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GEMFIELDS SELLS FABERGÉ EGGS FOR $50M – The coloured gemstones miner ramps up efforts to streamline its business. Gemfields Group GEMGE.L, GMLJ.J said on Monday (August 11) it had sold Fabergé Ltd, the maker of the jewelled Fabergé eggs, to SMG Capital for $50 million, as the coloured gemstones miner ramps up efforts to streamline its business. The sale concludes a review of the business started by Gemfields late last year. The group had bought the jeweller in 2012 to boost its gems business and use the brand name to promote its jewellery. Fabergé, which also makes luxury jewellery, watches…

FRANKFURT DAX DIPS- Germany’s defence industry shares dive ahead of Trump-Putin meeting. Germany’s DAX was flat some two and a half hours into trading today, while arms makers’ shares were moving lower ahead of a planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, later this week. German companies Rheinmetall, Renk and Hensoldt were down between 2.7% and 4.8%. A basket of aerospace and defence names was off 1.8%, the worst-performing sector in Europe. The best off meanwhile is healthcare as Novo Nordisk rose 2.6% and Italy’s Recordati was up 2.4%. But the biggest faller overall…

UK’s TOY SHOP FOUNDER TO HAND OVER TO STAFF – Gary Grant will transfer 100% ownership of family-owned business to employee trust Christian businessman Gary Grant, founder of The Entertainer toy shop chain, has transferred full ownership of the company to the 1,900 staff through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). After nearly 50 years in retail and 33 years as a committed Christian, Grant and his family moved all shares into the trust so employees can benefit from future profits via tax-free bonuses. The decision came after years of prayer and planning, especially following the challenges of COVID-19. Grant believes…

TRUMP AND PUTIN TO MEET FOR PEACE TALKS IN ALASKA- Trump says the parties are close to a ceasefire deal U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that he will be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, August 15, in Anchorage, Alaska, to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine Trump made the highly anticipated announcement on social media after he said that the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. Trump, while addressing reporters, suggested an agreement would involve some exchange of land, adding that there…

AMBER HEAT WARNINGS ISSUED ACROSS ENGLAND- Thermometer readings predicted to hit the mid-30s Celsius on Tuesday. Amber heat health warnings have been issued across England as temperatures rise. Parts of the UK are forecast to be hotter than Bali this week, with thermometer readings likely to hit the mid-30s Celsius on Tuesday. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued heat health warnings for all of England. The East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London and the south-east have been upgraded to amber from 9 am on Tuesday to 6 pm on Wednesday. The south-west, Yorkshire and the Humber,…

CHAGOS DEAL TO COST 10 TIMES MORE – Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal will cost 10 times more than he claimed, figures reveal Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal will cost 10 times more than he claimed, official figures reveal. The Government’s own estimate of the cost of giving away the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius is almost £35bn, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act – far higher than the £3.4bn figure Sir Keir has previously used in public. Labour ministers now face claims that they misled Parliament and the press with an “accountancy trick” to…

LABOUR RELEASING PRISONERS EARLY – Prisoners serving sentences of more than 10 years have been released early Prisoners serving sentences of more than 10 years have been released early by Labour, it has been claimed. Some 248 convicts sentenced to 14 years or more in prison and 490 criminals handed sentences between 10 to 14 years have been let out early under a scheme to reduce jail overcrowding, the Daily Mail reported. In total, 26,000 inmates have been released early since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, according to the newspaper. Within days of last year’s general election, Shabana Mahmood,…

OVER 70S TO FACE DRIVING BAN  – Over 70s who fail mandatory driving tests will be banned from the roads Over-70s who fail mandatory driving tests will reportedly be banned from the roads under Government plans. Ministers are also considering reducing the drink-drive limit and handing out penalty points to drivers with passengers not wearing seatbelts as part of a new road safety strategy. The measures will be published in the autumn. It is set to be the biggest overhaul of road safety laws since Sir Tony Blair’s government passed the Road Safety Act in 2006, which made causing death…

LABOUR COUNCIL BANS ‘MOTHER’ AND ‘FATHER’ – Merton Council urges gender-neutral terms like ‘caregivers’ in new language guidelines A Labour-run council has told staff to stop using the words “mother” and “father” for parents.   The country’s most Woke Council – Merton Council in south-west London says “caregivers” is a more appropriate term. The change is part of a mammoth 27-page “inclusive language” guide from its equality, diversity and inclusion team.  The anti-Christian guide encourages woke “gender-neutral” and so-called “person-centred” language. It advises replacing gendered terms like “man” and “mankind” with “humans” or “humankind.”. Descriptive references to race, gender, disability,…

CHRISTIAN WOMAN CLEARED OVER SILENT PRAYER – “I am still being investigated”, says Vaughan-Spruce A Christian woman twice cleared over silent prayer near an abortion clinic says she feels “harassed” by police after learning she is under investigation again. West Midlands Police confirmed a live probe into Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a pro-life campaigner active outside clinics for 20 years. Her supporters at ADF UK said she was unaware of the investigation until a harassment complaint she filed was rejected on that basis. Vaughan-Spruce has twice been arrested for allegedly breaching a Birmingham abortion clinic “buffer zone” by praying silently. Both times,…