Over 600, 000 voters gave Nationwide’s board their backing in yesterday’s AGM,  of the £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money, including the board’s re-election and directors’ pay packages receiving approvals of about 95  per cent or more. Nationwide’s CEO Debbie Crosbie’s maximum long-term bonus to £3.4mn.  Yesterday’s meeting which took place online was open to Nationwide’s 16 million members, as customers who have a current or savings account or a mortgage who owns the building society rather than shareholders. The Virgin Money takeover which will be the largest UK bank merger since the financial crisis, is set to make Nationwide the second-biggest provider of … Continue reading Nationwide’s £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money

Carlos Alcaraz powers to victory after beating Novak Djokovic to retain Wimbledon Singles title. The Spaniard dominated most of the match and demolished Djokovic within three sets 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) to win. Alcaraz was presented with the trophy by the Princess of Wales and said “ It’s a dream for me winning this trophy”. Djokovic was denied  for the second year  to equal Roger Federer’s record of eight Wimbledon men’s titles. Alcaraz celebrated a 14th consecutive win at Wimbledon and the French Open in the same year. Continue reading Carlos Alcaraz beats  Novak Djokovic to retain Wimbledon title

On May 2024, those at relatively low latitudes there was rare chance to see the flickering pink, green glow of our planet’s aurorae. This is the result of a powerful solar storm  which had sent bursts of charged particles  barrelling towards Earth and subsequently bounced around in our planet’s atmosphere, displaying spectacular northern and southern lights, treating a myriad of colour as far south as London in the UK and Ohio in the US. Our Sun is currently heading towards it solar maximum the point in an 11-year-old cycle where it is most active. The Sun is producing coronal mass … Continue reading The Sun is blasting Earth with biggest solar storms in 20 years

UEFA European Championship – Semi-finals at BVB Stadion Dortmund Netherland       1                                England X. Simons 7’                                      H. kane 18’ Penalty, Watkin 90’ Ollie Watkins fires England into the Euro 2024 final, after he turned Stefan de Vrij in the box producing a brilliant finish low and hard, shocking Netherlands. England will meet Spain in the final in Berlin  (20:00 BST kick-off) on Sunday Xavi Simons wins the ball from  the edge of the box within seven minutes to unleash an unstoppable finish into the net, although Jordan Pickford dives in an attempt to keep it out but didn’t get to that. There … Continue reading England Storm into Euro 2024 final