Emily Brearley will be cutting her waist length hair into a bob for charity. She did this previously in 2019 and raised £400 for the The Little Princess Trust who create real hair wigs and provide them free of charge to children with cancer and other conditions which cause hair loss. More can be found…
Three brothers, David, Nino and Remo Rea have succeeded at the High Court in a claim against their sister, Rita Rea when the brothers were cut out of their mother’s will. Their mother Anna left nearly all her estate, totalling circa £1m to her daughter in 2016, however, the Judge said the evidence suggested Rita…
Virgin Media O2 is to axe up to 2,000 jobs by the end of 2023. It said the move, which includes around 800 previously reported job cuts, will affect around 12% of its workforce. It follows BT and Vodafone in reducing the size of its workforce. The cuts come around two years after the business was created by…
The main aim of the courts within financial proceedings is to determine a fair division of matrimonial assets between the parties and assess whether a clean break is achievable. Although judges do consider all aspects of the case, to ensure an impartial outcome, they focus mainly on the future and not the past. This is…
Sam Jones, a burger bar chef will be allowed to keep the £5million left to him by David Turner “an eccentric businessman” after the millionaire’s estranged sister, Mrs Cano failed to have his will struck out. Sam Jones first met David Turner at his burger van. The High Court heard that Mr Turner treated Mr…
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham says he’s considering a legal challenge to stop a consultation to close the majority of train ticket offices. Train operators across the country are asking passengers for their say on the plans, unveiled by industry body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). RDG claim things have changed significantly over…
The Court of Appeal has rejected Apple’s appeal against a ruling which found it infringed two patents on technology it uses in its iPhones and iPads. Optis Cellular Technology first sued Apple over the way it used Optis’ the patented technologies, which it said were essential for 4G connectivity and were found to be used…
Adrian Kwiatkowski, a hacker who stole two unreleased songs from Ed Sheeran and sold them on the dark web for cryptocurrency has been ordered to pay £101,053. About half of the money he has to pay is currently held in Bitcoin. He was charged with copyright infringement and possessing criminal property and was jailed for…
Introducing the Wrigley Clayduck, which made its first appearance at the Saddleworth Duck Race. Proceeds from the event went to various charitable causes organised by the Rotary Clubs of Saddleworth. The Wrigley Clayduck was designed by Sharmin Begum and Zahra Ali, and was presented at the event by Emily Lamb.
FC Sorrento, a team in the Australian second tier have become the latest football club rescind their contract with former Scotland striker David Goodwillie in the wake of a public backlash. Goodwillie and fellow footballer David Robertson were deemed by a judge at a civil court in January 2017 to have raped a 30-year-old woman in January 2011. Criminal…