Squatters have been using lottery winner Adrian Bayford’s gym and swimming pool at his empty mansion. Mr Bayford, 49, is selling the £6.5million Grade II manor house in Linton, Cambridgeshire. He has now had to increase security after intruders started using the impressive home for themselves, breaking into his personal leisure centre, The Sun reports. Warning signs … Read more
Squatters have been using lottery winner Adrian Bayford’s gym and swimming pool at his empty mansion. Mr Bayford, 49, is selling the £6.5million Grade II manor house in Linton, Cambridgeshire. He has now had to increase security after intruders started using the impressive home for themselves, breaking into his personal leisure centre, The Sun reports. Warning signs … Read more
The BBC’s tax-payer funded offices are sitting empty as vast swathes of employees continue to work from home. Workers in pubs, restaurants and shops surrounding the BBC’s London and Manchester headquarters have reported a hit to their profits – with some seeing a drop of 80 per cent as staff leave their desks deserted. Some … Read more
The BBC’s tax-payer funded offices are sitting empty as vast swathes of employees continue to work from home. Workers in pubs, restaurants and shops surrounding the BBC’s London and Manchester headquarters have reported a hit to their profits – with some seeing a drop of 80 per cent as staff leave their desks deserted. Some … Read more
Hospitals are empty despite coronavirus cases going up – and it could be because the most vulnerable to the disease have already died, an intensive care specialist claimed today. Dr Ron Daniels, a consultant in the West Midlands, said there are barely any Covid-19 patients being admitted despite infections being on the rise since July. … Read more
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley wants to take advantage of empty stores shut down during the coronavirus pandemic in shopping centres to expand further. His Frasers Group results painted a confident picture for the future of the high street, despite Covid-19. Frasers, which includes House of Fraser, Sports Direct and Evans, among others, said the … Read more
A wealthy buyer has purchased a 30ft strip of grass with a view of the exclusive resort of Sandbanks for an astonishing £3.5million. The empty plot of land with overgrown grass and uneven concrete runs down to the edge of Poole Harbour in Dorset. It has one of the finest views of the Millionaire’s Row … Read more
Kelly Clarkson filled the empty seat of Simon Cowell as America’s Got Talent aired its first live show Tuesday from Universal Studios Hollywood. The 60-year-old judge and show creator broke his back in an e-bike accident Saturday, and is set to undergo intensive physical therapy before he can return. ‘As some of you might know, Simon … Read more
In 1962 I started my career in the City of London as a trainee at Philip Hill Higginson Erlangers, a leading merchant bank of the day (to become Hill Samuel), having failed to trouble the examiners at A level twice, which precluded me from becoming a corporate lawyer, much to the chagrin of my impecunious … Read more
Sing like no-one’s listening: FA Cup final opens to bizarre scene of Emeli Sande performing much-loved Abide With Me to empty stadium Multi-million-selling pop star Emile Sande sang from the top of empty Wembley Performance was pre-recorded but played inside stadium on the big screen One viewer said ‘It showed how the pandemic has … Read more