Month: May 2022

The UK’s ambassador to Ukraine has said she feels “comfortable” returning to Kyiv despite Russian threats against diplomats in the Ukrainian capital. Melinda Simmons arrived in Kyiv late on Friday, following the announcement last month that Britain would be reopening its embassy in the city in a show of support for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion. Her return comes after Moscow threatened a “proportional response” against Britain for backing […]

A record number of UK-listed companies warned rising costs could hurt profits, a new report shows. A growing number of businesses issued profit warnings to shareholders and the public to soften the blow of results not meeting expectations. A record 43% of listed companies that warned profits could be lower than anticipated said it is due to rising costs as commodity and energy prices surge. This compares to just 27% […]

Abba have lost out on the most-streamed Eurovision song of all time to Dutch singer Duncan Laurence. RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michelle Visage announced during Radio 2’s Eurovision: The Official All-Time Most-Streamed that the Swedish pop group’s classic Waterloo, which won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, came in second place. Laurence’s ballad Arcade came out on top as the most-streamed Eurovision track after it won the competition in 2019, securing […]