do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? i think we ll have a good day tomorrow. what are your conversations like with i hope you all have a very nice new year s eve. taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and his campaign. the latest on donald trump s taxes. what he paid and where that money went. we have details on the dozens of countries where he was making money and paying taxes. including china, india, and the uae we re going to start with the house republicans, taking control of the house officially tomorrow. but right now, what should be a triumphant moment is perilously close to turning into a political disaster. the likes of which we haven t seen in 100 years. that s because kevin mccarthy,
Changed for those who serve in the armed forces. There are concerns that thousands of people could be let down when they buy a pre paid funeral plan, with many not get what they think theyre paying for. Ill have more later. In sport Johanna Konta is now favourite for the wimbledon womens title. She plays on court one later. She is one of four britons for the first time in 20 years heading into the final week. Good first time in 20 years heading into the finalweek. Good morning. Yesterday we hit 32. 2 celsius. Today wont be as hot with highs of about 28, it should be dry in wimbledon. There is some rain and showers in the forecast and i will tell you where when we are back later in the programme. Mike, carol, thanks very much. Good morning. First, our main story. There were violent clashes last night in hamburg ahead of the g20 summit. Police used water cannon and pepper spray on masked protestors who hurled bottles and stones. The demonstrations came ahead of the highly anticipated fir
reporter: china is being overwhelmed by a massive covid surge. hospital emergency rooms packed with patients who are mostly older, weak, and struggling. resources appearing to be stretched so thin, the sick often lying on lawn chairs, instead of hospital beds. they are here in the lobby, near the elevators, and the holways, they are running out of places to put people. the size and scope of covid infections remains unclear here, because of little credible information, and the way china s government counts covid deaths. there are too many, says this funeral provider, about demand. near one hospital, we ve seen empty caskets stacked in an alley, officially china has recorded only 18 covid deaths during the past month. in the hospital, we are a little bit suspicious, we see the patients with complications and we know the icu and the
Shareholder seeks vote to oust chairman of funeral provider Dignity
August Graham, PA City Reporter
11 March 2021, 12:45 pm
The biggest shareholder in funeral provider Dignity has launched an attempt to oust the company’s executive chairman as its share price remains squeezed.
A fund managed by Phoenix Asset Management Partners has asked for a vote on the future of the chairmanship, proposing its own founder and chief investment officer, Gary Channon, to replace Clive Whiley.
Dignity said it would respond to the request “in due course”, and urged shareholders not to make any commitments to Phoenix until the board had spoken.