Chaos in Northern Ireland as DUP and Sinn Fein fail to agree extension of ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown despite late-night talks with regulations due to disappear TOMORROW night that would allow pubs to REOPEN Current four-week circuit break lockdown ends at midnight on Thursday night Ministers at Stormont have so far failed to agree a fresh … Read more
Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to ‘redouble efforts’ to reach a trade deal and signed off on talks continuing next week. The Prime Minister told his Brussels counterpart that there remained ‘significant differences’ in the UK-EU negotiations. He said the two sides differ on their positions over fishing … Read more
Victory for small firms as insurers finally agree to pay out on business interruption policies By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 21 October 2020 Small businesses are celebrating a ‘huge win’ after insurer RSA decided to pay holders of certain business interruption policies. Hordes … Read more
Flybe planes might start taking off from British airports again early next year after administrators said they had agreed a rescue deal for the collapsed airline. Thyme Opco has bought Flybe’s remaining assets and plans to restart the airline, although on a smaller scale than before. The new owners are linked to Cyrus Capital, which … Read more
Two self-made billionaire petrol tycoon brothers have agreed to buy Asda from Walmart for £6.8billion to bring the supermarket back under British control. Mohsin Issa, 49, and his brother Zuber, 48, from Blackburn, stunned the City by being named as lead bidders to take over the retail giant alongside private equity firm TDR Capital, and … Read more
Is your local Pizza Hut set to close? Five thousand jobs saved as landlords agree to lower rents – but these 29 restaurants will shut down Creditors agree to Pizza Hut’s Company Voluntary Agreement Company to go ahead with 29 restaurant closures, putting 450 jobs at risk Remaining 215 restaurants will remain open after seeing … Read more
On the face of it, the transvestite ceramic artist Grayson Perry is one of the least likely people in all the world to say anything even mildly complimentary about Right-wingers. I don’t say this just because he likes to dress up in women’s clothes — although the Left, if you’ll pardon a generalisation, tends to … Read more
India and China have agreed that their troops should ‘quickly disengage’ from a tense border standoff following a months-long stand off. The two country’s foreign ministers agreed to maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the Ladakh region where the two nuclear armed countries in June had their deadliest clash in decades. India’s S. Jaishankar … Read more
The American driver accused of killing motorcyclist Harry Dunn is willing to discuss taking part in a virtual trial in a UK court, it was claimed yesterday. The Director of Public Prosecutions told 19-year-old Harry’s parents on Wednesday he was ‘actively considering’ a virtual trial for Anne Sacoolas, 43, in an ‘unprecedented legal scenario’. Yesterday, … Read more
UK vows not to agree to alignment on EU rules as negotiating team gears up to resume Brexit talks tomorrow A source close to UK negotiators says it will not accept any constraining deal The UK is still seeking a free trade agreement similar to the Canadian model David Davis said that the 50 civil … Read more