The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more
The UK Government has ordered an extra 40million doses of Valneva’s coronavirus vaccine, taking its total to 100million doses. Still in clinical trials, the two-dose jab isn’t expected to be delivered until the second half of 2021 but it is already being manufactured in Livingston, Scotland. It’s likely that most or all adults in Britain … Read more
Len McCluskey admits the bill for a hotel and conference centre for Unite has TREBLED to nearly £100m and tells union chiefs it’s because they wouldn’t stand for ‘shabby practices’ or low pay The cost of Unite’s controversial luxury hotel and conference centre has trebled General Secretary Len McCluskey blamed increase on paying workers top … Read more
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has offered up a $100million reward as a prize for the best carbon capture technology idea. Carbon capture technology is a field of research which seeks to remove carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere. It has been actively investigated for several years but very little progress has been made … Read more
President Joe Biden on Thursday called for the nation to summon a ‘full scale war-time effort’ to beat back the coronavirus – but snapped when questioned about the ambition of his new 100 million-shot goal. Biden made the revealing comment as he signed new executive orders to speed vaccine delivery and called wearing a mask a … Read more
Ministers finalise £100m post-Brexit package to revive British fishing fleet so it can land catches normally taken by the French and Dutch Ministers are finalising plans for a £100million post-Brexit fishing package The scheme was promised last month as the government faced criticism Fisherman said it compromised on important issues to finally secure a trade … Read more
Rolls-Royce workers receive £100m windfall early after taking 10% pay delay from April Nearly 50,000 staff at the engineer had 10 per cent pay deferred from April It made the payout on Christmas Eve, bringing it forward by three months By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | … Read more
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline set to cap a £100m spending spree with two major drug deals either side of Atlantic By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 19 December 2020 Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline is this week set to cap a £100million spending spree with two major … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Pfizer will only ship 50 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine worldwide – HALF as many as promised – by the end of 2020 after running into supply chain problems Pfizer now says it will ship 50 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year The firm had planned to … Read more
The last King of Two Sicilies was Francis II, who was overthrown in 1860 and spent the remainder of his life in exile The Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies is an ancient branch of the Spanish royal family which ruled parts of southern Italy for more than 100 years from 1734 to 1861. Its … Read more