Fowl Play

Fresh Start for Hens, a charity that rehomes chickens which started in London in 2008, said it had over 52, 000 requests for hens since lockdown began. The charity saves birds that have reached the end of their peak laying years and would face being slaughtered. Jaki Hann, Operations director said the huge demand was…

Apple now a $2tn company

Apple has become the first US company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market within two years after becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar company in 2018. Its share price soared to $467.77 on Wednesday midmorning trading to push it over the $2tn mark.  The only other company to reach the $2tn mark…

Pizza Express closes 73 outlets with 1, 100 job losses

Pizza Express chain owned by Chinese firm Hony Capital is to close 73 of its UK restaurants with the potential loss of 1, 100 jobs in a deal to reduce rent costs. Zoe Bowley, Pizza Express’s managing director for the UK and Ireland said: “Unfortunately, the impact of the global pandemic has meant that we…

Chinese vaccine granted patent for authorisation

China is now the newest country in the world following the footsteps of Russia to register its novel vaccine for Covid-19 produced by CanSino biopharmaceutical firm. Chinese authorities granted the patent after studies proved that the vaccine prototype concurred with creative and intellectual property bases set by Beijing officials. The Chinese vaccine titled Ad5-nCOV was…

Elizabeth plays Princes Diana in The Crown

Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki, The Night Manager star, will play Diana, Princes of Wales, in the final two seasons of the hit Netflix series. The Crown. 29-year-old Debicki is known for her roles in The Great Gatsby and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, will take over from the fourth season’s Emma Corrin, and joins…

Ritz London targeted by scammers

Ritz Hotel in London have been targeted by scammers posing as hotel staff to steal payment card details. The scammers were extremely convincing when they phoned  with accurate details of their restaurant bookings, asking  them to confirm card details . Thye then tried to spend thousands of pounds at the catalogue retailer Argos. According to Ritz,…

In pursit of war time abusers

In May Octogenarian Rawandan businessman  Felicien Kabuga was arrested in Paris after 25-year of manhunt, he is finally in custody accused of bankrolling the worsyty atrocities since the Khmer Rouge: the Rwandan genocide. Melvern as a journalist encountered several leading genocides in Rwanda in the terrible summer of 1994 when  800, 000 people were slaughtered…

Innovation  game changers amid pandemic

  Matt Ridley, reveals the vital ingredients for success by chronicling the history of innovation and how we need to change our thinking. We experience dramatic improvements  in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society From Britain to Brazil, world economy is choking in first gear as we indefinitely await a vaccine, having…