Ford elects first female member of founding family to its board of directors: Investors hope Harvard-educated heiress, 33, can help turn around struggling automaker amid profits plunge Alexandra Ford English, 33, has been elected to Ford’s 14-person board of directors She is the great-great granddaughter of founder Henry Ford and the daughter of current Ford … Read more
Founding father of the EU moves step closer to being declared a SAINT: Vatican official says Robert Schuman’s ‘heroic virtues’ could be recognised by the Pope this summer Robert Schuman, twice PM of France, is known as the ‘Father of Europe’ He helped forge deep economic ties between nations after WWII Pope Francis could recognise … Read more
Reggae star Bunny Wailer dies at 73: Bob Marley’s former bandmate and founding member of the Wailers passes away after he suffered second stroke last year The founding member of the Wailers died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica He formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh The three-time … Read more
British businesses have faced some of their darkest days this year, as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have battered the economy. In a poll conducted before the November lockdown, one in seven enterprises told the Office for National Statistics they had little or no confidence of surviving the next few months. Meanwhile, 1.69 million people were unemployed … Read more
Clarks shoes criticised for £13m payout to founding family before more than 1,000 job losses Family shareholders were paid £13.4m of dividends over two years This was as the company racked up losses of £114.2m and made job losses Unions representing Clarks’ shop workers lashed out at the payments By Tom Witherow For The Daily … Read more
Four Seasons founding member Tommy DeVito, known for the songs Walk Like A Man and Big Girls Don’t Cry, dies at 92 from the coronavirus DeVito has passed away at the age of 92 from complications of the coronavirus The singer died in Las Vegas on Monday evening with family and friends nearby He was … Read more
Widespread Panic founding drummer Todd Nance dead at 57… following years of suffering from ‘chronic illness’ Nance passed away in Athens, Georgia, ‘from sudden and unexpectedly severe complications of a chronic illness,’ his family wrote in a statement posted on the band’s website and social media platforms The Tennessee native native reportedly had been struggling … Read more
She’s the feminist pioneer and author who famously told women that life was ‘too short to stuff a mushroom’. Now Shirley Conran, who launched the Daily Mail’s Femail section in 1968, is applying that same no-nonsense approach to life in lockdown. Like some 3.8 million other over 65s, Shirley lives alone, and has now endured … Read more