Former BHS owner appeared in court charged with tax evasion
The 52-year-old businessman came into the public eye in 2015 after buying BHS for £1 off shamed retail tycoon Sir Philip Green just a year before it collapsed.
Iran says it won’t wage war as U.S. deploys more troops to Middle East
President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Iran would not wage war against any nation, sounding a note of restraint after the United States announced more troop deployments to the Middle East. Fears of a confrontation between Iran and its long-time foe the United States have mounted since Thursday when two ...
Southeast Asia should ban foreign trash imports – environmentalists
Environmental groups called on Tuesday for Southeast Asian countries to ban waste imports from developed countries to help tackle a pollution crisis, as regional leaders prepare to meet this week in Bangkok. Southeast Asia has seen a staggering spike in imports of plastic and electronic waste from developed countries after ...
Landlord fined £7000 for neglecting property and gardens grow wild
Leighton Dowding ignored two council community orders to clear the garden
Britain must do everything to keep finance competitive after Brexit, says Finance Minister
Britain's government is committed to doing whatever it can to keep its financial sector globally competitive after Brexit, financial services minister John Glen said on Tuesday. Britain is due to leave the European Union on Oct. 31 but it has yet to secure a divorce settlement with the bloc, the ...
Chelsea legend likely to be named manager
Derby County boss Frank Lampard would find it hard to say no to Chelsea if they offered him the manager's job, his uncle Harry Redknapp has told the BBC. Lampard, who spent 13 trophy-laden years as a player at Chelsea, guided Derby to the Championship (second-tier) playoff final in his ...
No-deal Brexit chills send pound to a five-month low vs euro
Signs that arch-Brexiteer Boris Johnson may be a step closer to becoming Britain's next prime minister sent the pound tumbling to a five-month low versus the euro on Tuesday as investors worried about the risks of a hard exit from the European Union. The pound dived to 89.66 pence versus ...
Health and wellbeing policies can no longer be treated as a ‘nice to have’ by businesses
Eight out of ten of Britain's small and medium sized businesses don’t have a health and wellbeing strategy in place, a study has found. Despite attitudes towards wellbeing in the workplace generally improving a whopping 82 per cent of SME business leaders confessed they don’t have a process in place ...
Lord Dubs calls on PM to match Kindertransport after seeing plight of child refugees abandoned by UK
Lord Alf Dubs was one of 10,000 children rescued from the Nazis by the Kindertransport. Today he will call for Theresa May to match pre-war Britain’s humanity by allowing 10,000 refugee children to come to the UK. Lord Dubs will be joined by council chiefs prepared to take more unaccompanied ...