First woolly mammoth bone to be found in Scotland has been discovered on a beach
Nicholas Coombey stumbled upon the ancient bone while walking along the beach at Loch Ryan near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway
Met firearms cop appears for pushing 12 year old boy in Butlins brawl
His wife, a police civilian worker, admits assault.
Economic round up – June 2018
QuotedData's Economic round up – June 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital June Economic and Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken...
Investment companies roundup – June 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of May 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. June Investment Companies Roundup The premium of biotech company, Syncona, rose on positive news on two of its portfolio investments. Electra Private Equity reported in its half year results released in May that it will begin a formal sales...
Pervert caught in the act watching ‘fat porn’ on library computer
Oddball flicks through explicit images just feet away from children at library in Slough, Berks
Tips for Creating the Perfect Dressing Room
There are many things that you can do with a spare room; you could turn it into storage space, or even a home office. However, a much better idea is to turn it into a dressing room. Use this space to do your hair and makeup in ultimate relaxation. However, in order to create the perfect space, you need to make sure that you have everything that you need. In order to give you a head start, here are a...
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – 10.6% a year for 20 years
Aberdeen Emerging Markets - 10.6% a year for 20 years Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) will be 20 years old on 22 June 2018. This is no small feat; it has survived numerous crises in emerging markets (EM), the distortions of ‘hot money’ (where investors flood into, and later out of, whichever market or sector happens to be fashionable) and a long-standing market focus on growth sectors (which does not suit the managers’ value-investment style). Furthermore, since launch, it has delivered...
Restaurant Review: StreetXO, London
The only three Michelin starred restaurant in Madrid, David Muñoz opened DiverXO in 2007. The restaurant was quickly succeeded by the nearby opening of a less formal sister restaurant, StreetXO – an establishment with an off the wall, highly conceptualised menu. Nine years later, Muñoz brought his fine dining circus to London, launching StreetXO on Old Burlington Street, Mayfair. With a less formal atmosphere than DiverXO, StreetXO in London showcases the chef’s unconventional cooking style in an equally eccentric setting....
Inside the Tommy Robinson protest: a retired cop’s worrying view
What I witnessed this weekend in London leaves us all facing important questions. Perhaps the most serious is, given the events of Saturday, whether the depleted police service could effectively cope with serious disorder on the scale of 2011’s riots. Another Robinson protest is planned for next month while there has been twitter comments that a Brexit ‘betrayal’ will see disorder on a far greater scale. Another question is, given the events in and around Whitehall, why, on the Sunday...