EU agrees trillion-euro bailout plan dubbed ‘the most important agreement in the bloc’s history’ to help shore up its coronavirus-hit economy Bloc agreed huge bailout for countries’ economies amid fallout from coronavirus French finance minister called the agreement the ‘most important in EU history’ €500bn will be made available immediately and the same again for … Read more
Consign fat cat pay to history: We urge big business to end boardroom excess as virus wreaks havoc By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 31 March 2020 Companies cutting dividends and laying off workers in a battle to survive the coronavirus crisis should not … Read more
Coronavirus is taking the biggest toll on dividends in modern times, with more than £4.3 billion of payouts postponed or cancelled so far, and big distributors – such as oil majors – still to decide. Preserving capital in times of strife is critical, particularly for banks, because of their key role in supporting the smalland … Read more
‘It’s a cracker!’ Grant Denyer teases his appearance on Drunk History as Channel 10 releases the entire series on its streaming service By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:10 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 04:18 GMT, 27 March 2020 Channel 10 has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by releasing the new season of Drunk … Read more
Diggers giant JCB halts production for first time in its history because of coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 Diggers giant JCB has halted production for the first time in its history because of the pandemic. The British company … Read more
Nearly half of Labour members are ashamed of their country’s history and 53 per cent want to see the Monarchy abolished, new poll reveals Barely one in three of the Labour faithful are proud of Britain’s past, says poll Party’s 500,000-plus members are shown to be wildly at odds with the country They want to … Read more
Once, Cordoba was the capital of the Iberian peninsula and the largest city in the world. That was in the 10th century. It’s difficult to believe it now, for Cordoba has shrunk from its former status as a metropolis to a beautiful Andalusian jewel, with roofs of coloured tiles and storks nesting untidily on towers. … Read more
HISTORY By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 23:33 GMT, 5 March 2020 THE LOST FUTURE OF PEPPERHARROW by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury £12.99, 512 pp) The utterly beguiling characters from Pulley’s debut The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street make a much-anticipated reappearance here. Clairvoyant samurai Keita Mori and … Read more
Bombshell Cert: 15, 1hr 49mins Rating: I first saw Bombshell a few weeks … Read more
HISTORY BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER, RED SISTER by Jung Chang (Jonathan Cape £25, 400 pp) One February day in 1943, a petite Chinese woman arrived by train in Washington DC and was welcomed at the railway station by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the U.S. president. China was a U.S. ally in World War II, and … Read more