Month: October 2024

The steps of Old Marylebone Town Hall were covered with confetti on Tuesday as 100 couples tied the knot in a mass celebration to mark 100 years of the iconic venue. The town hall, which has been the site of scores of celebrity weddings including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, and Liam Gallagher, charged the couples just £100 for participating in the event. From 8am until 10.30pm, couples will […]

Sacked Post Office chairman Henry Staunton has denied using racist or misogynist comments in a meeting – claiming colleagues had said “there was not an ounce of racism in me”. Henry Staunton told the Horizon IT inquiry he was “deeply stung” by the inappropriate comment allegations following a meeting concerning candidates to be chair of the Post Office’s Remuneration Committee. Mr Staunton was dismissed by former business secretary Kemi Badenoch […]

A luxury cruise ship which was stranded in Belfast for four months is to return to the city just hours after it finally set sail. Chief executive of Villa Vie Residences Mike Petterson said the liner still had to complete administrative paperwork before it could finally depart to undertake a three-year round-the-world cruise. Villa Vie Odyssey had been scheduled to leave the city in May but was delayed as it […]

The UK Government has chartered a flight out of Lebanon for Britons wanting to leave as Israel said it had begun a “limited, localised” operation in the southern part of the country. Foreign Secretary David Lammy described the situation in Lebanon as “volatile” and with the “potential to deteriorate quickly” as the flight, due to leave Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Wednesday, was confirmed. Earlier, Mr Lammy reiterated calls for Britons in Lebanon to […]

New rules have come into force banning businesses from withholding tips or service charges from their staff. Firms including restaurants, pubs, hairdressers and taxi operators are set to be impacted by the new law requiring 100% of tips to be shared between employees from Tuesday. However, hospitality industry bosses have cautioned that the move could hit under-pressure businesses with an “additional cost”. The law means that tips must be passed […]

The most accurate ultrasound test can detect 96% of ovarian cancers in postmenopausal women, new research suggests. The findings indicate that the test should replace the current standard of care test in the UK, experts say. A new study compared all the tests that are currently available to diagnose the condition and found that one in particular was more sensitive than the others. Of the six diagnostic tests investigated, the […]