Saviour Month News Today

a year ago theatres in england closed their doors because of the pandemic. in that time the theatre world has lost income of around 200 million pounds. many theatre workers are freelancers — and a quarter of them have gone out of business. our arts editor will gompertz has spoken to four performers whove had to change jobs to make ends meet. music: theres no business like showbusiness theatre, one of the great success stories of britains creative industries but this time last year th...

petrol or diesel car, would you be prepared to swap it for a bike or take the bus instead 7 a scheme�*s begun in coventry where people can hand their vehicles over to be recycled — in exchange for credit to spend on more sustainable modes of transport. our business correspondent katy austin has the details. its the end of the road for this car. it was sent here deliberately by its former owner. but why? lets reverse a few days. we met mohammed, who owned that 15—year—old diesel...

chanting: shame on you! the head of the met police says she does not intend to resign and welcomes a review into the police�*s handling of last nights vigil for sarah everard. i dont think anybody who was not in the operation can actually pass a detailed comment on the rightness and wrongness of it. you know, this is fiendishly difficult policing. but criticism of the police has been swift from across the political spectrum and those who attended the vigil. authorities in the republi...

now, its been the end of an important school week for children in england, with classes having resumed as a first step on the road to lifting the coronavirus lockdown. our correspondent, danny savage, has spent the last few days at a primary school near skegness to see how pupils and teachers have been getting on. good morning. a colourful, celebratory return to school. a warm welcome after a cold winter, designed to take the worry out of the day. bye, see you later! have a good day. b...

hello this is bbc news, the headlines: the prime minister borisjohnson says he and his partner will light a candle this evening for sarah everard after an official vigil in south london was cancelled. despite this, hundreds have gathered at clapham common to raise the issue of womens safety. metropolitan police officer wayne couzens has appeared in court after being charged with sarah everards kidnap and murder. most of italy is set to shut schools, shops and restaurants from monday af...

And then all of a sudden, we found out in december, while the industry was actually up — the video game industry had their best month ever, december of 2020 — gamestop actually had a bad quarter, ora bad month. they were declining, and that was supposed to be their saviour month. and thats when i started to short the stock. left�*s hedge fund was now one of the many hedge funds that were shorting gamestop. essentially, they were betting that the share price would fall. if it did, they woul...

In was late november to early december. i think the stock price was around $16 back then. gamestops share price had attracted the attention of another kind of investor — short sellers. hedge funds that thought gamestop was overpriced. hedge funds like citron capital, founded and run by this man, andrew left. id known gamestop for a long time. to me it looked like they were following the blockbuster video path. and then all of a sudden we found out in december, while the industry was actually u...