London Metal Exchange sued for $456m over cancelled nickel trades
Reuters The London Metal Exchange (LME) has been sued for $456m (£365m) by fund manager Elliott Associates following the suspension and cancellation of nickel trades earlier this year. The claim was filed in the English High Court against the trading platform and its subsidiary LME Clear. It alleges that LME’s decision to cancel trades on […]
Slug & Lettuce owner to charge more at peak hours
Oliver Smith Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The Stonegate Group owns the Slug & Lettuce pub chain The pub group that owns Slug & Lettuce and Yates bars has said it will charge about 20p more per pint during peak hours due to cost increases. Stonegate Group, the UK’s biggest pub chain, says 800 […]
Public asked to help focus Isle of Man police priorities
Ashlea Tracey BBC Isle of Man BBC Eight priorties have been set out by the island’s police force People are being asked for their views on how safe they feel living on the Isle of Man and what the police’s priorities should be. A survey by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) asks residents to […]
‘The bank sent my safe house address to my abusive ex’
Katy Austin Business correspondent BBC Claire had to move house when the bank accidentally sent a letter disclosing her address to her ex-husband. Only after Claire left her husband did she realise the extent of the abuse she had endured. In addition to physical violence, his abusive and controlling behaviour extended to money, too. “I […]
The female explorer who transformed travel
Eliot Stein Features correspondent Hilary Bradt Peru has remained one of Bradt’s favourite has destinations (Credit: Hilary Bradt) For the past 50 years, the co-founder of the world’s largest independently owned guidebook publisher has been inspiring travellers to go off the beaten path. In 1973, Hilary Bradt and her then-husband George were two young backpackers […]
Kim Jong-un appears in public, North Korean state media report
State media reported that Kim Jong-un opened a fertiliser plant on Friday Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory. It adds that people at the […]
Parkour athletes say the sport boosts mental health
Bea Swallow BBC News, West of England Wizzy Gang Parkour originated in France and became popularised in the late 1980s Parkour athletes say the daring discipline has helped to boost their mental health by facing fears, managing setbacks and building confidence. The sport sees participants, called traceurs, attempt to get from point A to point […]
Is this the most controversial film ever made?
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Fifty years after Liliana Cavani’s provocative and disturbing film The Night Porter was released to widespread critical disgust, how have views of it changed? “To write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric,” wrote the German theorist Theodor Adorno, suggesting, in his 1949 essay Cultural Criticism and Society, that artistic expression had been […]
RSPB wants urgent probe into crab deaths off north-east coast
Sally Bunce Thousands of dead crabs and lobsters have washed up along the coast A conservation charity wants an “urgent investigation” into the ongoing deaths of thousands of shellfish and other marine life off the North East coast. The RSPB also called on the government to halt dredging of the Tees estuary until “full scientific […]
American TikTok star Kalani Ghost Hunter tries Hull chip spice
American TikTok food reviewer @kalanighosthunter has given his thumbs up to chip spice The iconic Hull chip spice could soon be getting taste buds tingling on the other side of the Atlantic after US TikTok star Kalani Smith gave it a go – and loved it. Known to his 2.9 million followers as Kalani Ghost […]