Sun-worshippers descended on parks and beaches today amid an expected 79F heatwave as they declared, ‘If Dominic Cummings can break the rules, we can too’ after Boris Johnson‘s Svengali got away with a 260-mile trip during lockdown. The PM last night defended his senior aide over the journey from London to his parents’ home in Durham … Read more
Social media users today declared ‘If Dominic Cummings can break the rules, we can too’ amid fears crowds would descend on beauty spots amid a 79F heatwave after Boris Johnson‘s Svengali got away with a 260-mile trip during lockdown. The PM last night defended his senior aide over the journey from London to his parents’ … Read more
A huge 20ft-wide sinkhole swallowed up part of a busy street in the West Midlands on Thursday after the sewer beneath it collapsed. Drivers were forced to swerve around the 20ft-wide hole which opened up when a sewer collapsed on Stafford Street, in Walsall, West Midlands., on Thursday. Witnesses said how people from nearby businesses … Read more
Meltdown at M&S: More stores facing the axe as chain records lowest profit for three decades with next year’s divi cancelled too By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 20 May 2020 Marks & Spencer has warned it may shut more shops to survive in … Read more
Fears for Everest windows as firm teeters on brink of collapse with 2,500 jobs and orders worth £102m in jeopardy Lockdown easing is unlikely to come to the ailing company’s rescue, source said Potential buyers have been locked in secret bidding, but have signed NDAs The firm’s 2,500 employees hang in the balance, as well … Read more
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was filmed performing press ups with his supporters at an anti-lockdown protest on Sunday as Sao Paulo’s hospitals are said to be ‘near collapse’ in the battle against covid-19. Mayor of Sao Paulo Bruno Covas, who is leading the response in Brazil‘s most-populous city, today warned that the city’s health service is on … Read more
Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge are on the brink of collapse with 6,000 jobs at risk after owner files notice to appoint administrators at High Court Owner Casual Dining Group said move will give the firm 10 days breathing space The company confirmed it’s working with advisers from corporate finance firm AlixPartners over a potential restructuring … Read more
Bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien is on brink of collapse putting 500 high street jobs at risk By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 12:43 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 13:03 BST, 20 April 2020 Bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien is close to collapse, putting 500 high street jobs at risk. The Belgian-owned company could appoint … Read more
To all the Virgin family, For 50 years I have been humbled by the incredible pride our people take in working for Virgin. It is the people across all our businesses, and the hundreds of thousands of people who have worked with us over the years, that make this company so special. They tell their … Read more
A Japanese expert who criticised the country’s response to the coronavirus warned the healthcare system is ‘on the verge of collapse’ and that the Olympics may not be able to go ahead even in 2021. ‘The system is on the verge of collapse in many places in Japan,’ said Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious diseases … Read more