Tycoons cash in £250m as shares in ecommerce business Hut Group surge following its London float

Tycoons cash in £250m as shares in ecommerce business Hut Group surge following last year’s London float Scottish tycoon Sir Tom Hunter was an early backer of the ecommerce business He bagged another £32m having sold £52.5m of stock when it listed in 2020 A number of other smaller shareholders also sold some stock  By Lucy … Read more

Covid cases were falling in every age group except the over-80s last week

Covid cases were falling in every age group except the over-80s last week and infections dropped in all but three English regions, official data shows By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:30 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 16:35 GMT, 14 January 2021 Coronavirus infections were falling in every age group except … Read more

Footballers flouting Covid rules in group hugs is ‘brainless’ and an ‘insult to the NHS’ claim MPs

Footballers are acting in a ‘brainless’ way that is ‘an insult to the NHS‘ by engaging in group hugs after scoring goals, senior politicians have claimed. Players have been warned to avoid ‘unnecessary contact at all times’ including ‘handshakes and hugging’ in a set of tough new rules sent to Premier League clubs on Friday. … Read more

Recruiter Page Group is hit by a 20% profit loss as the pandemic and Brexit fears take their toll

Recruiter Page Group is hit by a 20% profit loss as the pandemic and Brexit fears take their toll By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 22:05 GMT, 13 January 2021 Recruiter Page Group’s gross profits tumbled by a fifth for the end of 2020 … Read more

Homeless get Covid jabs as local GPs make rough sleepers a priority group for vaccinations

Homeless people will get Covid-19 jabs in the first scheme of its kind in the UK aimed at protecting rough sleepers and those living in shelters from the virus. Oldham Council and local GPs decided the town’s homeless people should be made a priority group to get the vaccine at the start of the rollout. … Read more

The Hut Group enjoys a lift from its beauty division over the festive period with sales up 51% 

The Hut Group enjoys a lift from its beauty division over the festive period with sales up 51% The retailer’s beauty division includes its Look fantastic and Glossybox websites  Online beauty sales came in at £298.2 million in the quarter – a rise of 66.2% Matthew Moulding started Hut in 2004 selling DVDs online He … Read more

British man is among three arrested in Spain as police raid criminal group

British man is among three arrested in Spain as police ‘smash gang of Hitler-obsessed gun runners smuggling submachineguns for drug dealers from warehouse packed with Nazi paraphernalia’ The raids took place in the province of Malaga located in Andalusia  One of the suspects is reported to be British while the other two are German  Video … Read more

The Masked Dancer: Bill Nye The Science Guy reveals himself as Ice Cube with Group B debut on Fox

Bill Nye The Science Guy was revealed to be the Ice Cube after Group B’s debut on Wednesday’s episode of The Masked Dancer on Fox. Asked what his favorite part of being on the show was, the 65-year-old TV presenter and engineer said, ‘I love to dance! It may not have been obvious, but I … Read more

Police fine group of 11 hikers who breached Covid rules

A group of 11 hikers who drove more than 150 miles from London to the Peak District have been fined for breaching coronavirus rules after one of them crashed their car.   The men had travelled from Harrow, North London in three vehicles on Monday, ahead of Boris Johnson announcing a third nationwide lockdown for England … Read more

Kieran Trippier’s WhatsApp group messages that led to his 10-week ban

REVEALED: Kieran Trippier’s WhatsApp group messages that led to his 10-week ban from football, with England defender telling pals ‘done deal’ and ‘lump on if you want’ before they bet on his Atletico Madrid transfer Kieran Trippier moved to Atletico Madrid from Tottenham in the summer of 2019 The right-back told some friends to ‘lump … Read more