Downing Street insisted yesterday that it would not back down over footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign for free school meals – as Tory party rifts over the issue burst out into the open. Two Tory MPs were criticised for controversial remarks about the Manchester United player’s call for the meals to be funded over the school … Read more
Tories in turmoil over Marcus Rashford’s free school meals drive as MPs spark outrage and Downing Street refuses to back down – but poll shows 71% of voters support the footballer’s campaign Downing Street said it would not back down on the free school meals campaign Two Tory MPs criticised for controversial remarks about Marcus … Read more
Elon Musk has kept a tight lid on his brain chip startup Neuralink, but the billionaire is set to ‘show neurons firing in real-time on August 28.’ The unveiling will be a major event for the firm, but according former Neuralink employees the progress has come at a cost. Ex-staff members told STAT that the … Read more
Now gold is tipped to reach $3,500 an ounce as stock market turmoil forces investors to seek out safe havens By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 5 August 2020 Gold prices soared to record highs after breaking through the $2,000 an ounce mark for … Read more
Now gold is tipped to reach $3,500 an ounce as stock market turmoil forces investors to seek out safe havens By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 5 August 2020 Gold prices soared to record highs after breaking through the $2,000 an ounce mark for … Read more
Banks caught in crossfire over Hong Kong turmoil: HSBC and Standard Chartered facing threat of US sanctions By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 2 July 2020 Pressure is mounting on HSBC and Standard Chartered as the banks find themselves ‘caught in the crossfire’ of … Read more
This year’s events may be a surprise to many Americans, but one scientist predicted predicted the current political, economic and social instability a decade ago. Peter Turchin, a researcher at the University of Connecticut, published a paper in 2010 forecasting that these instabilities would peak around the year 2020. He highlights a rise in public … Read more
Tomorrow, Emily Lloyd is taking her five-year-old daughter Arabelle to the park for a picnic. It will be the first time she has seen her little girl for three weeks. Arabelle lives with her father, former musician Christian Jupp, in Brighton where, for the past two-and-a-half years, Emily has travelled from her East London home … Read more
Rolls-Royce in turmoil: Shares plunge 15% after a cut to company’s credit rating plunges it even deeper into crisis By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:21 BST, 29 May 2020 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 29 May 2020 Shares in Rolls-Royce tumbled nearly 15 per cent after a cut to its credit rating plunged … Read more
Since the coronavirus lockdown, like many others, I have been listening to far more commercial radio. I prefer rock, my wife likes country – and sometimes we’ll stick on a random radio station to diversify. A common theme across all, however, is that the same formulaic adverts pop up, no matter which station you put … Read more