Morrisons rejects £5.5bn takeover approach by private equity firm advised by former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2021 Grocery giant Morrisons has rejected a £5.5billion takeover approach by a US private equity firm advised by former … Read more
I’m out… Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne rejects £250m for his fitness group Bannatyne said an unnamed US operator had made an unsolicited approach The Bannatyne Group includes his chain of fitness clubs and hotels He said he would leave the business if he accepted an offer By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: … Read more
An ex-pupil who says he was sexually abused at the £29,925-a-year Fettes College has called for a law banning in-house investigations, instead suggesting it should be made a crime not to report the allegations to police. The former student at the exclusive independent school in Edinbugh has rejected an apology it made at the Scottish … Read more
Anti-violence against women campaigners have today lost a legal challenge against the CPS over claims of a change in policy on prosecuting alleged rapes and other serious sexual offences. The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) argued the CPS had ditched its ‘merits based’ policy on prosecuting serious sexual offences between 2016 and 2018 and … Read more
Tories’ war of words on tax rises: Kwasi Kwarteng rejects calls for higher levies as debate rages over Covid deficit Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng rejected calls for tax rises yesterday Former party leader William Hague has backed Rishi Sunak to raise taxes Kwarteng said it is vital that economic recovery was not ‘crushed’ by high … Read more
Aintree REJECTS pleas to delay Grand National by a few days until betting shops are allowed to re-open as part of Government’s roadmap out of lockdown An estimated £125m is bet on the National — Britain’s biggest betting race Betting shops are set to re-open two days after the Grand National on April 10 Betting … Read more
Matt James wept after contestant Serena Pitt rejected him on Monday’s episode of The Bachelor. The 23-year-old publicist from Toronto didn’t feel as strongly for Matt, 29, as he did for her, and eliminated herself from the competition. ‘I thought that it was fear initially, that I was just scared,’ Serena told Matt after he … Read more
France rejects a third lockdown, saying the ‘economic, social and human’ cost cannot be justified – with an infection rate similar to UK which faces two more months of lockdown PM Jean Castex said French death rate in second wave is one of Europe’s lowest He said low death tally was due to restrictions last … Read more
The BBC has rejected a complaint against political editor Laura Kuenssberg over her use of the phrase ‘nitty gritty’ – which anti-racism campaigners claim originates from the slave trade. The award-winning journalist used the well-known term while speaking on BBC political talk show Brexitcast as she discussed the departure of top Downing Street press chief Lee … Read more
Rishi Sunak has rejected a proposal for an emergency wealth tax to recover the staggering £280billion the Government has spent so far on the coronavirus pandemic. The Chancellor was presented with plans for a one-off levy on those with assets of more than £500,000, or £1million for a couple, including their family home and pension. … Read more