Outsourcing giant Interserve is expected to go into administration later today after failing to persuade shareholders to approve a rescue plan for the company. The company, which has 45,000 UK staff, and 65,000 globally, runs support services and construction projects in a similar manner to Carillion. Its collapse was described as "history...
An Australian senator has provoked outrage after he described the New Zealand terror attacks as "vigilantism" and claimed that Muslim immigration was to blame for the atrocity. Fraser Anning, a senator in Queensland, issued a statement following terrorist attacks which killed at least 49 people saying the attack highlights a...
UK publishers have been criticised for showing live stream footage of the New Zealand terror attack in spite of efforts to moderate its use online. A gunman filmed himself moving through the interior of a mosque today and shooting at his victims indiscriminately, with the footage streamed live on Facebook. But...
Profits at JD Wetherspoon sunk 19 per cent in the six months to the end of January, its latest results show. The pub chain, run by prominent Brexiteer Tim Martin, blamed a rise in labour costs, interest payments, utility bills, repairs and depreciation for the fall. Martin is currently touring 100...
Parents have been shamed by their own children – for bad recycling practices, according to research. A poll of 2,000 mums and dads of children aged five to 18 found one in six believe their kids know more about what can be recycled than they do. And four in 10...
Sleep expert Dave Gibson has revealed his top tips for a great night's rest after new research revealed disrupted sleep patterns are among the biggest irritations about travelling for business. A poll of 2,000 business globetrotters found more than one in five dislike being away from home, with missing out...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the terrorist attack on a mosque in New Zealand "reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism does not have a religion" following a deadly assault by a rightwing extremist. Police say 49 people have been killed in Christchurch and more than 20...
Jackie Andrews from Barnet says her kitchen is stocked with wedding gift appliances that have out-lasted her husband following new research that shows Britain's kitchens are awash with old devices. Nearly seven in ten Brits regularly use household appliances which are at least 10 years old, according to the study,...
The European Union has outlined three reasons for allowing Brexit to be delayed. In a memo obtained by BuzzFeed News EU leaders will be advised that delaying Brexit will make sense in only three scenarios: to give more time to prepare for no deal, to complete ratification of the withdrawal...