Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud sells for £43.3M: Sothebys
A painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon of fellow UK painter Lucian Freud sold on Wednesday for £43.3 million ($52.5 million, 50.2 million euros), according to Sotheby’s auction house.
UK royal family will not release Meghan ‘bullying’ report: source
The details of a probe into allegations of bullying by the Duchess of Sussex against royal family staff will not be published despite its outcome leading to reform in the palace’s administration, according to a senior family source.
British Airways staff vote for Heathrow strike: unions
British Airways workers at London’s Heathrow airport have voted to strike over pay, unions said Thursday, as surging inflation erodes wages and sparks growing industrial
Sheeran awarded costs for ‘Shape of You’ copyright win
A High Court judge in London on Tuesday awarded Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters more than £900,000 in legal costs after winning a copyright trial
Moderna to build UK centre for mRNA vaccines
Moderna and the UK government on Wednesday announced a deal for the US biotech firm to build a cutting-edge centre to develop and produce mRNA
Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades
by Ben PERRY Britain’s railway network this week faces its biggest strike action in more than three decades in a row over pay as soaring
Apple faces $918M lawsuit over iPhone software update
Apple is facing a £750 million (878 million euros, $918 million) lawsuit in Britain after a consumer rights champion on Thursday filed a claim accusing
Spanish airline to fly UK-made helium airships
Spain’s Air Nostrum has become the first airline to reserve 100-seat helium airships that emit just one tenth of harmful emissions produced by jet planes,
Lockdown reading boom gives Bloomsbury record profits
British publishing giant Bloomsbury, which brought Harry Potter to the world, on Wednesday reported record sales, saying that the lockdown-driven surge in reading “is perhaps
You can’t always get what you want: Jagger gets Covid
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Monday said he had caught Covid, forcing the band to cancel its latest gig in Amsterdam. “I’m so sorry
