Author: Laura Robinson
An elite Ukrainian sniper who claims responsibility for the deaths of 113 Russian soldiers in the last nine months has revealed how his squad hunts its targets. The Ghost of Bakhmut, commander of the ‘Ghosts of Bakhmut’, revealed his unit, made up of a few dozen highly-trained soldiers, have killed 558 Russian soldiers in the same period of time. Ghost, his call sign in the field, also claims his team has one of the furthest sniper kills in history, with its last confirmed target being 1.5 miles away, or three times the length of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.He and…
YouGov agrees €280m loan facility to finance takeoverThe polling firm revealed it had agreed a facility of up to €280m with lendersYouGov intends to buy GfK’s consumer panel arm for a headline £270m priceStephan Shakespeare and Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi co-founded the companyBy Harry Wise Updated: 11:37 EDT, 2 October 2023 YouGov has agreed a new lending arrangement to help fund an intended acquisition aimed at boosting its European operations.The polling organisation, known for its close association with British politics, said it had agreed a facility of up to €280million (£243million) with lenders.It consists of a €240million amortising term loan and…
Chase was targeted nine times and hauled in seven catches for only 73 yards QB Joe Burrow has half the passing yards he had through four weeks last season DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news By Jake Fenner For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:28 EDT, 1 October 2023 | Updated: 18:40 EDT, 1 October 2023 A frustrating start to the season for the Cincinnati Bengals only got worse on Sunday after a 27-3 defeat to the Tennessee Titans that saw a severe lack of offense.The Bengals only racked up 211 total yards, compared to Tennessee’s 400 offensive yards – which included 173 on…
Take that, Coutts! Profits soar at arch rival HoareBy Calum Muirhead Updated: 11:26 EDT, 1 October 2023 Close ties: Six members of the family – including Venetia Hoare (pictured) – are partners at the bank The country’s oldest privately-owned bank saw its profits rocket last year due to rising interest rates – as arch-rival Coutts was embroiled in a row with Nigel Farage after closing his account.C Hoare & Co, founded in 1672, reported a pre-tax profit of £67.7 million for the year to the end of March, four times as much as the previous year.Hoare said rate rises had boosted its…
By Tamara Prenn and Lewis Browning For Mailonline Published: 10:30 EDT, 30 September 2023 | Updated: 13:27 EDT, 30 September 2023 25 shares 346 View comments Advertisement Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the latest scores, team news and updates from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool take on Ange Postecoglu’s Tottenham in the Premier League.Diaz has to score!My word. Salah plays Diaz and he should score!It’s a low cross and it’s absolutely pinpoint. He just doesn’t make the connection.Golden, golden chance. And that’s half time.Gakpo levels it up!Cody Gakpo has scored and injured himself doing so.Szoboszlai puts a…
A school educating Birmingham’s expelled children was paid nearly twice the fee per pupil as a nearby top public school – despite an official report concluding the council did not know if children were taught anything in unsupervised ‘home study’.Independent school Flexible Learning (FL) was paid more than £4.5million in three years by Birmingham City Council despite having no written contract, according to an internal audit marked ‘official – sensitive’, which was leaked to MailOnline.The report said an arrangement had been made where permanently excluded pupils were automatically placed at the school based on a small site in Hockley, central Birmingham…
Living on a street scarred by an potholes is a reality for hundreds of Brits.But for Sarah Ahmed and her 13-year-old wheelchair-bound daughter, potholes and flooded roads make simply getting out of their front garden a daily battle.Mother-of-four Mrs Ahmed, 35, has been trying to leave her home on dilapidated Mayfield Avenue in Bolton, Greater Manchester for ‘years’ and has faced issues including car damage and a rat infestation due to the poor state of the road.And the local council refuse to fix the road because they had not ‘adopted’ it – leaving locals in limbo and shelling out for repairs…
MARKET REPORT: Future is bright for shares in UK publisherBy Hugo Duncan Updated: 06:47 EDT, 30 September 2023 The latest trading update from magazine publisher Future proved compelling reading for investors as shares in the group soared.The company, whose 250 titles include everything from Marie Claire, Homes and Gardens and Country Life to Four Four Two, Golf Monthly and Yachting World, said it was on course to hit its profit target for the year.Analysts have pencilled in £254million of profit for the financial year ending today. Compelling reading: Future said it was on course to hit its profit target for the…
For the decade he spent on the judging panel of Britain’s Got Talent — one of ITV’s most successful Saturday night shows — David Walliams played a variation of the same joke.In this joke, he was a gay man, desperately in love with head judge Simon Cowell — or ‘My Simon’ as he would call him.It was a piece of high-camp theatrics which Walliams seemed to enjoy. Sometimes he would sneak up behind Cowell when they arrived at auditions and sneak a kiss on the cheek. Other times, he would try to lie on Cowell on the judge’s desk.Cowell would…
BUSINESS LIVE: GDP grows 0.2%; Yew Tree ups Aston Martin stake; Severn Trent eyes £1bn fundraiseBy Live Commentary Updated: 11:51 EDT, 29 September 2023 Gross domestic product grew by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, in line with expectations, fresh data from the Office for National Statistics shows. The figures confirm that the British economy is now bigger than before the pandemic. The FTSE 100 is up 0.9 per cent in afternoon trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Aston Martin, Severn Trent, Home REIT, Rathbones and Future. Read the Friday 29 September Business…