Ex Glasgow Rangers player is now…an ice cream man
A former football star has scooped a role as an ice cream van man and is now supplying a housing estate with frozen treats. Ex-Rangers player Bob Malcolm, 36, operates a daily run in the east end of Glasgow with his Spiderman-clad treat wagon. He is thought to have been driving the van for the last few months in a bid to help a family member. Former Rangers player Robert Malcolm selling ice cream in the East End of Glasgow....
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017 – 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 September 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. October Investment Companies Roundup Amongst the top performers, Alternative Liquidity Fund sold its stake in an Indonesian resort and Syncona investment, NightstarX, listed on NASDAQ. Livermore’s discount narrowed as it released its interim results. Pantheon said it would...
How to make your conference more memorable
When holding a conference for your business, your key aims should be to put together an event that creates impact and puts your brand front of mind, while encouraging delegates to attend your future events and use your products or services. To achieve all this, it’s essential that attendees don’t just engage with your conference and all it has to offer, but also don’t forget about it hours after they exit the venue doors. From standing out with a marketable...
Man exposed himself on a train – first thing in the morning
Police are on the hunt for a man who exposed and touched himself inappropriately while staring at women on a train - first thing in the morning. The victim was on board the 7.26am train from London Victoria to Brighton, on August 20, when two men sat near her at the beginning of the journey. They began to stare at her and maker her feel uncomfortable. Just before arriving at Haywards Heath one of the men stood up and exposed...
Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day – A case for change for incurable breast cancer
Secondary breast cancer is often overlooked, including during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. There remains confusion over what “secondary” breast cancer means and there are many misconceptions that women and men living with the disease hear daily – that if they’ve finished treatment they must be better, they can’t have cancer because they look so well, or that they know how long they will have with family and friends. Secondary breast cancer is when breast cancer cells have spread...
DAD’S TRAPPED NERVE IS AN INCURABLE BRAIN TUMOUR
A dad who was told he had a trapped nerve after collapsing at home was given the devastating news he is suffering with an incurable brain tumour. Neil Grist had gone to a sports therapist and was doing exercises to help relieve the tingling in his legs when he suddenly suffered 16 seizures in a day. Paramedics who came to Mr Grist's home when he first suffered a fit and fainted in March this year said the pain he suffered...
The Brexit referendum tracker has just taken a huge swing
There's been a huge swing in Brexit sentiment over the past few months, a referendum tracker has revealed. The number of people who think we were wrong for voting for Brexit has jumped significantly while the number of people thinking the opposite has plummeted. Just 42 per cent now think we were right to leave the European Union, with 47 per cent saying we were wrong. That marks a 5 point split - the biggest gulf there has ever been....
Teacher saves life of girl by urging her to have eye test which reveals massive tumour
A teacher unwittingly saved the life of a six-year-old pupil after urging her to get an eye test - which revealed a massive brain tumour. Nia Ferris, 31, noticed something was wrong with Evie Hughes' vision and advised her parents to consult an optician in case she needed glasses. But they were stunned to be told their daughter was completely blind in one eye because of a slow-growing tumour which had probably been there since birth. Evie was rushed to...
Mum stabbed after knifeman got into her car while her daughter slept on the back seat – in a Tesco car park
A terrified mum was left covered with blood after a knife-wielding man tried to carjack her while her baby slept in the back seat - in a Tesco car park. Charlene Gibbard, 31, was sitting in the passenger seat of her car while daughter Eila, two, slept in the back seat. But she says when husband Westley (corr), 31, popped into Tesco in Sheerness, Kent, the vicious knifeman opened her car door and got in - while threatening her...