Justin King says Sazka Lottery bid ‘could revive high streets’

Former Sainsbury’s boss Justin King says Czech firm Sazka’s Lottery bid ‘could revive high streets’ By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 Former Sainsbury’s boss Justin King has said the Czech firm vying to run the National Lottery could help to revive … Read more

Rolls-Royce’s air-speed record bid to pave way for flying taxis

Rolls-Royce planning to use attempt on world all-electric air-speed record as launchpad to develop flying taxis By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 Rolls-Royce is planning to use its attempt on the world all-electric air-speed record this year as a launchpad to … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

Robert Jenrick warns City of London they will damage its ‘rich history’ with bid to topple statues

By James Robinson for MailOnline  William Beckford  William Beckford – often referred to as Alderman Beckford to distinguish him from his novelist son of the same name – was a well-known political figure in the 18th century. A vastly wealthy man, he twice served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1762 and 1769. But … Read more

Councillors vote unanimously to reject bid to relocate 116-year-old statue of General Redvers Buller

Councillors have unanimously voted to reject a Black Lives Matter-inspired bid to relocate a 116-year-old statue of a Victoria Cross-winning war hero.  The monument of General Sir Redvers Buller has been in place outside Exeter College for more than 100 years, but its future was in doubt after the city council announced a review in response … Read more

Democratic impeachment managers set to have their bid to call witnesses refused by the Senate

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will run at least into next week as the Senate gave both sides 16 hours each to make their cases. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell announced a deal on the Senate floor Monday afternoon on how the trial will proceed. The two leaders noted … Read more

Kate Beckinsale dances around pet cat Willow in bid to get her excited over fluffy pink outfit

She has recently been giving her beloved pet cat Clive much of the spotlight, sharing posts featuring the feline with her 4.6 million Instagram followers. But Kate Beckinsale made her cat Willow the star of the show on Friday, when she shared video of her pet looking unimpressed as she wore new pink winter woollies. … Read more

Dame Judi Dench joins legal bid to protect 500-year-old Mulberry tree

Dame Judi Dench has joined the legal bid to save ‘the East End’s oldest tree’ after a council granted permission for it to be moved. The 500-year-old Mulberry tree – which is thought to have been planted during the reign of Henry VIII – sits on the grounds of the now-closed London Chest Hospital in … Read more

Elle MacPherson uses a $1,400 infrared ‘sauna suit’ in a bid to ‘promote her overall health’

‘My version of wake and bake’: Elle MacPherson uses a $1,400 infrared ‘sauna suit’ in a bid to ‘promote her overall health and wellbeing’ By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:02 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 04:02 GMT, 3 February 2021 She is one of the most glamorous and well-known supermodels in … Read more

As France abandons its bid to create a Covid jab, a country laments its scientific decline 

France – birthplace of Louis Pasteur, who first discovered the principle of vaccination – last week abandoned its bid to create a coronavirus vaccine.  The Pasteur Institute halted its project with US drugs company Merck after disappointing clinical test results.  The announcement came as a blow to the pride of a country once hailed as a … Read more