Golden days: Tommy with late comedy partner Bobby Ball, right Tommy Cannon the comic, actor and singer is best known as one half of the double act Cannon and Ball, writes York Membery. He first found fame on TV talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1968 with fellow Lancastrian Bobby Ball (catchphrase ‘Rock on, Tommy’, who…
By MARK SHAPLAND Updated: 21:52 GMT, 23 November 2024 A mother-of-three who founded the UK’s most glamorous sex party brand is looking to raise funds to expand her business around the globe. Emma Sayle, 46, who attended the same Downe House School in Berkshire as Kate Middleton and was spotted with the future Princess of…
By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:51 GMT, 23 November 2024 Scrutiny: Chancellor Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves has received £175,000 in donations from City grandee Sir Victor Blank, a former chairman of TSB. Sir Victor was at the helm when Lloyds was strong-armed by the last Labour government into rescuing Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial…
By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 12:08 GMT, 23 November 2024 The Government’s stake in NatWest has fallen below 11 per cent for the first time since the bank was bailed out by taxpayers during the financial crisis. It comes after Labour abandoned the Tory plan to offload its remaining stake in NatWest in a…
The son of the Crown Princess of Norway will be imprisoned for one week as he was remanded in custody following a second accusation of rape since Tuesday. Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is also banned from having visitors and letters during this period due to the risk of tampering with evidence, as police believe they…
Vladimir Putin‘s experimental hypersonic rocket unleashed on Ukraine for the first time yesterday could strike any city in Europe in under 20 minutes, it is feared. Ukraine’s air force raised the alarm early Thursday morning that Russia‘s forces had deployed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as security cameras captured the moment multiple warheads rained down…
By JON HOPKINS Updated: 21:58 GMT, 22 November 2024 The High Street may have suffered an uncomfortable start to the Christmas quarter but DFS revealed it was sitting pretty. The furniture retailer bucked the trend by signalling that recent better trading has continued into its latest financial year. In a brief update, the sofa firm…
By SAMUEL NORMAN Updated: 21:50 GMT, 22 November 2024 A chronic shortage of charging points is denting demand for electric vehicles (EVs) – plunging Britain’s car industry into crisis. There are now more than 71,000 public chargers in the UK, with an average of 57 being added every day. The Department for Transport described it…
Conor McGregor has arrived at court with his parents and his partner Dee Devlin, as the jury continues to deliberate its verdict in a rape hearing at Dublin’s High Court. Mr McGregor is facing an accusation in the civil action that he ‘brutally raped and battered’ Nikita Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in…
Ilika secured another key milestone in the development of its Goliath solid-state electric vehicle battery technology this week. The AIM-listed company successfully tested Goliath’s 10Ah cells to industry standards, marking the next stage in its development roadmap. As well as EVs, Ilika’s tech is designed to meet the specific demands of applications in medtech, industrial…
