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Litigation specialist RGL Management is determined to hold investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown to account for the part it played in persuading investors to buy investment fund Woodford Equity Income ahead of its suspension in June 2019 – and subsequent break-up.RGL has told me more than 2,000 claimants have been added to the High Court group claim brought against the wealth manager in October 2022 with the number of claimants now more than 5,000.RGL says the action is for the losses that investors sustained as a result of the platform recommending the Woodford fund – run by Neil Woodford – right up…
By EVE BUCKLAND FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and JASON CHESTER FOR MAILONLINE Published: 13:59 EST, 18 November 2024 | Updated: 14:12 EST, 18 November 2024 Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter attended Sabrina Carpenter’s LA concert at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California over the weekend.Blue, 12, covered herself in lipstick kisses as she emulated the Taste hitmaker’s style on her Short n’ Sweet Tour – which has seen her don sequin leotards with rhinestone kisses on.Blue was the spitting image of her superstar mom in a stylish top and skirt as she headed to the concert – with red lipstick across her…
A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been found after almost 2,000 years.Archaeologists have uncovered part of the ancient Roman road known as Watling Street beneath modern London’s Old Kent Road.Watling Street was paved by the Romans in 43 AD and ran 276 miles (444km) from Dover to the West Midlands.This is the first time that researchers have found physical proof that parts of the Roman highway survive directly below its modern counterpart. Although Roman roads are characteristically straight, it has proven exceedingly difficult to find hard evidence of Watling Street’s path through the capital.However, during work…
Nanoplastics could be interfering with your antibiotics – making the crucial drugs less effective and contributing to the rise of dangerous drug-resistant superbugs. Using one of the most common antibiotics, called tetracycline, researchers in Sweden, Germany and Hungary, created a computer model to see how the medication interacted with bits of plastic that were less than one thousandth the thickness of a credit card.They then tested what they learned in the model on human cells grown in the lab. It turns out that the antibiotics bind to the surface of the tiny plastic molecules. This can cause the drugs to ‘hitchhike’ a ride…
Pasta-making grandmothers in the Italian city of Bari have staged angry protests this weekend after being accused of passing off factory products for hand-made delicacies.Famous for the ‘orecchiette’ or ‘little ears’ they sell, a type of pasta traditionally shaped by hand, an army of women line the streets of the city’s old quarter, making the food as tourists watch.The city has seen a boom in tourism thanks to via dell’Arco Basso, known as ‘orecchiette alley’, where pasta is made in people’s kitchens, dried and displayed on wooden trays outside their homes.But the tables where the local nonnas usually work the…
Martha Stewart’s prison ‘best friend’ has accused the lifestyle guru of lying about the harsh conditions she allegedly endured during her infamous stint behind bars. The mogul, 83, reflects on her ‘terrible’ time at FPC Alderson, a minimum-security federal prison for women in West Virginia, in the new eponymous Netflix documentary about her life. Stewart, who served five months at the facility known as ‘Camp Cupcake’ for her role in an insider trading scandal, revealed she was once thrown in solitary confinement where she was denied food and water. ‘I was dragged into solitary for touching an officer,’ Stewart says in the documentary…
Sweden is sending out some five million pamphlets to residents urging them to prepare for the possibility of war, with instructions on how to stockpile food and even seek shelter during a nuclear attack, as fears grow of a Russia-NATO conflict.Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Stockholm has repeatedly urged Swedes to prepare both mentally and logistically for a possibile conflict, citing the serious security situation in its vicinity.The booklet ‘If Crisis or War Comes’, sent out by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), contains information about how to prepare for emergencies such as war, natural disasters, cyber attacks…
Voters in Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in a series of primaries which could have an impact on the balance of power on Congress come November.Maryland could elect its first Black woman to the Senate, Republican governors could have a role in flipping the chamber, challengers from the right did not do well and major self-funding failed on Tuesday. At the same time, the latest series of contests in the three states also shed light on challenges both President Joe Biden and Donald Trump could face this fall. Here are the takeaways from Tuesday’s primary contests: Trump’s…
Mary Fowler has delighted her fans with a new photo drop on Instagram – including one very revealing pic that’s a radical departure for the Matildas star.The 21-year-old’s post featured snaps of a stunning view from a balcony, a black-and-white selfie of the glammed-up star, and shots of self-help books she’s reading. But the image that is sure to attract the most attention from her 442,000 followers showed her standing braless in front of a mirror in a tight T-shirt, with one commenter writing, ‘That fourth image’ accompanied by several face with hand over mouth emojis. Fowler is a prolific poster…
By TONY HETHERINGTON, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY Updated: 09:47 EST, 17 November 2024 Tony Hetherington is the ace investigator of Financial Mail on Sunday, This is Money’s sister title. He specialises in fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. A.T. writes: I am sending you the details of an offer of interest of 7.125 per cent on a Marks & Spencer fixed rate bond as I am just not sure about this. Tony Hetherington replies: You smelled a rat – and yes,…