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Britain faces a further month’s worth of rain in just three hours today after intense thunderstorms battered the country over the weekend, forcing people to flee their homes and evacuate supermarkets. A huge funnel cloud appeared over the Bristol Channel yesterday which appeared to create a spray from the sea, while an extraordinary ‘microburst’ storm … Read more
Lebanese cash could flood to Britain as test court case looms By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 A court case in London could trigger a huge flow of money out of Lebanon and into the UK. Evidence has been filed … Read more
Shock twist in Bachelor in Paradise legal case as it emerges Jamie Doran’s lawyer is ‘trying to convince his co-stars to join a class action lawsuit against Channel 10’ By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:46 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 04:47 BST, 31 July 2020 Just two days after announcing plans … Read more
Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director of public health, A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in Blackburn with Darwen are among its South Asian population, a local health chief revealed today amid fears it will become the second place in England to be hit with a local lockdown because of a spike … Read more
Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more
What are they and why do they form? Waterspouts are whirling columns of air and water mist. They form when cumulus clouds grow rapidly. These clouds are detached, fluffy-looking and cauliflower-shaped. Cumulus clouds develop due to convection. This is when hot air rises and cools to form water vapour, which then condenses to form clouds. … Read more
In Derby, they have a saying: ‘If you don’t work at Rolls-Royce, you know someone who does.’ The catchphrase, often repeated with pride, now has an element of poignancy as people wait, filled with trepidation, for the jobs axe to fall. The East Midlands town has three claims to global fame: its Royal Crown Derby … Read more
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Friday admitted an ‘abject failure’ by law enforcement in trying to control crowds of rioters who took over Minneapolis on Thursday night, torching buildings and overrunning a police station, as a city-wide curfew was declared between the hours of 8pm and 6am. Protesters have been running rampant in Minneapolis now … Read more
STOCK WATCH: Fund eyes Urban Exposure as three-way battle looms By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 A fund run by Christopher Mills has quietly built up a stake in AIM-listed Urban Exposure, which provides finance to property developers. The … Read more
Legal fight looms over Hargreaves Lansdown’s role in Woodford fund RGL Management is edging closer to launching a group legal claim against HL The claim is against HL’s promotion of Woodford Equity Income ahead of its closure in June last year It believes investors who bought the fund were not fully informed of the risks … Read more