London's resurgance as Europe's most valuable stock market for the first time in nearly two years proves Brexit "naysayers" wrong, former Tory MPs have said. According to Bloomberg data, the total value of companies listed on the LSE hit $3.18 trillion yesterday, overtaking the companies listed on the Paris Stock Exchange - valued at $3.13 trillion. The French market has declined because of uncertainty surrounding the snap election, called by Emmanuel Macron earlier this month. While the UK market is recovering after several years of underperformance. Tory candidate Marco Longhi said the devel...
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Experts have snapped back at complaints from the car industry which accused retailers of hiking petrol and diesel prices at the pumps. The Petrol Retailers Association said the latest data by the RAC overlooked several “critical” factors, with a full tank of fuel now costing roughly £80.50 for unleaded while the diesel equivalent is £83.30 The latest RAC report showed how expensive a full tank of petrol and diesel now is for drivers and called on political parties to pledge their support to help lower the burden on drivers. The PRA commented that the RAC must consider the significant increases...
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Xbox's high-powered marketing executive has left the company to join rival gaming platform Roblox. Jerret West oversaw the creation and delivery of multiple marketing campaigns, including those of games and consoles, and helped in product expansion such as Xbox's Netflix-like subscription service Game Pass, according to an internal memo penned by Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer. Jerret West had spent eight years working at Xbox as a part of its marketing and product division before he left for Netflix to head various marketing teams. He returned to Microsoft in 2019 as Xbox's chief marketing...
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Drake suffered another gigantic betting loss after the Boston Celtics comfortably defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. The Canadian rapper has made a habit over the years of going big with the bookies in in F1, NFL, UFC and football among others. UFC has been Drake's favoured sport to bet on as he's not been shy in putting millions on the line. He saw a return of £3million after wagering £1.84m on Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann both to win in 2022. Israel Adesanya also helped Drake win over half-a-million earlier that year only to lose £1.7m from the same fighter a few months late...
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A Tui passenger has revealed details of a "nightmare" flight which was forced to make an emergency landing before the aircraft was damaged by a cherry picker. Passengers on flight TOM193 from Cancun, Mexico, to Manchester were delayed by around two days. Last Monday, the flight was delayed by four hours due to a medical emergency on the incoming service. However, another medical incident on board the aircraft saw the plane making an emergency landing just an hour into journey. The plane landed in Charleston, South Carolina, where the fire service removed the sick traveller. However, a cherry p...
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A pensioner has received more than £77,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after financial advisers spotted a payment error. One elderly Briton reached out for help with pension planning from Vizion Wealth Chartered Financial Planners which discovered a state pension payment hike had not been awarded. The unnamed pensioner's wife retired in 2011 at 60 and is currently 73 but she claimed to have not qualified for the retirement benefit, despite having worked at her husband's company for a low wage. Under previous DWP rules, married women over the retirement age were able to get ...
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The MH370 mystery could finally be solved after an “extraordinary piece of research”, according to Simon Calder. The Independent’s travel editor joined Bev Turner and Andrew Pierce after researchers from Cardiff University found a signal which could help detect the missing Boeing 777 aircraft. The flight, along with all 239 people on board, went missing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. Calder believes the intrigue that has surrounded the incident since could finally be put to bed. Asked by Andrew Pierce whether we are “any closer” to solving the mystery, he said: “I think w...
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A care home has told its staff to seek permission before calling residents endearing terms such as "darling", "sweetheart" and "dear". Norwood House Care Home in Middleton, Suffolk, specialises in dementia care and began sending out the consent forms last month. Norwood House is part of County Care Homes, which is based in Essex and said that while it specialises in dementia care, "most of all we specialise in is love". County Care Homes described Norwood House: "Norwood House is a purpose built 59 bedroom Residential and Respite home for older people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s relat...
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While Spain is a popular tourist destination among Britons, loved for its sun, sea, sand and slow pace of life, more and more holidaymakers are threatening to boycott the destination. Currently, Britons are cancelling holidays to Spain amid anti-tourist protests and new laws. In recent days, thousands of locals marched against mass tourism in the Balearic Islands, following demonstrations in popular holiday hotspots Majorca and Menorca. Britons have consequently admitted feeling "unwelcome" in Spain, threatening to spend their money holidaying elsewhere. In addition to anti-tourist sentiment, ...
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Dick Strawbridge has had to put his foot down with his children - Arthur, 11 and Dorothy, 10 - after they begged to be more involved in their tours upon their return to the UK. For nine years, the Strawbridge family have been renovating their chateau since they took the plunge to move to France, as well as keeping their wedding business growing. The couple landed their own Channel 4 show - Escape to the Chateau - where fans of the couple could see the progress they had made alongside picking up tips and tricks along the way. After six years on the show, the family said their goodbyes and decid...
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