29 minutes ago Everton owner Moshiri makes pledge over £451m debt if takeover drags on

Debt would be converted into shares to avoid paymentMoshiri committed to waiving debt in Friedkin dealFarhad Moshiri has agreed to convert his £451m loan to Everton into shares if the club has not been sold by the time new Premier League regulations on shareholder loans come into force.The Everton owner has committed to waiving the huge debt on completion of his planned sale to the Friedkin Group, and will covert it to equity if it appears that will not happen before 11 January. From that date shareholder loans will become subject to a fair market value test by the league after last week’s vote on associated party transaction rules to which opposition was led by Manchester City. Continue reading...

Economics

32 minutes ago Pope hopes to visit Turkey in 2025 to mark 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea

Pope Francis says he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council

Politics

46 minutes ago Scots pensioners to receive between £100 and £300 in winter fuel payments by SNP Government next year

The new system ditches the Labour Government plan which strips 900,000 Scots of a payment.

Economics

49 minutes ago ‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property

In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulationWhen Marco de Kat starts planning his meals, he doesn’t need to travel far for fresh food. Right outside his house is an 800 square metre plot with all sorts of produce – apples, pears, peppers, basil, beets and cauliflower, to name a few. During the winter months, he and his wife can pretty much survive off the vegetables stored in their freezer. Even after living in Oosterwold for a number of years, it’s something that still excites him.“Yesterday, I forgot to think about what to eat,” he says. “You walk through your garden and you find something and that’s what you eat.” Continue reading...

Society

58 minutes ago A postcard from Africa: Prince Christian of Denmark reveals he's been building houses, quad biking and playing football during his gap year

The Danish royal, 19, revealed he had taken part in an adventure he would 'never forget' - but admitted he was looking forward to returning home to spend Christmas with family.

Politics

63 minutes ago London’s first elected woman mayor taking own Labour council to court over 'discrimination'

It is understood Rohksana Fiaz’s case relates to racism and bullying claims

Events

85 minutes ago NATO and the US are 'at full war with Russia' and have crossed 'all red lines' by allowing Ukraine to use long

Medvedev, a close Putin ally who now serves as the Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, said every Ukrainian strike on Russian territory with Western weapons would be met with a response

Events

86 minutes ago Early action to prevent care needs escalating ‘could save £11bn in six years’

But despite a boost in council funding next year, local authorities warn that demand for urgent care alongside increases in wages and national insurance mean they will find it difficult to invest in key initiatives to help people

Economics

1 hour ago ‘A very poor idea’: Julia Roberts rejected Richard Curtis’s proposed Notting Hill divorce sequel

While Roberts put the kibosh on Richard Curtis’s proposal, Hugh Grant was happy to prove the lie of a happy ending for his ‘despicable’ characterThe writer and director Richard Curtis has revealed that he had been planning a follow-up to romcom hit Notting Hill in which the lead characters split up.Speaking to IndieWire to promote forthcoming animation That Christmas, Curtis – who has previously overseen short spin-offs of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually in aid of Comic Relief – said he had envisioned a similar “mini sequel” to Notting Hill. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Daniel Khalife may have diverted from original plan after prison escape, says army expert

Colonel Philip Ingram, a former British Army intelligence officer, told the Mirror fugitive Daniel Khalife may have changed his plan after escaping HMP Wandsworth

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