Liverpool Echo Arena car park fire “to cost insurers more than £2m on car payouts alone” January 1, 2018 The New Year’s Eve fire that destroyed as many as 1,400 cars in a multi-storey car park next to Liverpool’s Echo Arena could end up costing insurers £2m at the very least, City A.M. understands. Firefighters were called to the car park at 4:42pm yesterday afternoon, but were still battling to contain the blaze, which [...]
Questions raised over Donald Trump New Year’s Eve party ethics January 1, 2018 Donald Trump saw the New Year in with a lavish bash at his Mar-a-Lago private resort – where guests were charged up to $750 for a ticket to join him. The 45th President was joined by his wife Melania and their son Barron, as well as his daughter Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner and their [...]
Sydney plane crash: Compass Group chief executive Richard Cousins, son Will Cousins, named among six killed in New Year Eve crash January 1, 2018 Compass Group boss Richard Cousins has been named as one of six people killed in a plane crash in Sydney on New Year’s Eve. Cousins’ sons Edward and Will Cousins, his fiancee Emma Bowden and her 11-year-old daughter Heather were also killed, alongside the pilot Gareth Morgan. The tourist flight plunged into the Hawkesbury river [...]
Boris Johnson, Chris Grayling, Patrick McLouglin, Justine Greening and Andrea Leadsom face sack as Theresa May mulls New Year Cabinet reshuffle | City A.M. January 1, 2018 A New Year reshuffle of Theresa May’s top team is looking increasingly likely as the embattled Prime Minister continues to face down pressure over her leadership. Boris Johnson could lose his role as foreign secretary to take on a tougher gig involved with Brexit delivery, although allies have told the Sunday Times the Leave-backing minister [...]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un: Nuclear button is always on my desk January 1, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has kicked off 2018 with a new warning to Donald Trump: Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons are now capable of reaching “the entire” United States, and the rogue state is willing to use them if necessary. During a televised New Year’s Day speech, Kim gave an unequivocal message to his Western antagonist. [...]