Safety cars, furious radio calls and Michael Masi’s intervention: How controversial F1 final lap unfolded
This looked likely for a while, especially when it is usually the protocol that all lapped cars overtake the Safety Car and then the Safety Car comes…
Inside Max Verstappen’s F1 title party: Champagne with Ginger Spice, a 6.30am swim and a ‘regrettable’ last drink
It was a slightly bleary-eyed Max Verstappen who sat down to face the media on Monday for the first time as the official F1 world champion. A…
Surge in lorry licences eases truck driver shortage
The number of lorry driver licences issued this year is on course to equal or exceed pre-pandemic levels in the latest sign that the shortage of labour…
New ‘work from home’ guidance comes into effect: what are your rights?
Boris Johnson issued guidance calling for Britons to “work from home” where possible from today. Workers have returned to the office gradually in recent months as the…
Economy to take 6pc hit if new lockdown is imposed
Andrew Goodwin, from Oxford Economics, said in a Friday note that Plan B was “unlikely to have a significant impact on output”. “The emergence of omicron may…
Use of ‘BAME’ label questioned by accounting watchdog
The accounting watchdog is asking top black and ethnic minority executives whether firms should drop the acronym “BAME”, as it mulls new rules to boost diversity. The…
Elon Musk offloads billions in Tesla shares – should you buy?
“It’s a very clever way for him to cash in some of his holding, while offloading the decision to his fans,” he said. “But selling is a…
Myanmar opposition adopts Tether crypto as its official currency
Suu Kyi held office in Myanmar from 2016 after spending more than a decade under house arrest before being ousted in February. Last week she was found…
HS2 at risk of being deemed ‘low value for money’
Ministers could be forced to officially concede that HS2 is “low value for money” after the Government abandoned the eastern leg of the controversial rail link. An…
Acres of glass and foliage as refitted BT HQ leads green office revolution
In addition, the regulatory picture is changing, with councils increasingly reluctant to sanction projects requiring vast quantities of energy-intensive concrete. This was one of the given reasons…
Opponents count the cost of Sadiq Khan’s ‘delayed and deeply uninspiring’ City Hall move
Khan’s calculations also fail to account for any alternative use for the Crystal, owned by the Greater London Authority, which could garner higher rental income, or generate…
Airlines back hydrogen start-up in race for zero-emission flight
Scott Kirby, chief executive of United, said: “Hydrogen-electric engines are one of the most promising paths to zero-emission air travel for smaller aircraft, and this investment will…
Boots’ plea to landlords will ring alarm bells on the high street
December is supposed to be the busiest month of the year, but instead footfall is set to nosedive while many customers have already ripped up their Christmas…
Lurching from crisis to crisis, Purplebricks has been an exhibition in value destruction
It is also another major setback for the prospects of a generation of online start-ups that threatened to upend the old-fashioned bricks and mortar estate agents. Emoov…
Ocado sees off legal threat from rival robot retailer
Online grocer Ocado has won the first round in a patent-infringement case filed in the US by rival AutoStore. Three AutoStore patents are invalid, while Ocado does…
Plan B keeps shoppers away from the high street as Dyson tells staff to keep going to work
Shoppers stayed away from the high street after Boris Johnson announced “Plan B” restrictions to tackle omicron in a blow to retail and hospitality companies at their…
Purplebricks kept bill for paperwork bungle from auditors
A source last week said that if everyone eligible to do so claimed money, the liabilities could be in the region of £30m. The Telegraph understands that…
Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘Tartan tax’ has been a dismal failure
As Johnson puts it, the tax base has been eroded, compared with the rest of the UK, and even when compared with other devolved regions such as…
Bank of England opens the door to bigger mortgages
The Bank of England is to consider relaxing mortgage affordability tests in a move that will stoke fears over a further surge in house prices. Threadneedle Street…
Rishi Sunak told to abandon tax rises as omicron surges
Rishi Sunak has been urged to put a £12bn tax raid on hold after the Bank of England warned that the new coronavirus variant poses a risk…