The leisure group that owns the 126-year-old Brighton Palace Pier is planning to delist from the London stock market and return to life as a private company, in the latest blow to the capital’s junior market. Brighton Pier Group, which also owns several bars and mini-golf sites around the country, told investors it intended to…
A third former South Yorkshire police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. The ex-constable, aged in his 50s, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a teenage girl in the town in 2004. It follows the arrests late last year of two former South Yorkshire…
A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a home for sale on March 5, 2025 in Pasadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Mortgage rates have barely budged in the last month. That, and a broader concern among consumers about the state of the economy, has also kept mortgage demand muted. Total mortgage…
Israel’s defence minister has said the country intends to “seize large areas” of the Gaza Strip amid a major expansion of aerial and ground operations in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel Katz said in a statement on Wednesday that “troops will move to clear areas of terrorists and infrastructure, and seize extensive territory that will…
Suerte Tequila’s dedicated factory and agave farm in Jalisco Mexico. Courtesy: Suerte Tequila While some tequila makers have warned they might have to implement price hikes to offset tariffs, Colorado-based Suerte Tequila said it has been able to keep overhead prices low enough that it will absorb the levies if necessary. The Jalisco-made tequila label…
Brad Pitt is to star in a follow-up to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But, having written the script, Tarantino will hand directing duties to David Fincher, according to a report in the Playlist and subsequently confirmed by Deadline. In Tarantino’s 2019 alternative-history drama about the Manson “family” and Sharon Tate, Pitt…
Airlines warned Heathrow about risks to its power supply days before the airport was shut down by a substation fire, a Commons committee was told. The Heathrow chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, apologised for the disruption, which affected more than 200,000 passengers on Friday 21 March, but defended the decision to close as he said staying…
Kelly Ortberg, CEO of Boeing, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Jan. 28th, 2025. CNBC Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will testify in front of a Senate committee on Wednesday on the progress the plane maker has made on improving its manufacturing and safety standards after years of crises in both its commercial and defense units,…
Two Icelandic brothers, described as “business Vikings”, are in line to make millions after their ready meals company, Bakkavor, agreed a takeover deal with the competitor Greencore, in a move set to create a £4bn food-to-go giant. Greencore, the UK’s largest sandwich maker, said it had agreed to buy its rival Bakkavor in a deal…
An Indigenous teenager with head injuries was released from a hospital only to be re-admitted hours later in a worse condition, which led to his death, a murder trial has been told. Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died 10 days after prosecutors said he was allegedly chased, knocked to the ground and “deliberately…
