The Latest Breaking News from Martin Hughes

UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund

Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHS

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7

Sean Hughes’ £4m estate finally awarded to homelessness charity Shelter

After a complex wrangle over the interpretation of his homemade will, comic Sean Hughes’ £4 million estate has been awarded to the homelessness charity Shelter.

BANG Premier · Mar 18

Unseen photo from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album cover shoot to go to auction

The unseen photo from the album cover shoot is said to address a long-standing rumour.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

Dad who came back from holiday with tickly cough given just months to live

Martin Hughes was diagnosed with a rare form of throat cancer

Manchester Evening News · Mar 9, 2023

Dad given months to live after returning from holiday with 'tickly cough'

Martin Hughes went to see his GP when his tickly cough lingered for two months

Liverpool Echo · Mar 9, 2023

Sting and Mike Ashley among UK's biggest taxpayers - see full list of top 100 names

The top taxpayers including Tim Martin, James Dyson and JK Rowling paid more than £5bn in tax collectively, with the youngest person on the list aged just 30

Chronicle Live · Jan 27, 2023

UK's top 100 biggest taxpayers revealed as billionaire trader claims top spot

Alex Gerko, who is the founder of trading company XTX Markets, paid around £487.4m in tax, taking the crown from Bet365 founder Denise Coats.

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2023

UK's biggest taxpayers revealed as £8billion betting boss loses crown - see full list

The Sunday Times Tax List 2023 has been released this morning and Bet365 boss Denise Coates has been knocked off top spot by Russian-born billionaire and XTX Markets founder Alex Gerko

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

'The entire industry is based on hunches': is Australian publishing an art, a science or a gamble?

Jason Epstein was the publisher and editor of authors such as Norman Mailer, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth and Gore Vidal. In his 2001 book, Book Business, he described how the once-relaxed Random House – where authors frequented the publishing office (and sometimes slept there), and where editors had stronger relationships…

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2022

Helen Skelton makes awkward live blunder after Boris Johnson swipe as she jokes 'I almost got away with it'

The Channel 5 Summer on the Farm presenter admitted she had regrets over her choice of attire

Leeds Live · Jul 7, 2022