The Telegraphadded this to Business Sotheby's sold to French-Israeli billionaire for $3.7bnThe Telegraph - By Vinjeru MkandawireSotheby’s auction house, one of the world’s largest brokers of fine art and jewelry, is returning to private ownership after 31 years in a $3.7bn takeover agreed with the French-Israeli billionaire behind
The Telegraphadded this to All Stories Aidy Boothroyd's England under-21 blend of 'soldiers and artists' out to end 35-year wait for European titleThe Telegraph - By Sam WallaceThe same month an England Under-21s team last won the European Championships, the Thames Barrier was opened, the battle of Orgreave erupted and Liverpool brought home the European Cup - and that historical
The Telegraphadded this to All Stories Furniture maker told to stop sweeping his factory floor with a broom by concerned health and safety bossesThe Telegraph - By Jessica CarpaniA furniture maker has been advised that he should put down his broom in favour of an industrial vacuum by concerned health and safety bosses. Michael Northcroft, 63, said he was encouraged to no longer
The Telegraphadded this to Business UBS snubbed from bond deal as 'Chinese pig' row escalatesThe Telegraph - By Lucy BurtonA row over a phrase used by UBS's top economist about pigs in China deepened on Monday after one of China's state-owned companies blocked the Swiss bank from advising on a bond deal. The bank's global
The Telegraphadded this to TechnologyIBM IBM to alert companies if their AI systems risk becoming racist or sexistThe Telegraph - By Olivia RudgardIBM is to tell people using its artificial intelligence software if their system is biased. The company will automatically detect whether the data used by AI systems includes characteristics such as age,
The Telegraphadded this to NewsGlastonbury Our hypocritical eco-youth can only be bothered to save the world when it's convenientThe Telegraph - By Judith WoodsBack in the day when he was an agitprop stand-up, Ben Elton perfectly summed up the human condition. “We’re all good socialists aren’t we? We all believe in equality and solidarity with our fellow man
The Telegraphadded this to MenFor Men Jamie Murray: Mum was never a pushy parent –they got ‘iron fist’ Judy all wrongThe Telegraph - By Guy KellyThere is a famous story about the Murray brothers, and it’s almost always told from Andy’s perspective. It was 1997 and, like almost every other weekend during their childhood, they and a dozen other tennis
The Telegraphadded this to Politics 'Chairman Boris' expected to sack third of Theresa May's top team so he can build Cabinet of alliesThe Telegraph - By Christopher HopeAs many as one third of Theresa May's top team could be replaced by a new cadre of rising star politicians being lined up to sit in a Boris Johnson Cabinet. MPs are openly speculating about who might promoted
The Telegraphadded this to NewsLondon Bridge London Bridge paramedics waited two hours before treating victims, inquest hearsThe Telegraph - By Laura FitzPatrickParamedics deployed to the London Bridge terror attack waited two hours before attempting to treat some victims amid confusion that more terrorists were on the loose, its inquest has heard. Paul Woodrow,
The Telegraphadded this to ObituariesObituariesGloria Vanderbilt, ‘poor little rich girl’ who blew two fortunes, pioneered designer jeans and survived family tragedy –The Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesGloria Vanderbilt, who has died aged 95, led the sort of opulent but rackety life guaranteed to induce a sense of smug self-satisfaction in those born without the advantages of birth, wealth, power and
The Telegraphadded this to NewsU.S. Secretary of Education Children in coastal schools falling behind peers as Education Secretary says says the north-south divide is “too simplistic”The Telegraph - By Jessica CarpaniChildren in coastal schools are falling behind their peers the education secretary has warned as he said the traditional concern that the north is more disadvantaged than the south is "too simplistic".
The Telegraphadded this to NewsCarrie Lam Hong Kong protesters block road outside Carrie Lam's office to demand she step downThe Telegraph - By Nicola Smith and Wendy TangThousands of protesters laid siege to the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s office on Monday in the latest escalation of a long-running standoff with the government over a controversial new extradition law.
The Telegraphadded this to All StoriesProtest Hong Kong protests: Who is Joshua Wong, the poster child of the resistance movement?The Telegraph - By Nicola SmithThe hopes of many Hong Kong protesters have fallen on the young shoulders of Joshua Wong, a poster child of the peaceful civil resistance movement for the past five years. Like the teenagers experiencing
The Telegraphadded this to PoliticsPolitics From wide legs to devilled fingers, unpicking the power plays of the Conservative leadership debatesThe Telegraph - By Joe Shute and Helen Chandler-WildeThe first leadership debate is over, the results are in… and we now know the terrifying extent of the bizarre body language that the new wave of Conservative leadership hopefuls will employ in their bid
The Telegraphadded this to All Stories 21 cool budget hotels in London, from Soho to ShoreditchThe Telegraph - By Telegraph Travel expertsStaying in London doesn't have to mean splashing out - nor comprimising on quality. Gone are the days of tired hostels: say hello to 18 of the best budget hotels — priced at less than £150 per night —
The Telegraphadded this to All StoriesTechnology Facebook to unveil new cryptocurrency in bid to disrupt online paymentsThe Telegraph - By Hasan ChowdhuryFacebook is set to unveil plans to launch its own cryptocurrency on Tuesday, as the US technology giant takes on Bitcoin with an ambitious push into digital coins. The social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg
The Telegraphadded this to MoneyFinance PPI deadline looms: here's how to make a claimThe Telegraph - By Sam BarkerBritain’s largest mis-selling scandal will finally draw to a close in just ten weeks' time – those mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) have until August 29 to make a claim. PPI is insurance meant
The Telegraphadded this to All StoriesAtlético Madrid Atletico Madrid poised to sign Joao Felix for extraordinary £107.3m from BenficaThe Telegraph - By James DuckerAtletico Madrid are close to signing Joao Felix, the highly rated young Benfica forward, in an extraordinary £107.3 million deal. Felix has attracted interest from a host of leading European clubs, including
The Telegraphadded this to BusinessFitch Ratings Fitch sounds latest warning on outlook for global economyThe Telegraph - By Tom ReesThe global slowdown will extend into next year as mounting trade war uncertainty forces businesses to rein in spending and Chinese consumers turn cautious, Fitch Ratings has warned. The credit ratings
The Telegraphadded this to FilmPixar'They put a gun to the head of Pixar's children': Disney, Steve Jobs, and the battle to save Toy Story from straight-to-videoThe Telegraph - By Adam WhiteIn an internal email to his staff in the first weeks of 2003, Disney CEO Michael Eisner claimed that he finally had proof that the animation giants at Pixar, with whom he was in the midst of a combustible
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The Telegraphadded this to World NewsMohamed Morsi Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies after collapsing in courtThe Telegraph - By Raf SanchezMohammed Morsi, the first democratically-elected president of Egypt who was then ousted in a 2013 military coup, collapsed and died in court on Monday, according to Egyptian state media. Mr Morsi, 67,
The Telegraphadded this to Health and FitnessHealth (UK) Loneliness Awareness Week: How to make friends at any age and in any situationThe Telegraph - By Marianne PowerIt can be hard to connect with others in today’s fragmented world. For Loneliness Awareness Week, we explain how to do it whether you’re a new parent or a retiree... Last year, the editor of Elle magazine,
The Telegraphadded this to News Anita Rani: 'posh white men are the default on TV'The Telegraph - By Anita Singh“Posh white men” are the default option as television presenters, according to Anita Rani, who says she has been asked to justify working on programmes that are not linked to her Asian heritage. The Countryfile
The Telegraphadded this to BusinessBoris Johnson Boris's superfast broadband promise is more myth than realityThe Telegraph - By Christopher WilliamsEven Boris Johnson’s most ardent admirers in the Conservative Party, who now apparently include the neophiliac former broadband minister Matt Hancock, would concede that he is not a technological visionary.
The Telegraphadded this to All StoriesJewels Graff's Twombly-inspired watches take haute joaillerie into a bold new territoryThe Telegraph - By Tracey LlewellynJewellery and watch houses look to various sources for inspiration, often resulting in two worlds colliding. Sometimes the results are confusing; at other times, as with Graff's new Inspired by Twombly
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The Telegraphadded this to World Cup 2018Misogyny Next generation kick misogynists into touch as football's revolution gathers paceThe Telegraph - By Jim WhiteIt was an unexpected setting in which to witness a sporting revolution. But on a damp, wind-blown public park in the suburbs of north Oxford at the weekend, that was exactly what was going on. About 2,400
The Telegraphadded this to PoliticsBoris Johnson If Boris Johnson's rivals cannot convince Tory MPs, they have no chance with party membersThe Telegraph - By Asa BennettAfter Boris Johnson stormed ahead in the first ballot of Tory MPs, his leadership rivals have seized every chance they can get to try and close the gap. They have kicked up a stink about Mr Johnson's from
The Telegraphadded this to NewsHay Fever Increase in hay fever down to last year's hot summer, professors sayThe Telegraph - By Yohannes LoweHay fever sufferers are used to coping with its symptoms during this time of year when the warm temperature increases the level of pollen in the air. But Britons have increasingly reported falling victim
