Castle dating back to 16th century where millionaire tycoon murdered his escort girlfriend is sold

2015  August – Miss Symonds moves into Castle Bungalow in Llanmartin, a property owned by Peter Morgan and his estranged wife Helen. November 9 – Morgan installs a listening device at the bungalow. November 15 – Peter Deem, the partner of Miss Symonds, goes missing after arguing with her in text messages. November 17 – … Read more

Pre-orders for PlayStation open early, sparking buying frenzy that left many retailers sold out

Sony announced pricing and release dates for its PlayStation 5 Wednesday and retailers opened pre-orders of the console one day earlier than expected – creating a buying frenzy among the gaming community. Gamers around the world ran to their computers, smartphones and tablets to reserve a console, but many were met with broken links, page … Read more

The Notorious B.I.G.’s $6 plastic crown sold for $594K and his son C.J. Wallace livestreamed auction

The Notorious B.I.G.’s $6 plastic crown sold for $594K… and his son C.J. Wallace livestreamed the auction By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 16:38 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 16:38 BST, 16 September 2020 The $6 plastic crown that The Notorious B.I.G. donned for his final portrait shoot in 1997 with photographer Barron Claiborne … Read more

Brad Pitt’s wine sold in restaurant owned by new girlfriend Nicole Poturalski’s husband Roland Mary

Brad Pitt, 56, has recently been enjoying a new romance with girlfriend Nicole Poturalski, 27. The Academy Award winner’s latest relationship is anything but typical, as Poturalski is said to be in an open marriage.  And the trio’s connection has even overlapped into the professional, as her German restaurateur husband Roland Mary, 68, reportedly sells Pitt’s … Read more

Oatly is facing boycott from UK customers after it sold stake to private equity giant Blackstone

Vegan milk brand Oatly is facing a boycott from UK customers after it sold a £150million stake to a group lead by a private equity firm whose boss is a major Donald Trump donor. The Swedish firm sold its stake to a group of investors – including Oprah Winfrey and Natalie Portman – lead by Blackstone.  … Read more

TikTok will be sold in a $20-30billion deal ‘in the coming days and Oracle is favored buyer’

TikTok will be sold in ’48 hours’ and Trump-backed Oracle is the ‘favored buyer with a $20billion cash and stock deal’ – as Microsoft and Walmart team up for their bid TikTok’s US arm will be sold in the next 48 hours to either Oracle – owned by Trump donor Larry Ellison – or Microsoft … Read more

HMS Hermes – Britain’s flagship during the Falklands – is sold for scrap

To say the HMS Hermes had a difficult start to life would be understating the fact – construction on the aircraft carrier, initially dubbed HMS Elephant, began in 1944 during World War Two, but conflict ended before she had been completed.  Her hull then sat in the dockyard in Barrow-in-Furness until 1953, when it was … Read more

Dozens of revellers ignore Covid social distancing guidelines at sold out music festival

Dozens of revellers ignored social distancing rules introduced in the wake of Covid-19 to pack into a small dance tent at a sold-out music festival in Hertfordshire. The one-day music festival took place at Colesdale Farm on Sunday after the event was postponed due to the weather a week earlier.   La Fiesta had a series … Read more

Martin Latham, who has sold books for more than 30 years, explores why we love books so much

Why bookshops are literally to die for: Martin Latham, who has sold books for more than 30 years, explores the history of books, and why we love them so much Martin Latham, manager of Waterstones in Canterbury, tells the bookseller’s tale He explores the history of book and packs the memoir with touching stories  ‘Unstuffy’ … Read more