Apple boss Tim Cook is tough leader ‘who leaves team in tears’ 

Despite his friendly, gentle demeanour, Apple’s chief executive officer Tim Cook has been described as a tough leader who has been known to ‘leave his staff in tears’. A new profile of the billionaire Apple boss describes a man who leads his staff ‘through interrogation’, according to contacts cited by the Wall Street Journal.  Cook … Read more

Fury at eight Aberdeen footballers who went on team night out as players test positive for COVID

Eight Aberdeen football players have gone into isolation as two tested positive for Covid-19 after flouting team rules by heading out to a bar at the centre of the city’s outbreak.  Training was cancelled yesterday after one player tested positive for Covid-19 and it was later established a second player had also caught it – … Read more

Kanye West hired top political advisers and is working with organizations to beef up campaign team

Kanye West is expanding his campaign team in a bid to get on the ballot in more states, after he recently filed paperwork for New Jersey, Missouri, Oklahoma and his home of Illinois. Despite his disastrous rally in South Carolina earlier this month, and after missing deadlines in some states, West is pushing ahead to … Read more

Meghan Markle ‘set up 2015 paparazzi shots through her PR team’ 

Meghan Markle and her agent ‘arranged’ for paparazzi shots of her to be taken as she entered a London restaurant, just one year before she met Prince Harry, sources said.  A photographer snapped pictures of the then lesser-known Suits actress heading into Toto’s restaurant in Kensington in March 2015 – in a shoot allegedly arranged … Read more

Team spend five hours rescuing 121lb St Bernard after she collapsed on Lake District’s Scafell Pike

Dog tired! Specialist team spend five hours rescuing Daisy the 121lb St Bernard after she collapsed while descending England’s highest mountain in the Lake District  St Bernard dog displayed signs of pain in her legs as she came down Scafell Pike  Sixteen volunteers from Wasdale Mountain rescue team helped retrieve her   Dogs were originally bred … Read more

‘Football crazy’ Prince George ‘plays for a local team’ during term time

‘Football crazy’ Prince George ‘plays for a local team’ during term time and Prince William and Kate Middleton join other parents to cheer him on from the sidelines, sources tell Vanity Fair Prince George, who is celebrating his seventh birthday today, is ‘football mad’ Family friend has revealed how the little royal will likely have … Read more

Stephen King wins Highland League football team Buckie Thistle new fans after featuring it in book

Stephen King has won Scottish football club Buckie Thistle a new army of fans after featuring the remote Highland League team in his new novella series. The American horror author has featured Buckie Thistle in his latest horror collection If It Bleeds because of its ‘gorgeous name’.  Since then, King has also donated Scotland’s north-east … Read more

Tory MP threatens legal action against Labour colleague in bust-up over parliamentary football team

It’s all kicking off in Westminster! Tory MP threatens legal action against a Labour colleague in extraordinary bust-up over parliamentary football team Tory MP Karl McCartney has threatened legal action against Labour’s Clive Betts The Conservative took over leadership of the parliamentary football team Labour MPs have withdrawn their support for the team which may … Read more

No10 advertises for £135,000-a-year ‘skunkworker’ to join data-science led team

No10 advertises for £135,000-a-year ‘skunkworker’ to join data-science led team of radical innovators wanted for Whitehall shake-up The candidate will lead new analytical unit known as ’10ds’ which stands for ’10 Data Science’ Term ‘skunkworks’ described project developed by small group focusing on radical innovation Mr Cummings has been a longstanding critic of the way … Read more

Team sports to start returning from SATURDAY with cricket first

Team sports to start returning from SATURDAY with cricket first – but car shares to the match and post-game clubhouse drinks are still off-limits Sports governing bodies must submit ‘detailed safety plans’ before returning Supporters can attend and different households are allowed to participate New guidelines advise players and spectators to walk or cycle to … Read more