Vertu Motors faces revolt over chief executive’s pay

Car dealer Vertu Motors risks investor backlash by proposing bonus for chief executive despite slashing jobs and taking £36m in Government support By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 Car dealer Vertu Motors has risked an investor backlash by proposing a bonus … Read more

Is Big Brother rigged? Channel Seven show faces scrutiny

Is Big Brother rigged? Channel Seven show faces scrutiny over perceived ‘favouritism’ towards certain housemates By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:27 BST, 4 June 2021 | Updated: 04:32 BST, 4 June 2021 The ‘rules’ of Big Brother have faced scrutiny this week, with viewers questioning the fairness of the Channel Seven show and accusing producers of … Read more

Boy, 3, beams with joy when he tries on glasses and sees his parents’ faces for first time [Video]

Three-year-old boy beams with joy when he tries on glasses and sees his parents’ faces for the first time in adorable footage Three-year-old Jaxon beams at parents after he tries on glasses for the first time  Infant, who has learning difficulties, takes in his surroundings at the hospital Jaxon was born with a chromosomal abnormality know … Read more

Ellie Kemper faces backlash after ‘racist’ pageant photo resurfaces

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper is facing backlash online after it emerged she was crowned the 1999 pageant winner for a Missouri organization that once banned black members and celebrated the wealthy white elite.  A photo of the actress being crowned the winner of the St Louis-based Veiled Prophet Ball when she was 19 years old … Read more

Australian grandfather who moved to UK and spent his life savings buying pub faces DEPORTATION

An Australian landlord who sank his life savings into saving a 200-year-old British pub from closure is now facing deportation from the UK for taking a pay cut to save the failing business. Russell Young, 62, and his wife Tracie, 56, bought the Sun Inn in Failsworth, Greater Manchester in 2018 for £250,000 and paid … Read more

Naomi Osaka faces being thrown out of French Open if she continues to refuse to speak to the media

Last Wednesday on social media that she would not participate in the mandatory media interviews at Roland-Garros 2021. Following this announcement, the Roland-Garros teams asked her to reconsider her position and tried unsuccessfully to speak with her to check on her well-being, understand the specifics of her issue and what might be done to address it … Read more

Aston Martin faces investor revolt over boss’s pay

Aston Martin faces investor revolt for handing bonuses to its chief executive after accessing £13m in emergency funds to survive pandemic By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 15 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 15 May 2021 Aston Martin faces an investor revolt for handing bonuses to its chief executive after … Read more

Russia’s second richest oligarch faces £5billion divorce showdown with his ex-wife in London

Russia‘s second richest oligarch faces a £5billion divorce showdown with his ex-wife in London after she got ‘just’ a £65million payout from the metal tycoon. The Court of Appeal ruled Natalia Potanina, 59, can bring a financial claim against 60-year-old Vladimir Potanin in the English courts.    She is seeking around £5billion from the businessman, who is … Read more

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic faces delays over ‘wear and tear’ issues on mothership

Unlike other commercial spaceflight companies, such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic initiates its flights without using a traditional rocket launch. Instead, the firm launches its passenger-laden SpaceShipTwo and other craft from a carrier plane, dubbed WhiteKnightTwo. WhiteKnightTwo is a custom-built, four-engine, dual-fuselage jet aircraft, designed to carry SpaceShipTwo up to an altitude of around 50,000 … Read more

UK weather: Britain faces a week of rain, hail and thunder despite warmer weather

April showers… a month late: Britain is to face a week of rain, hail and thunder as wet start to May continues – but temperatures will soar to 68F Britain is set for a warm and sunny week with temperatures hitting nearly 68F (20C) in some areas But the milder weather is likely to be … Read more