Jamie Spears, the father of singer Britney Spears, is in agreement to relinquish his role as his daughter’s conservator. He pledges to take part in an “orderly transition” to a new legal arrangement. However, Mr Spears’ lawyer insists there are “no actual grounds” for him… Read More »Britney Spears’ Father Stepping Down as Conservator
The TV and film business of technology giant Amazon is moving production of its Lord of the Rings series from New Zealand to the UK. The firm say the move is part of a plan to expand its production space and consolidate its footprint in… Read More »Lord of the Rings: Amazon moves production to UK
A man suspected of killing five people in a shooting in Plymouth before turning the gun on himself is named locally as Jake Davison. This is the worst mass shooting seen in Britain since 2010. On Thursday evening two males and three females were shot… Read More »Plymouth Shooting: Gunman named as Jake Davison
A law firm representing travellers is seeking a judicial review of the UK’s quarantine hotel policy and rules. Currently, on return from a country on the red list, travellers must stay for 11 nights in a quarantine hotel. Even if they are fully vaccinated and… Read More »Hotel Quarantine Rules face Legal Challenge
The UK economy rebounds as Covid restrictions ease. Official figures show it grew by 4.8% between April and June, as most businesses emerged from lockdown. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that retail, hotels and restaurants fuelled the expansion in gross domestic… Read More »UK Economy rebounds as Covid restrictions ease
A record number of over 5.45 million people are on the NHS waiting list for hospital treatment in England. The figures from June show a mixed picture. While the number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks or a year are both down, there is… Read More »NHS Waiting List in England at Record High
Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks cancels all of her solo concerts for the rest of the year because of rising cases of Covid in the US. The 73 year old star was due to perform at events in Colorado, California and Texas, but has called… Read More »Stevie Nicks cancels US performances amid Covid concerns
According to recruitment firm Reed, the number of jobs advertising working from home has risen compared to before the Covid pandemic. The number of Reed’s job vacancies advertising remote working has risen to 5% this year from only 1% before the pandemic. During the coronavirus… Read More »Working from home job adverts increase
Food delivery service Deliveroo says demand for orders has strengthened despite coronavirus restrictions easing. The number of Deliveroo orders and transaction value has doubled in the first half of this year, with 148.8 million in total. In other good news, the firm also reduced pre-tax… Read More »Deliveroo orders double as lockdown habits continue
TikTok takes over Facebook Messenger as the world’s most downloaded app, as popularity grew in 2020 during lockdown. The app’s owner, ByteDance, also holds top spot in its native country with Chinese language video app Douyin. Despite former US President Donald Trump trying to ban… Read More »TikTok most downloaded app of 2020