Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more

Protesters march to Jeff Bezos’ $165million Beverly Hills mansion

Protesters marched to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ palatial Beverly Hills mansion to demand the company address environmental and labor issues that came to a head during the pandemic.    Saturday saw a coalition of labor and environmental activists gathered at Will Rogers Memorial Park on Sunset Boulevard to decry Bezos and his multi-billion dollar e-commerce empire … Read more

Commuters lose 165million hours a year because of train delays, probe reveals 

Commuters lose 165million hours a year because of train delays, probe reveals Passengers in the North spend an extra 40 minutes a day on sluggish trains    At least 20 miles worth of useable rail carriages ‘are sitting idle in depots’   New Channel 4 probe comes ahead of Government review on rail improvements  By Tom Payne … Read more