Powering up! Britain’s first forecourt for electric cars is set to open next month 

Powering up! Britain’s first forecourt for electric cars is set to open next month The station in Braintree, Essex, is the first of a £1billion nationwide network The 2½-acre electric forecourt has been built with 24 charging points It will replenish the batteries of the latest plug-in models in 20 to 30 minutes By Daily … Read more

The Seychelles is open for business with island resorts offering some astonishing winter bargains

Did you have to postpone a big celebration this year, or was your summer holiday cancelled? Then take a look at the Seychelles for some well-deserved winter sun. The country has just reopened to British tourists, although you must stay in a designated hotel for the first five days of your visit. However, that’s not a … Read more

John Boyega teases he’d be open to returning to Star Wars if his Finn was given due representation

He recently spoke out against Disney for what he felt was the sidelining of his character in one of the biggest cinematic franchises of all time. And this week, Star Wars actor John Boyega opened up once again about his experience in the sci-fi film series, and how he’d be open to revisiting his character Finn … Read more

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Open Orphan wins Government Covid contract

Open Orphan made national headlines this week after winning a multi-million pound UK government Covid-19 contract. While there are over a hundred companies working on vaccines, the pharma services specialist is part of much smaller group able to stage human challenge studies of these new inoculations. Open Orphan, which rocketed 450 per cent to 26p … Read more

IHG continues to open hotels as occupancy rates recover strongly

Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has said it has managed to open dozens of premises despite its hotel rooms remaining mostly unoccupied. The FTSE 100 firm, which owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza chains, revealed it opened 82 hotels in the three months to September 30, taking the number it has opened this year to … Read more

Preston pub owner sells meals for a PENNY to stay open in Tier 3

A defiant pub landlord has started selling meals for a penny so he can stay open through Lancashire’s Tier 3 anti-Covid lockdown rules. Government restrictions mean all pubs and bars must close in areas designated as having a ‘very high,’ Covid-19 infection rate, unless they serve food. Andy MacDonald, landlord of the Ships and Giggles … Read more

Preston pub owner sells meals for a PENNY to stay open in Tier 3

A defiant pub landlord has started selling meals for a penny so he can stay open through Lancashire’s Tier 3 anti-Covid lockdown rules. Government restrictions mean all pubs and bars must close in areas designated as having a ‘very high,’ Covid-19 infection rate, unless they serve food. Andy MacDonald, landlord of the Ships and Giggles … Read more

Joey Barton’s racist killer brother could be moved to an open prison

Ex-Premier League star Joey Barton’s racist killer brother who murdered black student, 18, with an ice axe could be moved to an open prison after taking course on ‘victim awareness’ Michael Barton, 32, killed Anthony Walker, 18, in a sickening racist attack in 2005 He was jailed for what the trial judge called ‘poisonous racist … Read more

Pubs ARE being sacrificed to keep schools open, top scientist says

Pubs and restaurants are ‘bearing the brunt’ of local lockdown rules because there is no proof that anywhere else is more closely linked to the virus spreading and officials don’t want to close schools again, one expert said today. Professor Mark Woolhouse, an Edinburgh University epidemiologist and member of SAGE sub-group SPI-M, told MPs it … Read more