The former Google boss Eric Schmidt has been named as one of the high-profile executives attending the Labour government’s first international investment summit. Schmidt, who was Google’s chief executive from 2001 to 2011, is expected to play a prominent role at the summit in central London on 14 October, where he will take the stage…
A man was arrested after boarding an easyJet flight without the correct documents at Manchester airport. The man, in his 20s, was discovered on an aircraft due to depart for Milan, at 7pm on Friday and was detained by Greater Manchester police officers. He was arrested on suspicion of hiding himself “for the purpose of…
Heinz has apologised after an advertisement displayed in London tube stations featuring a black family sparked anger online. The US manufacturer, which recently launched an ad campaign for family-sized pasta sauces, was criticised for promoting stereotypes in a billboard advertisement spotted at Vauxhall and Manor House stations. The advertisement depicts a bride, a black woman,…
Ahead of a rally by the Republic presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in Juneau, Wisconsin, a line began forming near the event venue at the Dodge county airport. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that attendees were greeted by a “larger-than-life Trump inflatable with which some were taking photos”. The former president’s speech is scheduled for 2pm…
A British mountaineer and her American companion who had been stranded in the Himalayas for three days without food have been rescued. Fay Manners, 37, and Michelle Dvorak, 31, had been climbing the Chaukhamba mountain in northern India, when they issued an SOS message on Thursday, with nothing further being heard from them. The pair…
Administrators are reportedly finalising a rescue deal for the UK arm of the TGI Fridays restaurant chain in a move that could save more than 2,000 jobs. Calveton and Breal Capital – the private equity owners behind upmarket restaurants including Le Pont de la Tour, Quaglino’s and Coq d’Argent – are said to be on…
A call by Emmanuel Macron for a halt in arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza has been met with an angry rebuttal from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The French president’s comments were directed mainly at the US and were part of continuing French efforts to revive its call for a ceasefire…
The family of an eight-year-old boy who died after being shot on a farm have described him as “loving, kind and full of mischief”. Jay Cartmell, who lived in the Cumbrian village of Frizington, sustained serious head injuries and died in hospital after the shooting last week. A man in his 60s was arrested on…
As a rule, retailers tend to trumpet price cuts and keep quiet about increases but wine sellers are breaking ranks to warn customers of looming rises due to a shake-up of the way wine is taxed. The big names behind the campaign include Majestic Wine, Laithwaites, Cambridge Wine Merchants and the Wine Society, who are…
Royal Mail has been accused of being “shortsighted” and risking a drop in the number of charity Christmas cards sent this year as it increases stamp prices for the fifth time in less than three years. The price of a first-class stamp will rise by 30p on Monday, to £1.65, far outstripping the rate of…
