CLIMBING legend Sir Chris Bonington last night backed controversial plans to replace Jimmy Savile’s Glen Coe lair with a monument to hero mountaineer Hamish MacInnes. The veteran adventurer, 89, insisted flattening the sicko TV presenter’s Allt-na-Reigh bolthole was the “sensible thing to do” despite a string of complaints. 3 Beast Savile had Glencoe lair for 13 yearsCredit: … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Thousands of miles from the U.N.’s climate summit in the Middle East, the world’s largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than 35 years. Scientists believe the juggernaut’s breakaway from Antarctica was a natural occurrence, but say it provides a stark reminder of the potentially … Read more
SNP ministers are poised to ditch their long-running battle for a gender self-ID system in Scotland after another “humiliating defeat” in the courts, it has emerged. Judge Lady Haldane ruled Tory Scottish Secretary Alister Jack’s historic first use of a legal veto to block a devolved Bill was justified – despite the Scottish Government claiming … Read more
A Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ plane with the logo of tourism giant TUI at Hanover airport in Langenhagen, central Germany. JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Tui were roughly 9% higher mid-morning Wednesday after the German travel group posted full-year results that showed underlying earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) soared 139%. Revenue rose 11% to 8.5 billion … Read more
THE Suffolk Strangler got “a thrill” out of police “seeing his work” after he left “marks” on the bodies of his victims, experts claim. Steve Wright is currently serving a whole life sentence after he killed five women before dumping their bodies around Ipswich in 2006. 4 Serial killer Steve Wright has never admitted to … Read more
For the first time, CNBC’s Sustainable Future Forum took place in-person, hosted on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. in Dubai alongside the UN’s flagship climate change conference, COP28. Hosted by Steve Sedgwick, the Co-Anchor of CNBC’s flagship show ‘Squawk Box,’ the event explored how global leaders of business, industry and public policy should convey the vision of … Read more
A MOTHER and her daughter have been left “shaken” after a horror car jacking. The 38-year-old woman was waiting in her car with her 10-year-old daughter outside a building in Kilsyth on King Street. 1 The red Vauxhall Astra was spotted later in the evening driving south Around 9.10pm, last night, two thugs approached the … Read more
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.K.’s competition watchdog has opened an initial review into Microsoft’s mammoth investment into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, making it the first major regulator to flag potential competition concerns over the tech giant’s relationship with one of the most important artificial intelligence companies today. The Competition and Markets Authority … Read more
THE family of a woman who died after her BMW smashed into a row parked cars during a police pursuit have paid tribute to a “beautiful, loving and caring girl”. Xena Georgiou was rushed to hospital following the Sunday night horror in Sale, Greater Manchester, but died hours later. 1 Xena’s family paid tribute to … Read more
An electronic ticker displays stock price information on a totem sign outside the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The head of trading at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange criticized “flawed analysis” in a recent research report that documented short selling ahead … Read more
