Why were hundreds left in debt over tax claims?
Anonymous Hundreds of clients of Apostle Accounting say they have received repayment demands off HMRC Hundreds of people across the country have been left owing significant sums of money after trusting their tax claims with just one company. It is a decision they now sorely regret. Rumours spread across workplaces that a Suffolk firm called […]
Instagram and Facebook ads help drive profit surge
Sales of Instagram and Facebook adverts soared this spring, delivering a surge in profits for parent company Meta. The company said revenue rose to more than $39bn (£30bn) in the three months to June, up 22% on the same period last year, as it charged more for adverts and the commercials reached more people. Profits […]
Gloucestershire Music Academy celebrates buying permanent home
A charity that provides music education is celebrating buying its site after a three-year fundraising campaign. Gloucestershire Academy of Music (GAM) has been renting Barbican House in Gloucester for ten years but has now bought the building from Gloucester Council. For over 40 years GAM has been providing lessons, group sessions, courses, and masterclasses to […]
Teams attempt to crack egg race world record in Cornwall
Florence and Fable The teams are raising money for two charities An attempt to complete the world’s longest egg and spoon race has begun in Cornwall. Two teams are racing total of 300 miles (480km) – using real eggs and wooden spoons – around the north and south coasts of Cornwall to Land’s End. They […]
Sam Fender tackles grief in new single People Watching
Getty Images Sam Fender’s new album People Watching will be out in February 2025 Sam Fender has has opened up about how the death of a “very close” friend and mentor inspired his latest single. The singer said People Watching is about Annie Orwin, who he described as “a surrogate mother in a lot of […]
Plans for Edinburgh’s Princes Street to become a food street
Google Food and drink outlets could replace the current retail shops on Edinburgh’s Princes Street under new plans to help the thoroughfare “move with the times”. The city council is to launch a public consultation on Friday to ask them for their thoughts on altering the authority’s strict planning guidance. The plan is to make […]
UK and France agree ‘principles of deal’
EVN/France Télévision French and British boats collided in the English Channel Britain and France have agreed on the principles of a deal that would end a dispute over scallop fishing in the English Channel. No UK vessels will fish for scallops in the Bay of Seine during the period when the French are not allowed […]
Michelle Yeoh ‘felt a failure’ for not having children
EPA Michelle Yeoh is one of the stars of the new Wicked film Actress Michelle Yeoh has said she felt “like such a failure” for not having a baby. The Oscar winner said she always wanted to have a family, and her first marriage – to businessman Sir Dickson Poon – was partly “about having […]
‘It felt like a life sentence,’ Gisèle Pelicot tells mass rape trial in closing statement
Final defendant says he was ‘surprised’ by situationpublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 08:45 GMT Laura GozziReporting from court in Avignon Warning: This post contains graphic details The last of the 50 defendants to be heard is a 62-year-old man called Philippe L. He says Dominique Pelicot got in touch after he posted on the […]
Furloughed workers urged to become fruit pickers
PA Media Furloughed workers may be encouraged to work as fruit and vegetable pickers to help farmers fill a labour shortage, the environment secretary has said. George Eustice told the daily Number 10 coronavirus briefing that only a third of the usual workforce was available. Many more would be needed in the summer and “we […]