August 13, 2022

After 34 years of marriage, the Duke of Norfolk has confirmed his divorce has been finalised, saying: ‘It’s just terribly sad.’ The staunchly Roman Catholic Duke, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, said both he and Georgina had tried…

If you wake in the night and hear an intruder downstairs, you must assume he's armed. And he will kill you if you interfere.' The friendly police captain was answering my question about a flurry of home invasions nearby, in which a father…

The £1.2billion takeover of Biffa could be thrown into doubt by a landfill tax investigation. Revenue & Customs is looking into the waste firm's accounts, which could result in a £168million bill. The FTSE250 company's…

Private equity firms are circling the payment services business put up for sale by Capita, one of the Government's biggest contractors. Capita's Pay360 arm has been put on the block as part of a programme to offload non-core…

If you think electric cars are boring, this one should certainly change your mind.It's the latest model from Latvia's Dartz Motorz, which is best-known for building hulking armoured vehicles for celebrities but has more recently launched a…

Motorists have been told to brace themselves for a rise in car insurance premiums in the coming months in yet another cost-of-living blow for Britons, according to the latest industry update.The average motor policy increased by £5 in the…

What a handsome beast! Sitting in my driveway or out on the road, the sleek new Peugeot 308 SW estate attracts admiring glances. Rightly so. In design terms, it's right up there with more expensive premium players such as Audi. And…

From righting the wrongs of cladding costs to rising interest rates and helping first-time home buyers get on to the property ladder, the housing market has much on its plate. But Persimmon will hope it can find solutions – and…

Haleon's terrible start to life on the London Stock Exchange has intensified after the consumer health group admitted it may get caught up in a massive lawsuit involving a heartburn drug in the US. The company, which sells…

The doom-laden predictions of the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey are the centre of debate. Some question his forecast of a 15-month recession on the basis of the Bank's woefully flawed reading of the economic outlook earlier in the…