London’s two oil majors racked up a day of heavy losses as traders nervously eyed the oil market. Oil prices tumbled after the biggest organisation of crude-producing countries, Opec+, failed on Sunday to reach a consensus about whether to extend the deep output cuts that have helped to buoy the market. Prices crashed at the … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has said Jeremy Corbyn’s response to a damning report on anti-Semitism in Labour was ‘just about as bad as you can get’. The Opposition leader said he was ‘disappointed’ when his predecessor claimed the issue had been ‘dramatically overstated for political reasons’. It comes as the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Indivior plunges by a fifth after former owner kicks off a £1.1bn lawsuit against the opioid maker By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 Indivior’s market value plunged by a fifth after its former owner kicked off a £1.1billion legal … Read more
10,000 free ATMs vanish in just two years as cashpoints that charge for withdrawals jump by a quarter, report warns Research noted a dramatic decline in machines offering free cash withdrawals Communities in Wales, Scotland and the South West must travel the furthest for free cash, meaning the elderly and infirm are underserved Affluent areas … Read more
Turnaround specialist Melrose Industries was a steady riser on the FTSE 100 leaderboard as investors cheered a bullish update. Aggressive cost-cutting and a rebound in demand for car parts has helped steady the ship after a tumultuous start to the year. Melrose, which bought prestigious engineer GKN in 2018, was hit harder by Covid than … Read more
Police probe I’m A Celebrity for ‘releasing non-native cockroaches and spiders into the wild’ in Wales, after complaint by Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams ITV programme is being filmed at Gwrych Castle in north Wales this year Cockroaches, maggots, spiders and worms are poured onto contestants Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams reported the matter to north Wales police … Read more
Catering giant Compass is offering home deliveries as it shifts towards a future where more of its tech office staff work remotely. Boss Dominic Blakemore expects widespread home working to continue after the pandemic, with white collar employees likely to do so for two and a half days per week. It has prompted the company, … Read more
Coronavirus infections among American children are continuing to spike across the country, a report finds. As of November 19, almost 1.2 million youngsters have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revealed on Monday. This means children now make up 11.8 percent of all cases in the US. What’s more, over the … Read more
In a time of furlough, mass job cuts in many industries and the prospect of a double-dip recession, a lot has been stacked against recruitment firms. Small-cap group Sthree is among the many companies that have been braced for the worst. But Sthree gave the market a pleasant surprise by raising its profit outlook yesterday … Read more
Monkey business! BBC newsreader Simon McCoy fights tears of laughter as he delivers a bizarre report on a pianist playing to a colony of macaques in Thailand The veteran journalist, 59, appeared to be caught off guard during the broadcast He was forced to stifle his laughter as he introduced and concluded segment Mr McCoy … Read more