Flutter shares hit record high on spin-off of US business FanDuel

Flutter shares hit record high on US spin-off: UK’s biggest gambling firm says it could float ‘small shareholding’ of FanDuel By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 15 March 2021 Shares in the UK’s biggest gambling firm hit record highs yesterday as it looks at … Read more

Thorntons is to close all its 61 stores with 603 jobs hit in latest blow to the High Street 

Chocolate retailer Thorntons is to close all its 61 stores with 603 jobs hit in latest blow to the High Street By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 16:20 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 16:32 GMT, 15 March 2021 Chocolate retailer Thorntons has announced plans to permanently shut all its 61 stores with 603 jobs … Read more

That really is a HIGH speed chase! Police catch two young criminals driving a stolen cherry picker 

That really is a HIGH speed chase! Police catch two young criminals driving away a stolen cherry picker Young crooks stole a cherry picker and tried to escape police in Derbyshire Officers dubbed them ‘rapscallions’ in tweet once vehicle was safely stopped Three days later the team were sent to search for a missing mini … Read more

Are the dangers of e-scooters too high a price to pay?

My thumb gently presses the handlebar throttle and the electric scooter I am wobbling on suddenly takes me on a high-speed slalom.  Weaving around pedestrians on a crowded high street, I ignore cries to slow down as well as a few chosen obscenities. My adrenaline is pumping – I am engrossed in an exciting new … Read more

High school basketball announcer caught calling girls team a racial slur during livestream broadcast

A live video feed caught the shocking moment a basketball broadcaster called one team ‘f*****g n*****s’ after they chose to kneel for the national anthem – but he has since bizarrely blamed his diabetes for the vile outburst. Thursdays’ game pitted Norman High against Midwest City in Oklahoma‘s women’s Class 6A state quarterfinals contest.   The … Read more

How Simone Rocha designs are now the hottest look on the High Street thanks to a H&M collaboration

The first glimmers of spring and the promise of future freedoms has sparked a renewed sense of hope for many of us — and a flurry of excitement at the prospect of getting dressed up again. And now the first thrilling British high street-designer collaboration of the year is here – finally a green shoot … Read more

Is Bitcoin going to hit $60,000? Cryptocurrency close to all-time high

Is Bitcoin about to hit $60,000? Cryptocurrency close to new all-time high as US stimulus cheques and NFT boom boost investor demand Bitcoin went almost level with its record high of $58,354 overnight It has now fallen back a little, to trade at around $56,000 on Friday morning  It comes as Joe Biden signed a … Read more

Organisers of Sarah Everard vigil take fight to High Court after police ban ‘Reclaim Streets’ event

Organisers of a vigil in response to the disappearance of Sarah Everard are taking legal action today after claiming police reversed a decision on allowing it to go ahead. They said there had been an ‘about-face’ by the Metropolitan Police and they were told Saturday’s Reclaim These Streets event would not be permitted due to … Read more

Attainment gap between black students and their white peers ‘too high’, watchdog warns

Attainment gap between black students and their white peers at university is ‘too high’, higher education watchdog warns New data found black students less likely to get top degrees than white peers Office for Students found 68.2 per cent of black students gained a first or 2:1 In same time period, 2019-20, 86.6 per cent of … Read more

Bi-racial high school senior who looks white is failed after refusing to confess ‘white dominance’ 

A bi-racial high school senior, who can pass as white, was allegedly failed by his teacher after he refused to confess his ‘white dominance’ during a class at his Las Vegas charter school.  William Clark received a failing grade in his Sociology of Change class after he refused to categorize and label his racial, religious … Read more