CRAIG BROWN: As Spitting Image puppets return… it’s Satireday night lively and dangerous! 

Spitting Image returns to our screens on Saturday. We are promised grotesque new latex puppets of, among many others, Donald Trump, Meghan and Harry, Kim Kardashian, Boris Johnson, Taylor Swift and Angela Merkel. Ed Sheeran is to be portrayed as a turnip, with a root growing from his chin, and Dominic Cummings as an evil … Read more

HMRC digitalisation: the end of the tax return as we know it?

Ian Bowden is partner in Tax Technology at accountants and business advisors BDO  Ian Bowden is partner in Tax Technology at accountants and business advisors BDO. While the impact of Covid-19 has delayed the introduction of new tax legislation, HMRC’s main focus as we emerge from lockdown will be on replenishing the public coffers. In … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown UK: Universities face demands to return tuition fees

Students and parents have started to demand tuition fee refunds as universities abandon face-to-face teaching because of Covid outbreaks. Thousands of freshers are currently locked down in their rooms as rising cases of the virus devastates the start of term. The intake has already endured the summer grading fiasco and some are now stuck inside while … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown UK: Universities face demands to return tuition fees

Students and parents have started to demand tuition fee refunds as universities abandon face-to-face teaching because of Covid outbreaks. Thousands of freshers are currently locked down in their rooms as rising cases of the virus devastates the start of term. The intake has already endured the summer grading fiasco and some are now stuck inside while … Read more

Banks set for dividend return: NatWest and Lloyds give hope

Banks ready to bring back dividends: NatWest and Lloyds give hope to investors as jobs crisis threatens bleak winter for Britain’s economy Bosses at NatWest and Lloyds have heralded their rock-solid balance sheets  The prospect of banks resuming dividend payouts comes just as the economy is expected to take a turn for the worse  By … Read more

Delta Goodrem unlikely to return as a coach on The Voice Australia over ‘salary conflict’

Delta Goodrem unlikely to return as a coach on The Voice Australia over ‘salary conflict’ after the singing competition moves to Channel Seven By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:40 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 10:40 BST, 26 September 2020 Delta Goodrem is likely to not return to The Voice’s new line-up … Read more

Air Force Two carrying Mike Pence is forced to return to New Hampshire after being hit by BIRDS

Air Force Two carrying Mike Pence is forced to return to New Hampshire after being hit by BIRDS after takeoff Incident occurred just seconds after the plane took off from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Tuesday Plane managed to safely land back at the airport; there were no reports of injury According to local reporters, Pence was … Read more

Air Force Two carrying Mike Pence is forced to return to New Hampshire after being hit by BIRDS

Air Force Two carrying Mike Pence is forced to return to New Hampshire after being hit by BIRDS after takeoff Incident occurred just seconds after the plane took off from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Tuesday Plane managed to safely land back at the airport; there were no reports of injury According to local reporters, Pence was … Read more

US Congress urges Boris Johnson to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece

Group of US Congressmen tell Boris Johnson to hand Elgin Marbles back to Greece by next year or post-Brexit trade deal and the ‘special relationship’ with Washington could be in jeopardy Eighteen members of House of Representatives wrote letter to Prime Minister The caucus on Hellenic Issues said it had caused controversy for decades They … Read more

US Congress urges Boris Johnson to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece

Group of US Congressmen tell Boris Johnson to hand Elgin Marbles back to Greece by next year or post-Brexit trade deal and the ‘special relationship’ with Washington could be in jeopardy Eighteen members of House of Representatives wrote letter to Prime Minister The caucus on Hellenic Issues said it had caused controversy for decades They … Read more