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Billionaires seize control of UK’s largest pubs group: Caribbean-based tycoons ride to rescue of Mitchells & Butlers By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 15 February 2021 A group of super-rich tycoons based in the Caribbean has seized control of Britain’s biggest listed pub chain. … Read more
The mother of Britain’s largest family – with 22 children – has admitted the usual chaos in her home ‘couldn’t get any worse’ as she attempts to homeschool her youngest children during the pandemic. Sue Radford, 45, said she struggles to make sure all her children are on track with their schoolwork while keeping the … Read more
Volkswagen’s largest electric car leaked: Seven-seat ID.6 breaks cover after details of the new SUV are uploaded to Chinese regulatory site Images lifted from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology site All car firms have to upload info to gain type approval for models in the country ID.6 isn’t due in showrooms in China … Read more
YouTuber ‘Roaring Kitty’ has been one of the key cheerleaders of the GameStock rally The Reddit subgroup fueling the unprecedented surge of GameStop shares in a campaign that is rattling Wall Street, has been kicked off gamer messaging app Discord due to hate speech violations. Discord on Wednesday confirmed it has banned the r/WallStreetBets server … Read more
Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on 2 December 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a few … Read more
Dinosaur fossil from 98 million-years-ago unearthed in Argentina may have been the largest animal to ever walk the Earth, study claims The fossil remains — including tail and pelvic bones — were uncovered in 2012 The giant titanosaur sauropod dinosaur would have had a long neck and tail It was preserved in a muddy floodplain in what … Read more
AI chipmaker Graphcore attracts funding to the tune of £165m as global investors back Bristol-based unicorn Bristol-based Graphcore was begun in 2016 by Simon Knowles and Nigel Toon Its latest funding round was led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pensions Plan Board Back in July, the business released its latest-generation AI chip, the GC2000 By Harry … Read more
Britain’s biggest family The Radfords – with 22 kids – unwrapped presents together in sweet footage from Christmas Day. The Christmas video – showing mother Sue opening a ‘massive’ gift – also gave a glimpse of the family’s piles of gifts that were under their huge tree. Noel Radford, 49, shares 22 children with his … Read more
World’s largest free-floating ice berg that’s the size of Delaware is breaking apart – and could stop seals and penguins getting food Iceberg A68a calved from Antarctica in 2017 and has been free-floating since New satellite images on Monday showed cracks along its surface On Tuesday, imagery reveals the cracks broke through and formed more … Read more
World’s largest free-floating iceberg loses a 70 square miles chunk from its northernmost section after slamming into the continental shelf surrounding South Georgia island Iceberg A68a is on a collision path with South Georgia island NASA satellites captured an image showing it lost a large chunk along the way The pieces is measures about 70 … Read more