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The Conservatives saw internal Labour division as a straw and clutched at it. Over the summer of 1999, a frenetic campaign saw novelist Jeffrer Archer and former transport minister Steve Norris battle it out, and Archer…
He has directed London theatre since the 1960s and in 1989 directed Ian Charleson when he was artistic director of the National Theatre. In Andrew Scott’s Elsinore, Richard Eyre is portrayed by Johnny Flynn. The movie…
Elsinore film: I was shallow breathing throughout Scott, who produces and stars, is devastatingly good as the man who would rather “die of Hamlet than of AIDS,” delivering agonisingly realistic blow-by-blow accounts of…
Since almost the beginning of time, or at least since it’s been so beautifully and elegantly measured , watches and the City have gone hand in hand. You only have to look to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and…
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Thursday the fine, which was discounted to £6.05m for early admission and co-operation, related to the Big Four giant’s audit of the transport firm between the 2016 and 2020…
The start-up, which launched in May with a heavyweight broadcaster line-up including Mark Pougatch, Sonja McLaughlan and Vassos Alexander, is understood to be in talks with several potential investors for its second…
Brits held off inquiring about buying new home s last month as fears over higher mortgage rates dampened the market. Housing demand dropped in September, according to a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered…
Several have told the BBC they believe they should get some money back, but have been offered no refund. Tui apologised and blamed low water levels on the Danube, adding that customers continued their holidays on amended…
The FTSE 100 company said on Thursday it now expects VodafoneThree to deliver £1bn in annual savings by 2032, up from its previous target of £700m by 2030. The upgraded target comes just over two months after Vodafone…
The UK's biggest grocer said sales rose just 2% to £33.8bn in the 26 weeks to 29 August, but underlying profit was up 6.5% to £1.8bn. Ken Murphy, the chief executive of Tesco, said growth had been helped by strong online…