BBC’s new Director General Tim Davie is warned to reform the broadcaster or he could be fired

BBC’s new Director General Tim Davie is warned to reform the broadcaster or he could be fired if he fails to address No10’s concerns about anti-­Tory bias Senior Government sources have said that Tim Davie could be fired in February It would come when the Government appoints a new chairman of broadcaster It will be … Read more

London arts director, 53, caught Covid-19 while skiing in Austria at New Year

Coronavirus may have flown into the UK a month before the first case was identified. An antibody test has revealed that a London Arts director, who fell ill on January 6 after returning from a skiing holiday in Austria, has suffered from the disease. Susannah Ford, 53, said she is convinced she caught it while … Read more

DIRECTOR DEALS: Persimmon boss Dave Jenkinson sells £2.2m of shares

DIRECTOR DEALS: Persimmon boss Dave Jenkinson cashes out £2.2m of shares By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2020 Persimmon boss Dave Jenkinson has cashed out £2.2million of shares as he prepares to leave. The housebuilder will forever be remembered for the £80million … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Flight director in charge of SpaceX mission is descended from Alistair Cooke 

It may have been an American dream to send the first privately funded rocket into orbit this week. But I can reveal that the SpaceX mission, which saw two astronauts blast off on Saturday and safely dock at the International Space Station less than a day later, has thoroughly British roots. The Flight Director at … Read more

Dr. Strange director Scott Derrickson to helm Labyrinth sequel for TriStar

Dr. Strange director Scott Derrickson to helm Labyrinth sequel for TriStar By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 00:15 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 27 May 2020 Dr. Strange director Scott Derrickson confirmed Tuesday that he’ll helm an untitled sequel to the late great Jim Henson’s 1986 musical fantasy film Labyrinth for TriStar … Read more

Wuhan Virology institute director refutes Covid-19 claims

Wuhan Virology institute director says she has three strains of coronavirus on site but none of them match COVID-19 – but will anyone believe her? Institute director Wang Yanyi said the facility has three strains of the viruses She went on to say that none of the strains they had matched that of Covid-19 Comes … Read more

Europe must ‘prepare for a second deadly wave of the coronavirus’, WHO director warns

Europe must prepare for a second deadly wave of the coronavirus in the winter, a top World Health Organisation chief has warned. Dr Hans Kluge, director for the WHO European region, said he was ‘very concerned’ a surge in infections would coincide with other seasonal diseases such as the flu.  He said now is the … Read more

Little Fires Everywhere director Lynn Shelton dies at 54 after battle with a blood disorder 

Filmmaker Lynn Shelton passed away on Friday at the age of 54. The Little Fires Everywhere director died of a ‘previously unidentified blood disorder,’ according a statement from her reps provided to The Hollywood Reporter. Shelton helped popularize the ‘mumblecore’ genre with understated yet observant indies like Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister.  Tragic: Lynn Shelton has passed … Read more

DIRECTOR DEALS: Fever-Tree’s Kevin Havelock spends £300,000 on shares

DIRECTOR DEALS: Fever-Tree non-exec director Kevin Havelock spends £300,000 on 21,600 shares By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 Fever-Tree non-executive director Kevin Havelock has spent £300,000 on 21,600 shares in the tonic drink maker. Havelock, 62, spent an average of 1483p … Read more

CDC director says models predict coronavirus deaths will accelerate in coming weeks

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that all statistical models tracked by the agency predict that coronavirus deaths in the U.S. will accelerate in the coming weeks. ‘CDC tracks 12 different forecasting models of possible COVID-19 deaths in the US,’ Dr. Robert R. Redfield said in a tweet. ‘As … Read more