Man of the people? New Labour leader Sir Keir owns seven acres of land in Surrey worth up to £10m Sir Keir Starmer owns seven acres of land that could be worth up to £10 million The property is on a green belt next to the Surrey home where he grew up The leader’s spokesman … Read more
Britain’s fifth richest man Sir James Ratcliffe is slammed for furloughing 800 staff at his luxury hotel chain despite £12.2bn fortune Sir James’ hotel chain is using the government’s furlough scheme to pay staff Secured £4million from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme Wealthier hotelier last reported to have had plans to move to tax haven … Read more
Sir James Dyson has been named top of the Sunday Times Rich List for the first time with a £16.2billion fortune. The Brexit-backing entrepreneur saw his wealth grow by £3.6billion over the past year, while Britain’s wealthiest saw £54billion wiped of their fortunes in two months due to coronavirus. In February, it was expected the … Read more
NHS student nurse, 35, tells how Sir Rod Stewart sent her £5,000 cheque to help her through ‘rough times’ after she beat coronavirus Nurse Natasha Jenkins spent 22 days on a ventilator fighting coronavirus She contracted the deadly virus while working on the NHS frontline So rapid was her decline that she cannot recall how … Read more
Britain’s top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill ALSO had coronavirus at the same time as Boris Johnson, No 10 finally reveals six weeks later sparking a furious secrecy row Sir Mark Sedwill was ill with coronavirus at approximately the same time as PM Sir Mark worked from home during illness and was ‘carrying out duties … Read more
Back in 1968 and 1969, the Hong Kong flu hit the world. In the UK, 80,000 people died and the lives of one million were lost worldwide. I was 24 at the time, just starting my career, and while I still vividly remember the Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy’s assassination which were a little earlier, … Read more
Sir Stelios offers a £5m reward to anyone who can help him stop Easyjet’s £4.5bn deal with Airbus By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:36 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:20 BST, 13 May 2020 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou wants the budget airline to cancel an order with Airbus for 107 … Read more
Sir Richard Branson selling £400m stake in his space exploration business to prop up rest of his ailing empire By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 17:37 BST, 12 May 2020 Sir Richard Branson is selling a £400m stake in his space exploration business to prop up … Read more
Sir James Dyson has ditched plans to build a waterfall on his £20 million estate following a backlash from conservationists. The billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner had also lodged plans to renovate a dam and enlarge one of three lakes on the Gloucestershire estate he bought in 2003. But Historic England raised concerns … Read more
This has been a busy old crisis for Sir David King, the former chief scientific adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who has rolled back the years to turn himself once more into a staple of the nation’s TV and radio news schedules. The sprightly 80-year-old, who gained fame as the face of the … Read more