The referral of the pounds 395m deal is a severe blow to Liam Strong, the beleaguered Sears chief executive, who had hoped to use the proceeds from the sale to return up to pounds 410m to shareholders. The MMC is due to report on the deal by 9 June causing a delay in Sears’ plans [...]

This is due to a higher proportion of money being tied up in assets such as life assurance and pension funds, which now account for one-third of all personal wealth. As a result, most people do not feel as “well off” as in the past.The biggest concern for 20- to 34-year-olds is money limiting their [...]

“People panic when they see a crack, which is understandable, but almost all buildings crack for some reason during their lifetime Subsidence damage shouldn’t be that serious Your house is not going to fall down. Generally its performance is hardly impaired and the damage is purely aesthetic.”Properties most susceptible are neither the oldest nor the [...]

And so things might have remained if their crusading tendencies hadn’t led them astray as part of a failed rebellion against the King in the late 1600s. Forced out of England, they moved to Ireland for some years before decamping again, some back to France, and others, including Walt’s great-grandfather, to America.Little in the library [...]

It holds more than 300 vehicles, marking the development of the British motor industry from the 1890s to the present day. The 200 cars on display date from the earliest 1896 Wolseley. It is an exhilarating collection of every-day cars, extraordinary vehicles, prototypes that never went into production, the pounds 2m Rover BRM Le Mans [...]

A verdict of misadventure was recorded on a motorcycle courier who died from the human form of mad cow disease. Donald Spear was the 19th person in Britain to die from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, contracted through contaminated human-growth hormone. A doctor, firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene and the boy was flown by helicopter [...]