August 2022 – Page 3 – The Saturn Herald

England 116-6

17 Aug 2022 Test Match Series First LV insurance Test, Day 1 of 5 at Lord’s, England Vs South Africa England 116-6 off 32ov, Pope 61 not out off 87, 4 fours, Stokes 20 off 30, 4 fours, Nortje 3-43, Rabada 2-36, Jansen 1-18. Anrich Nortje, bowling at 90 mph claimed 3-43 while Kagiso Rabada…

Crown Prince pardoned

Lee Jaw-Yong, Samsung heir, convicted of bribery and embezzlement in 2017 – has been granted a special presidential pardon. Lee was twice imprisoned for bribing a former president. South Korea’s government justified the move, saying the de-facto leader of the country’s biggest company was needed back at the helm to spearhead economic recovery post-pandemic. Lee’s…

Saudi Aramco announces a record quarterly profit of $48.4bn

Saudi oil giant Aramco has broken its own record with a $48bn (£39.bn) profit for the second quarter of 2022, a 90 per cent increase and marks the biggest earnings for the world’s largest energy exporter since its public listing three years ago. Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered skyrocketing oil and gas prices. The…

Glencore severs ties with Chinese traders

Baar, Switzerland-based commodities trader Glencore Plc and Geneva-based IXM SA have both ceased it supply of metals to Liaoning, China-based metals merchant Huludao Ruisheng after the disappearance of $500 million in copper. Glencore has transferred some of its existing stock from Qinhuangdao to alternative locations, including Qingdao. A total of 13 Chinese trading firms had…

Home offers sanctuary and privacy

Scottish Unionist politician and Conservative thinker wrote in 1923, that to make democracy stable, the government needed to promote a property owing democracy, to meet the rise of socialism with constructive conservatism. Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy policy was one of the defining policies of her long tenure in Downing Street from 1979-90, aimed at…

Powerful Memoir of homelessness in the UK

Daniel Lavelle’s Down and Out, reveals his own experiences as well as those of witty and complex, hopeful individuals he has encountered who have been shunned or forgotten by the state that is supposed to provide for them- in order to shine a powerful light on this dire situation. Daniel Lavelle, a freelance feature writer,…

Restaurant with a ludicrous profit margin

Salt Bae’s London restaurant which started as a myth, serving embalmed steaks in gold leaf at £700 each portion, then had to take off the menu at the dining room at the foot of the Park Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge. Nusret UK’s financial statements for 2021, just after three months of opening in the…

Raymond Briggs – The Snowman illustrator dies aged 88

Raymond Briggs creator of The Snowman and many other stories recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Book Trust for his outstanding contribution to children’s literature. The BBC cancelled plans for a new radio version of Christmas favourite The Snowman after its composer complained that it would “sound silly”. Raymond Briggs, who never…

England surpassed the 174 medals tally from Glasgow in 2014 and secured 57 golds, 66 silver, 53 Bronze, and 176 medals overall in Birmingham at the 2022 Commonwealth Games behind Australia’s 178. Scotland finished with 51 medals and Northern Ireland secured 18 medals. Birmingham 2022 announced more than 1.3 million tickets had been sold, making…

Olivia Newton-John, star of Grease dies aged 73

Olivia Newton-John, star of Grease and multi-platinum selling singer and actress died aged 73 at her southern California ranch according to her husband John Easterling. “Olivia had been a symbol of triumph and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer,” the statement from her family said. Newton-John achieved commercial success as…