Gym group loses 178,000 customers during lockdown

Gym group loses 178,000 customers during lockdown – even though it froze their payments By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 The Gym Group lost 178,000 customers during lockdown. Around one in five of one of Britain’s biggest fitness chains’ members quit … Read more

Woman loses job after attacking pubgoer for ‘speaking Polish’

A woman caught on camera attacking NHS care worker in Wetherspoons pub for ‘speaking too loudly Polish’ today denied she is racist and says she was ‘set up’.  Clare McCarthy was filmed lunging at Anna Rutkowska at The Kingswood Colliers bar in Bristol and was accused of shouting: ‘You’re in England now.’  But the 30-year-old … Read more

Aviation tycoon loses High Court bid to overturn UK lockdown

An aviation tycoon has today lost his High Court bid to overturn the government’s ‘sweeping’ coronavirus lockdown measures after his legal challenge was thrown out by a judge.    Multimillionaire Simon Dolan raised more than £200,000 through crowdfunding in order to launch the claim against Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson over the … Read more

Ferrari LOSES legal battle to trademark the shape of 250 GTO

Italian supercar maker Ferrari has had its trademark for the shape of the 1960s 250 GTO partly revoked in a landmark decision that has opened the doors for potential copycat models. The 250 GTO, built between 1962 and 1964, is the firm’s most iconic model, raced in period by the biggest names in motorsport. Only … Read more

The Daily Telegraph LOSES appeal against $2.9MILLION Geoffrey Rush defamation claim

The Daily Telegraph LOSES appeal against $2.9MILLION Geoffrey Rush defamation claim – the biggest payout to a single person in Australian history  Nationwide News appealed the court’s finding it defamed Geoffrey Rush Journalist Jonathon Moran was found to have been reckless regarding the truth The Daily Telegraph reported Rush had been accused of inappropriate behaviour The … Read more

Gifted dancer, 12, loses her arm in horror trampoline fall but says ‘determination will get me far’

Gifted dancer, 12, loses her arm in horror trampoline fall but says ‘my bravery and determination will get me far’ as she vows to compete again Vienna Hayers had her lower right arm amputated after a trampoline accident But refusing to be cowed, the 12-year-old said she is ‘getting stronger every day’  Vienna was playing … Read more

Nike loses its footing during coronavirus pandemic

Nike loses its footing during coronavirus pandemic, as online sales fail to offset damage caused by store closures By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:33 BST, 26 June 2020 Own goal: Nike has reportedly paid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) a staggering £147m to represent the brand Nike … Read more

Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror outside the ISS, adding to ‘space junk’ in orbit around Earth

There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called ‘space junk’ – left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes – in orbit alongside some US$700 billion (£555bn) of space infrastructure. But only 22,000 are tracked, and with the fragments able to travel at … Read more