Ministers looking at all options to save Liberty Steel from collapse 

Ministers looking at all options to save Liberty Steel – and its 3,000 jobs – following Greensill Capital collapse By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 22:34 GMT, 25 March 2021 The Government is considering ‘all options’ to make sure Liberty Steel does not go bust. The … Read more

Football fans lose £58million following collapse of betting firm after watchdog failed to intervene

Football fans lose £58million following collapse of betting firm after gambling watchdog failed to intervene despite warnings it was a ‘Ponzi scheme’ By Tom Witherow Business Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 01:49 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 20 March 2021 Football fans lost £58million after the gambling watchdog failed to stop a … Read more

Ultrasound scans cause the shell of the coronavirus to collapse

Ultrasound scans have the ability to destroy coronavirus cells by forcing their surface to split apart and implode, new research suggests.  MIT researchers conducted a mathematical analysis based on the physical properties of generic coronavirus cells. It revealed medical ultrasound scans may be able to damage the virus’s shell and spikes, leading to collapse and rupture.   … Read more

Crisis at Provident Financial: Doorstep lending arm faces collapse

Crisis at the Provvy: Shares dive 28% and watchdog launches a formal probe as doorstep lending arm faces collapse By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 15 March 2021 Provident Financial lost more than a quarter of its value after warning that its doorstep lending … Read more

Brazil Covid: Health system on verge of collapse as cases and deaths soar, experts say

Brazil‘s health system is on the verge of collapse with Covid cases and deaths soaring to record levels, driven by an immunity-busting variant of the disease that is now spreading internationally.  Intensive care units in 25 of Brazil’s 27 capital cities are more than 80 per cent full, health officials warned Tuesday, with the situation … Read more

Gupta sounds alarm over his UK steel business after Greensill collapse

Sanjeev Gupta sounds alarm over his UK steel business: Thousands of jobs at risk after Greensill collapse By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:46 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:46 GMT, 9 March 2021 Sanjeev Gupta warned his UK business was in serious trouble after the largest lender to his group of … Read more

Greensill collapse sends shockwaves through economy

Greensill collapse sends shockwaves through the economy: 3,000 steel jobs at risk as Gupta defaults and is left facing a funding crisis By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 8 March 2021 A specialist lender advised by David Cameron has crashed into administration. Lawyers for … Read more

Lender advised by David Cameron Greensill Capital on brink of collapse

Lender advised by David Cameron on the brink of collapse: Crisis of confidence engulfs Greensill Capital By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 2 March 2021 A controversial lender advised by former Prime Minister David Cameron is fighting for survival after major backers walked away. … Read more

Day of reckoning for Thor Bjorgolfsson following Icesave collapse

It has been more than a decade since 300,000 British savers lost £4billion in the blockbuster collapse of Icesave. While many were left scarred by the scandal, one high-flying businessman at its centre is still struggling to shake off the damaging legacy of the Icelandic savings brand in an entirely different way. Thor Bjorgolfsson, who … Read more

Humans ‘hastened collapse and extinction’ of the woolly mammoth, says study

Woolly mammoths would have lived another 4,000 years in some parts of Eurasia if it weren’t for human hunters, according to a new study.  Australian experts performed computer simulations of woolly mammoth interactions with humans and climates based on evidence from fossils and ancient DNA. The findings suggested a warming climate forced them further north into smaller … Read more