LIV Golf secures funding and looks to Trump for help relaunching bankrupt competition October 6, 2026 LIV Golf chiefs are hoping for help from US President Donald Trump as they look to relaunch the league without the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The bankrupt team golf competition, home to stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, has secured funding from BC Partners and says it is in talks with more [...]
Huge £45m bill for Peckham Rye station upgrade branded ‘scandalous’ October 6, 2026 The huge £45m bill to give Peckham Rye station step-free access – which is backed by a top Cabinet minister – involves forcing builders to use handheld tools to carve bricks and demolishing an art centre in order to complete the works, City AM has found. On Tuesday, energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh launched a petition [...]
City watchdog launches probe after whistleblower’s death raises questions October 6, 2026 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a probe into how the regulatory body interacted with a whistleblower who recently took his own life. Simon Andriesz, a former managing director at BGC Partners, had blown the whistle on alleged links between the US secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He [...]
ViiV Healthcare’s long-acting HIV treatment Cabenuva (cabotegravir + rilpivirine) meets primary endpoint of superior viral suppression vs. daily oral therapy in people with viremia October 6, 2026 CROWN is the first large, phase IIIb international trial to evaluate the investigational use of long-acting Cabenuva versus daily oral therapy in people with a history of antiretroviral treatment and unsuppressed HIV Results build on LATITUDE study and robust body of evidence supporting investigational use of long-acting cabotegravir + rilpivirine treatment in delivering viral suppression across treatment-experienced populations, including people with viremia at initiation Data to be shared with health authorities for regulatory review
Robert De Niro on $1.3billion hospitality empire: ‘I’m very protective of Nobu’ October 6, 2026 Goodfellas and Taxi Driver legend Robert De Niro talks exclusively to City AM The Magazine about his hospitality empire, which quietly occupies the 83-year-old New York-born actor in-between his film-making. Over the last 40 years, De Niro has been launching Nobu restaurants around the world, a Japanese brand he is fiercely protective of. He speaks [...]
Premier League gets US broadcast bounce after World Cup October 6, 2026 The Premier League has received a US-shaped broadcast bounce with the World Cup inspiring Stateside viewership of the English top flight. Premier League viewership among adults aged 18-34 is up 20 per cent compared to last season, with Tottenham Hotspur’s struggles featuring in three of the top six Stateside broadcasts. The data, from sponsorship analytics [...]
‘Hard to imagine’ no price hikes after Paramount Warner Bros mega merger October 6, 2026 Streaming customers are likely to face further price rises after Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery complete their $111bn (£82bn) merger on Tuesday, analysts have warned. The Hollywood giants will combine under a new parent company called Skydance, bringing Paramount+, HBO Max and some of the world’s most valuable film and television franchises under one roof. [...]
Asos shares crater after ‘hackers’ threaten data leak October 6, 2026 Asos shares have tumbled after customers were told the online fashion seller’s systems had been “fully compromised” by hackers. Users of the Asos app received a push notification on Tuesday morning titled “ASOS HACKED”, in an apparent attempt by the attackers to contact the company’s data protection and IT teams. Asos said on Tuesday afternoon [...]
A Dram with Paddy Fletcher October 6, 2026 Instead of erecting yet another Highland whisky ’shed’, Paddy Fletcher and Ian Stirling hit the scene with their dramatic, vertical Port of Leith distillery in 2023. This restless pair have also embraced gin, Scotch RTDs and launched a new whisky bar as Ian Fraser discovers … Despite developing an early taste for Tè Bheag, the [...]
Cut stamp duty to reap £4bn windfall, Berkeley urges Healey October 6, 2026 One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders has urged John Healey to slash stamp duty on newly built homes, in a move which it says would hand the Treasury a £4.2bn windfall. In its Budget submission, London-listed Berkeley Group told the Chancellor that urgent action was needed to prevent the housing market from “sliding over an economic [...]