Fury over plan for ‘taxpayer handouts’ to rescue troubled high street brands including Pizza Express

Jon Winkelried – Co-CEO of TPG Capital – the owners of Prezzo through a UK holding company American financial executive Jon Winkelried is the Co-CEO of TPG Capital, a US private equity firm which ultimately owns Italian restaurant chain Prezzo through a UK holiday company American financial executive Jon Winkelried is the Co-CEO of TPG Capital, … Read more

Film-maker accuses street cat Bob owner of ‘appeal con’ after he sets up crowdfunding page for £250k

When a homeless man’s story about how a stray cat saved him from heroin addiction was made into an award-winning film, he and the producer were all smiles. But now, weeks after Bob the Cat was fatally run over, owner James Bowen has had a bitter falling out with the man who immortalised him on … Read more

Ex-EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison has set her sights on Coronation Street

Cheryl Fergison has revealed she would be open to joining the cast of Coronation Street after her EastEnders character was killed off. The former EastEnders star, 54, who played Heather Trott for five years, now lives near the Corrie set and says she would ‘contemplate’ a part on the soap. Cheryl lives in the North … Read more

Teenage boxer, 18, dies after being gunned down on street in locked-down Bury

Teenage boxer, 18, dies after being gunned down on street in locked-down Bury – as police launch murder probe Boxing prodigy ‘King Cole Kershaw’, 18, was shot in the street in Bury last night  The teenager was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save his life A murder probe has been launched, with … Read more

Janet Street Porter slams Prince Harry and Meghan Markle book

Janet Street Porter brands Finding Freedom a ‘PR disaster’ for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and insists they should have distanced themselves from the bombshell biography Janet Street Porter criticised bombshell biography on Loose Women in London Said she felt book was ‘PR disaster’ for Santa Barbara-bound Harry and Meghan  Added should have distanced themselves … Read more

Driver crashes £150k pink McLaren on a London street

Neon pink McLaren 570 supercar worth £150,000 is left a mangled wreck after driver loses control and crashes on affluent London street The £150,000 British-made super car hit a Volkswagen Golf in central London  The 203mph car suffered damage to the bonnet, as well as the nearside wing London Fire Brigade said they ‘made the … Read more

Grim figures show High Street was ALREADY facing disaster before Covid

Grim figures show High Street was ALREADY facing disaster before Covid as Tory veteran Nicholas Soames accuses unions of making it ‘impossible’ for civil servants to return to offices Figures show employment in retail on high street plummeted before coronavirus Fear town and city centres have been hollowed out by people shunning offices  Tory veteran … Read more

Coronation Street release first snaps of new Todd Grimshaw three years after Bruno Langley was axed

Coronation Street release first snaps of the new Todd Grimshaw three years after Bruno Langley was axed following sexual assault conviction By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 10:08 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 10 August 2020 Coronation Street character Todd Grimshaw has returned to the cobbles three years after actor Bruno Langley was … Read more

Hotels and High Street to suffer more coronavirus job losses

Intercontinental Hotels and Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group expected to be latest firms to warn of job losses as Britain reels from fallout of coronavirus The UK has haemorrhaged more than 134,000 jobs since March  The pandemic is also hammering restaurants, with some 22,000 jobs in the sector have been shed this year  By Matt Oliver … Read more

Oxford Street machete murder victim in named

Pictured: Oxford Street machete murder victim in named as boy, 17, as three men are arrested Jeremy Menesses, from South London, was stabbed in London’s Oxford Street Teenager rushed to hospital but later pronounced dead at 7:33 pm yesterday  Three men, all aged 18, have been arrested following the attack on Saturday  London’s Metropolitan Police’s … Read more