City veteran Martin Gilbert appointed chairman of fund manager Toscafund

City veteran Martin Gilbert appointed chairman of fund manager Toscafund as he prepares to exit Standard Life Aberdeen By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 18 April 2020 City veteran Martin Gilbert has been appointed chairman of fund manager Toscafund as he prepares to exit … Read more

The ‘urban forests’ of New York revealed: New study finds the city has five MILLION trees

The ‘urban forests’ of New York revealed: New study finds the city has five MILLION trees in ‘forested natural areas’ Researchers carrying out a huge survey of New York City’s trees Teams spent two years collecting data in 53 designated forested natural areas  By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com Published: 23:00 BST, 6 December 2018 | … Read more

Japanese city Shimabara reels in tourists thanks to beautiful koi carp swimming in the DRAINS

Fishy business: The Japanese city that reels in tourists thanks to beautiful koi carp swimming in the DRAINS Koi carp were introduced into the town of Shimabara, near Nagasaki, in 1978 The fish swim through over 100m of canals filled with natural spring water Tourists often ignore ‘do not feed the fish’ signs and stoop … Read more

From Nicola Roberts in City Of Angels to Romesh Ranganathan’s tour and an Andy Warhol show, 7 Events

7 Events: From Nicola Roberts in City Of Angels to Romesh Ranganathan’s tour and an Andy Warhol show, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 7 March 2020 The Musical: City Of Angels A revival … Read more

NYC pediatrician issues warning that 80 per cent of children in the city are infected with COVID- 19

A New York pediatrician said she thought a staggering 80 per cent of children in the city are infected with the coronavirus as she explained that most kids have not been tested as they are not the priority in hospitals.  Dr Dyan Hes, a pediatrician with New York City‘s Gramercy Pediatrics, offered the grim statistic … Read more

Stelios refers Easyjet to the City watchdog in row over Airbus order

Now Stelios refers Easyjet to the City watchdog as row over £4.5bn plane order from Airbus escalates By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:46 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:09 BST, 14 April 2020 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannau has been at loggerheads with the board for weeks Easyjet’s outspoken founder has … Read more

Second Chinese city bans people from eating dogs and cats in the wake of coronavirus

A second Chinese city has banned its residents from eating dogs and cats with a new law in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Zhuhai, a city bordering Macau with a population of 1.7 million, issued the order in line with a government’s proposal which lists dogs as ‘companion animals’, an official told state media.  Shenzhen … Read more

Coronavirus US: Homeless crowd San Francisco’s tent city

Homeless people on the streets of San Francisco have been pictured gathering dangerously close together amid the coronavirus pandemic. Images show how the communities on the city’s Tenderloin Street are struggling to social distance after the COVID-19 outbreak, with many tents crowded together in spots and people even grouping together to drink and take drugs … Read more

British science journal Nature apologises for naming the coronavirus after the Chinese city of Wuhan

British scientific journal Nature apologises for naming the coronavirus after the Chinese city of Wuhan ‘which may have fuelled racist attacks across the world’ The science journal apologised for ‘associating’ the virus with China and Wuhan In an editorial, the publication wrote: ‘That we did so was an error on our part’  They said the … Read more