, campaigners warn The online retail giant’s British sales soared 51 per cent to £19.4billion last year Its warehousing arm paid £6.3mil in tax in 2019 despite raking in £3bn in sales But campaign groups say … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s ‘super deduction’ could let Amazon wipe out its bill: Online giant’s corporation tax could be cut to zero, campaigners warn The online retail giant’s British sales soared 51 per cent to £19.4billion last year Its warehousing arm paid £6.3mil in tax in 2019 despite raking in £3bn in sales But campaign groups say … Read more
Rishi Sunak could launch a tax raid on online businesses – including a green tax on deliveries – as part of plans to replenish the country’s coffers in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is reportedly looking to ‘level up the playing field’ between online and high street businesses as part … Read more
Rishi Sunak could launch a tax raid on online businesses – including a green tax on deliveries – as part of plans to replenish the country’s coffers in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is reportedly looking to ‘level up the playing field’ between online and high street businesses as part … Read more