Takeover talk continues to grip the stock market – and all eyes will be on serviced office company IWG when trading resumes today. Reports last night suggested the firm, which owns Regus and is valued at £3billion, is a potential target. New York based private equity firm CC Capital has held talks with the London-listed … Read more
A California family’s home was overrun by more than 800 migrating birds in a scene similar to that of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. Video footage shows the flock performing murmurations above the house before hundreds shoot down the chimney of the family’s house in Torrance. The birds, which appear to be swifts, can be … Read more
This is the dramatic moment armed police swooped on a Range Rover driver and arrested him on suspicion of murdering one of Britain’s richest men who was stabbed to death in his country mansion – as his wife continues to fight for her life. Three hours after £301million baronet Sir Richard Sutton, 83, was … Read more
This is the dramatic moment armed police swooped on a Range Rover driver and arrested him on suspicion of murdering one of Britain’s richest men who was stabbed to death in his country mansion – as his wife continues to fight for her life. Three hours after £301million baronet Sir Richard Sutton, 83, was … Read more
US casino in £2bn swoop on online gambling firm Gamesys: Founders and bosses to hit £500m jackpot in bumper takeover deal By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 The founders and bosses of online gambling firm Gamesys have hit the jackpot after … Read more
London Stock Exchange completes its whopping £20bn acquisition of data firm Refinitiv By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 29 January 2021 The London Stock Exchange has completed its whopping £20billion acquisition of data firm Refinitiv. The merger creates a company to rival the likes … Read more
IG Group makes £728m swoop for US broker Tastytrade in bid to crack the American market By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 21 January 2021 IG Group is hoping to crack the US market with a $1billion (£728million) takeover of rival Tastytrade. The investment … Read more
Police swoop on pensioners waiting to receive the Covid jab at vaccination centre ‘after they received false tip-off that venue was holding an illegal rave’ Police swooped on ‘rave’ at Essex’s Freemasons’ Saxon Hall in Southend-on-Sea The crowds were reported to them by concerned neighbours raising the alarm But police instead found pensioners queueing for … Read more
Covid police swoop on fashion designer’s church group meeting with four friends in her garden Wendy house after curtain twitchers alerted officers Sylvia Young, 60, hosted meeting last Sunday in Greenwich, south-east London Couturier was told by two uniformed Met officers nothing serious was amiss She said: ‘It was pretty frightening to have the police … Read more
Plane sailing! Moment two private light aircraft swoop down over estuary just eight FEET above the surface ‘almost skimming the water’ Two light aircraft spotted swooping over the River Blackwater in Maldon, Essex Witnesses thought plane was trying to lane on the water because it was so close Civil Aviation Authority have said they will … Read more