Motherwell review: The late Deborah Orr’s girlhood memoir is excellent

The late Deborah Orr’s excellent memoir, Motherwell, charts her vexed relationship with her parents in impassioned yet tender prose By Anthony Quinn Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:11 GMT, 26 January 2020 Motherwell Deborah Orr                                    … Read more

FTSE LIVE: Ladbrokes owner hails ‘excellent’ year; Gym Group posts healthy revenue

FTSE CLOSE: Retail sales slide again; Ladbrokes owner hails ‘excellent’ year; Gym Group posts healthy revenue growth By This Is Money Published: 08:13 GMT, 17 January 2020 | Updated: 17:10 GMT, 17 January 2020   The FTSE 100 closed up 64.75 points at 7674.56 and the pound was at $1.30 against the dollar. In the … Read more

Ladbrokes owner GVC hails ‘excellent’ trading

Ladbrokes owner GVC hails ‘excellent’ trading as booming online business outweighs hit from crackdown on betting terminals Betting giant thrives despite regulation on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) UK retail like-for-like revenues dived 12 per cent over the year as a result GVC Holdings said it benefited from ‘strong’ online growth in the fourth quarter By Sara … Read more