The Exhibition Centre London (ExCeL) has won a court case over £16 million of COVID-19 business interruption (BI) insurance claims, which its lawyers say will potentially allow “hundreds of thousands of policyholders” to make the same claim. Pizza Express and a dozen of other businesses were also the winners in the six test cases, in which…
London’s ExCel Centre Wins Test Case Over £16 Million COVID-19 Insurance Claim
Sunak Delays Ban on Junk Food Multibuy Deals Amid High Cost of Living
The government has delayed plans to ban multibuy deals on junk food for another two years as food inflation remains high. The ban on multibuy deals on foods and drinks high in fat, salt, or sugar (HFSS), such as “buy one get one free” or “3 for 2” deals in England, is now set to take…
Is Mr. Bean Right About EVs?
Commentary Rowan Atkinson or as many of us know him: “The guy who played Mr. Bean,” has more experience with EVs than most. As an avid car owner and enthusiast, an early adopter of electric vehicles, and having previously studied electrical and electronic engineering (before his entirely unrelated career in entertainment), he surely has an…
[PREMIERING 6/17, 7:30PM ET] Exposing the Vaccine ‘Military Machinery’ Behind the Global COVID-19 Response: Sasha Latypova
“What we found is [that] the whole representation of what is happening is a lie … The U.S. government is representing to the public that this is a health event and the response to a health event. But in fact, … this is a military operation.” In this episode, I sit down with former pharmaceutical…
Gender Critical Professor Forced From Job Raises £160,000 to Sue University
A respected academic forced to quit her job after being labelled the “racist uncle at the dinner table” over her gender-critical views, has raised over £160,000 to take her former employer to court. Prof. Jo Phoenix launched the crowdfunding appeal after leaving her criminologist role at Open University in 2021. She says her employers failed…
Amazon’s $1.7 Billion Deal to Buy Roomba Maker iRobot Gets UK Approval
LONDON—British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the $1.7 billion deal still faces scrutiny in the United States and Europe. The Competition and Markets Authority said it decided not to escalate its initial investigation because it concluded that the deal would not result in a “substantial lessening of…
Sacked School Worker Who Criticised Trans and LGBT Sex Education Wins Appeal
A Christian school worker who lost an employment tribunal after claiming she was sacked because of her religious beliefs has won an appeal. Kristie Higgs was dismissed in 2019 from Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, for gross misconduct after sharing social media posts criticising plans to teach transgenderism and compulsory sex education in schools. A…
Nottingham University Graduate Charged With 3 Murders in the City
A mechanical engineering graduate has been charged with murdering two students and a school caretaker during an early morning rampage in Nottingham. Valdo Calocane, 31, has been charged with the murder of Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65. The students were stabbed to death in Ilkeston Road around 4 a.m….
Parole Board Says Double Child Killer Can Go Free but Minister Might Block Freedom Bid
The Parole Board has cleared the way for child killer Colin Pitchfork to be released from prison but the justice secretary, Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk, will consider the case “extremely carefully.” Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling Lynda Mann, 15, in Leicestershire in 1983 and Dawn Ashworth, who was also 15 years old,…
Tesco Boss Sees ‘Early Signs’ Food Inflation Starting to Ease
There are “encouraging early signs that inflation is starting to ease,” Tesco’s boss has said as the retail giant reported higher sales for the past quarter. Ken Murphy, chief executive of the UK’s largest grocery chain, suggested that rampant food inflation could have passed its peak, though he stressed that customers continue to face cost-of-living…
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