Tony Bennett: US singing legend dies aged 96 July 21, 2023 American crooner and jazz singer Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96. Bennett became the torchbearer for the Great American Songbook over his seven-decade career, best known for his 1962 classic I Left My Heart In San Francisco which was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1994. On Friday, publicist Sylvia [...]
Just Stop Oil disrupt Open Championship Golf as Billy Horschel intervenes (but doesn’t go full Jonny Bairstow) July 21, 2023 American golfer Billy Horschel intervened to help remove protesters who invaded the 17th green at Royal Liverpool on the second day of the Open Championship. The 36-year-old escorted a woman wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt covered in orange paint off the green of the Hoylake links and into the custody of a police officer. [...]
McDonald’s sets up investigations unit after sexual harassment claims July 21, 2023 The UK boss of McDonald’s has appointed a new unit to crack down on sexual harassment and bullying after admitting the business has “fallen short”. Alistair Macrow said the investigation handling unit will able to refer cases to specialist investigators. It comes after more than 100 past and present workers at the fast food chain [...]
G20 financial watchdog needs to show teeth on crypto July 21, 2023 Nigel Green urges the FSB to apply sensible pressure to individual member nations to adopt their recommendations over crypto.
London tube strikes CALLED OFF as unions reach last ditch deal to evade chaos July 21, 2023 London tube strikes next week have been cancelled, after unions struck a last minute deal with Transport for London (TfL) this morning. Aslef, who represent train drivers, confirmed ahead of an official announcement that strikes from all unions would be called off. The RMT, ASLEF and Unite Unions had planned coinciding walk-outs – scheduled between 23 [...]
Crypto’s story this week is one of sideways trading, but the future is self-custody education July 21, 2023 As he thinks about taking to the racetrack, Jason Deane reflects over a week that has been far more exciting than just sideways trading.
Feisty one, you are! Minister Johnny Mercer compares new Labour MP to The Inbetweeners July 21, 2023 Tory minister Johnny Mercer has compared new 25-year-old Labour MP Keir Mather to a character from cult Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners. The minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Conservative said Mr Mather had been “dropped into” the Selby and Ainsty constituency and “spouted identikit Keir Starmer lines”, after earlier stating: “We don’t want parliament to [...]
BBC: Nigel Farage Coutts bank account story has been ‘clarified and amended’ July 21, 2023 The BBC has amended a story about Nigel Farage’s Coutts bank account after coming under fire from the politician for suggesting he lacked the funds needed to hold an account. The former Ukip leader said he was lodging a formal complaint over the reporting. The BBC’s business editor, Simon Jack, wrote in a Tweet that [...]
Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo named as worst packaging polluters in UK July 21, 2023 Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo are the worst packaging polluters in the UK, an annual waste audit has found. Campaign group Surfers Against Sewage, which released its annual audit on Friday, looked at more than 30,700 individual polluting items collected by more than 4,000 citizen scientists along coastlines, canal paths, bridleways and city streets over a [...]
Ovo: Shareholders for UK’s fourth biggest energy firm invest further £200m as profits slump July 21, 2023 Ovo shareholders have poured an extra £200m into the owner of the UK’s fourth-largest energy supplier.
