English wine is fine: British producers booming despite merciless pandemic hit to hospitality June 11, 2022 The top producers of English wine have seen their turnover increase by another 4.5 per cent last year. Proceeds from British wines went from £24.3m in 2019/20 to £25.4m in 2020/21, despite sales to the hospitality sector being heavily impacted by Covid. Sales to hospitality venues and events organisers such as conferences, awards and weddings [...]
Work starts on unique HS2 tunnel that will blend railway into local landscape in first of its kind in UK June 11, 2022 HS2 said today work has begun on the construction of an innovative green tunnel designed to blend the railway into the landscape. The one-and-a-half-mile-long structure in Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, is being built on the surface of the ground to speed up the process. More than 5,000 concrete segments made in a factory in Derbyshire will [...]
Watchdog CMA zooms in on mobile ecosystem dominance: ‘Apple and Google hold all the cards’ June 10, 2022 The UK’s competition watchdog said today it is planning to launch an investigation into the “effective duopoly” that Apple and Google hold over the mobile ecosystem. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was consulting on the launch of a market investigation into the power of the two firms following its publication of a [...]
Close to Malaga: Watch how fire crews struggle to control gigantic wildfires in southern Spain June 10, 2022 A wildfire in mountains in southern Spain has forced evacuation of 2,000 people from the center of the town of Benahavis and injured three firefighters, authorities said.
Britain’s ‘most-wanted’ tax cheat begins eight year jail sentence after nine years on the run June 10, 2022 One of “Britain’s most-wanted tax fugitives” has appeared in court for her role in a multimillion-pound VAT fraud after she was extradited following nine years on the run. Sarah Panitzke, 48, originally from York, finally faced justice when she appeared at Kingston Crown Court in south-west London on Friday. Panitzke absconded in May 2013 while [...]
Far from over: Omicron infections across UK rising as Covid pandemic makes quiet comeback June 10, 2022 New figures show this afternoon that Covid-19 infections in the UK are no longer falling, with some parts of the country showing early signs of a possible increase. The rise is likely to have been caused by a jump in infections compatible with the original Omicron variant BA.1, along with the newer variants BA.4 and [...]
Shock ruling: BBC Radio One DJ who abused vulnerable children sees jail term increased from 12 to 18 years June 10, 2022 Mark Page, a former Radio One DJ who arranged to have sex with vulnerable children in the Philippines, has had his jail term increased from 12 years to 18 years by Court of Appeal judges. Page, 63, who worked at the station in the 1980s, had been given a 12-year sentence by Judge Paul Watson [...]
Rebranded and under new ownership: McDonald’s set to relaunch in Russia market this weekend June 10, 2022 This weekend will mark a new dawn for Russian fast-food lovers as former McDonald’s Corp restaurants reopen under new branding and ownership, more than three decades after the arrival of the Western fast-food chain in the world’s largest country. Watch the full video report.
Boris Johnson has until autumn to save his job, Lord Frost says June 10, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has until the autumn to set out a clear Conservative vision for the future or face being ousted by his own MPs, his former Brexit minister, Lord Frost, has warned. Despite having survived a bruising vote of confidence on Monday, Lord Frost said the Prime Minister could not afford to ignore [...]
Recruiters warn companies’ growth to be hit by increasing skills shortages June 10, 2022 Employers could be starting to rethink their growth plans because of continued skills shortages, research suggests. A study found a slowdown in recent increases in the number of people placed into jobs by recruitment agencies. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG said a number of recruiters blamed candidate shortages for hampering their ability [...]
