Gold mining veteran Peter Hambro has launched an emotional plea to private shareholders, urging them to intervene after the board of the company he created 26 years ago was ousted. He said a vote this week is an opportunity for ‘properly informed’ shareholders to decide the future of Petropavlovsk, worth £1.3billion, after a shock vote … Read more
She has been proudly showcasing her recent weight loss while recovering from her split from James ‘Arg’ Argent. So Gemma Collins was naturally keen to show her former love what he is missing as she soaked up the sun in Tenerife on Thursday, while donning a chic poolside look, which helped flaunt the results of … Read more
An entrepreneur who moved a Playboy model into his luxury flat is fighting his ex-wife in court after complaining that a divorce judge handed her millions and left him nothing. Richard Rothschild and Charmaine de Souza had a 21-year relationship after meeting as students, marrying in 2005, having two children and running a thriving west … Read more
After the long economic and medical darkness of spring, midsummer offers some shards of hope. There is a big recovery in the forward-looking purchasing managers’ index (PMI), with both manufacturing and services output higher. The easing of lockdown for the hospitality industry – with the two-metre rules relaxed – is a boost, allowing pubs and … Read more
She’s moved on with a new man following a bitter split with her Married At First Sight TV husband, Michael Goonan, earlier this year. And now Stacey Hampton is auctioning off the stunning strapless frou frou gown she wore for their fairy tale TV wedding on eBay. The 26-year-old is also selling her sparking $2000 … Read more
HISTORY Coffeeland : A History By Augustine Sedgewick (Allen Lane £25, 448 pp) Have you ever scanned the blizzard of drinks on offer at your nearest Costa and thought, ‘I just want a cup of coffee’? If so, then maybe this book — more than 350 pages of dense political history of the erogenous little … Read more
A plastic children’s toy has sparked a war among the Married At First Sight cast. Stacey Hampton hit out at ex-‘husband’ Michael Goonan and girlfriend KC Osborne on Monday after the pair shared a TikTok video playing with her son’s Nerf gun. The 26-year-old said she left the toy at Michael’s house after their split in … Read more
Ex-Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman claims ‘bitter’ atmosphere that emerged when successor Edward Enninful took over left her feeling ‘persona non grata’ at magazine she ran for 25 years Alexandra Shulman, 62, was at the helm of British Vogue for 25 years But when her successor Edward Enninful, 48, took over in 2017 things got ‘bitter’ Her … Read more
Claudia Schiffer and her film director husband Matthew Vaughn have taken their local council to court after they approved their neighbours controversial home extension plans. The celebrity couple have been trying to stop Hans Pilo building a modern extension near their Grade I listed £5million manor home, south of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Ms Pilo, … Read more
HISTORY THE ZOOKEEPERS’ WAR by J.W. Mohnhaupt (S&S £18.99, 272 pp) Here’s a tale from the Cold War that’s little-known but deserves not to be. After World War II, as you know, Berlin was split into two. West Berlin was under the control of the Allies, while East Berlin was under the Soviet yoke, and an … Read more