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Oct92018 by adminNo Comments

Patisserie Valerie crisis 'over £20m black hole'

The owner of Patisserie Valerie, one of ‎Britain's largest chains of casual dining outlets, will be plunged into crisis on Wednesday when it reveals that it has found a multimillion pound black hole in its accounts. Sky News has learnt that Patisserie Holdings, which trades using the ticker CAKE,‎ is likely to have its shares suspended as a result of the discovery of financial irregularities.The ‎situation will create a huge headache for Luke Johnson, one of Britain's best-known and most successful entrepreneurs, who is Patisserie Holdings' executive chairman and largest shareholder.A leisure industry source said on Tuesday night that Chris Marsh, Patisserie Holdings' finance director, was likely to be suspended or temporarily step aside during an investigat...

Jul132018 by adminNo Comments

8 endangered black rhinos die in Kenya after relocation

Technology

Eight critically endangered black rhinos are dead in Kenya after wildlife workers moved them from the capital to a new national park, the government said Friday, calling the toll "unprecedented" in more than a decade of such transfers. Preliminary investigations point to salt poisoning as the rhinos tried to adapt to saltier water in their new home, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife said in a statement, describing how the animals likely became dehydrated and drank more salty water in a fatal cycle. The ministry suspended the ongoing move of rhinos and said the surviving ones in the new park were being closely monitored. The loss is "a complete disaster," said prominent Kenyan conservationist Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect. Conservationists in Africa have been working hard to protect ...

Jul112018 by adminNo Comments

Mysterious black sarcophagus found in Egypt

Technology

An enormous black sarcophagus has been discovered during an archaeological dig in Egypt alongside an eerie alabaster head. The mysterious coffin is 265cm (104in) long, 185cm (72in) tall, and 165cm (65in) wide, making it the largest that has ever been found in the city of Alexandria.It was discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission after an ancient tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic period was uncovered during a construction dig.Construction laws in Egypt require developers to excavate the ground beneath their planned developments before building. Image: An alabaster head was found in the catacombs. Pic: Egypt Ministry of Antiquities Made of black granite, the sarcophagus was found five metres beneath the surface o...

Jun192018 by adminNo Comments

Study offers best evidence yet of an intermediate-mass black hole

Science

June 18 (UPI) -- New data discovered by astronomers at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center offers the best evidence yet of the existence of intermediate-mass black holes, or IMBHs. Astronomers finally caught the elusive object devouring a star that drifted too close. Researchers imaged the consumption event using three different X-ray observatories, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, as well as the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton. "We feel very lucky to have spotted this object with a significant amount of high quality data, which helps pinpoint the mass of the black hole and understand the nature of this spectacular event," Dacheng Lin, a research assistant professor at the Space Science Center, said in a news release. "Earlier res...

May302018 by adminNo Comments

I felt like a superhero in black catsuit – Williams

Sports

French Open 2018Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 27 May-10 JuneCoverage: Daily live radio and text commentaries on BBC Radio 5 live, the BBC Sport website and app.Serena Williams said she felt like a "superhero" in the black catsuit she wore during the 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Kristyna Pliskova at the French Open.The temperature hit 25C in Paris but it did not seem to affect the 23-time major winner in her first Grand Slam match since giving birth last September."I feel like a warrior wearing it, a queen from Wakanda [referring to the Black Panther movie] maybe," she said. "It was comfortable to wear."The 36-year-old added: "I'm always living in a fantasy world. I always wanted to be a superh...