A pub owner has discovered a 50-year-old time capsule containing a price list, ha-penny coins and a £1-an-hour wage slip buried in the 200-year-old building’s walls. Toby Brett, the current owner of Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen in Radstock, Somerset, said finding the small haul of items from 1973 was a ‘pleasant surprise’. The package contained … Read more
Just going for a doggy paddle! Moment quick-thinking owner saves pooch when it dives off moving boat Tatyana Sheveleva was travelling down a river on a boat with her dog Busya The animal decided to jump in but was quickly grabbed by Tatyana’s husband Footage was recorded in the city of Voronezh in south western Russia By … Read more
Richemont is the latest luxury retailer to report a strong performance despite the closure of shops and cancellation of international travel.
British Steel’s Chinese owner poised to snap up plants owned by beleaguered metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 May 2021 The Chinese owner of British Steel is eyeing plants owned by metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta. With Gupta’s empire under … Read more
A adorable wild fox who was nursed back to health by a kind-hearted man last year, has returned the favour by snuggling up with him in bed as he recovers from eye surgery. Woody, a one-year-old red fox, has been pictured nestling up with 70-year-old Geoff Grewcock, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, who underwent treatment for a … Read more
Serious Fraud Office launches money laundering probe into business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta over financial deals with Greensill By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 10:21 BST, 14 May 2021 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 14 May 2021 The business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is under investigation by the Serious Fraud … Read more
Serious Fraud Office launches money laundering probe into business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta over financial deals with Greensill By Dan Sales For Mailonline Published: 10:21 BST, 14 May 2021 | Updated: 10:41 BST, 14 May 2021 The business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is under investigation by the Serious Fraud … Read more
Collector who bought $500 WWII US Army jacket – adorned with two Purple Hearts – gives it to daughter of its war hero owner after 20 years of searching Paul Osaki bought the jacket for his Japanese American art and history store When it arrived it bore two Purple Hearts and he started a search … Read more
Collector who bought $500 WWII US Army jacket – adorned with two Purple Hearts – gives it to daughter of its war hero owner after 20 years of searching Paul Osaki bought the jacket for his Japanese American art and history store When it arrived it bore two Purple Hearts and he started a search … Read more
A £19,000-a-year private girls prep school has decided to rename its sports hall after it was revealed the family it was named after had links to the slave trade. Wimbledon High School in Merton, south west London, is planning on dropping the name Draxmont because of the family’s association with a slave plantation owner who … Read more