The series of 350 special Minors were resplendent in lilac paintwork
On the 22nd of December 1960, the Morris Minor became the UK’s first car to sell one million units. To celebrate this momentous day, the British Motor Corporation (BMC) commissioned the nation’s first limited-edition model. 1 MHU, owned by Mike Alford, is the actual chassis number 1,000,000 and is resplendent in its ivory leather upholstery and black carpeting. Not to mention its eye-catching lilac paint scheme.
In the early 1960s, many Britons regarded such a colour scheme as bold, if not downright outrageous. The likes of the Ford Zodiac Mk2 and the Vauxhall Cresta PA might have indulged in such flamboyance, but the Minor was the epitome of all that was decent and sober.
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The voluntary redundancies are believed to include up to 20 in editorial.
According to insiders 19 jobs are understood to be under threat at FT Chinese.
The NUJ chapel said in a statement: “We condemn the FT’s moves to make staff redundant just before Christmas in what has been a year of massive uncertainty due to the pandemic; this contrasts starkly with the CEO’s reassurances this summer that no jobs would be lost during 2020.
“We are especially concerned at the proposal to close completely FT Chinese’s only overseas editorial operation at a time when journalists are under increasing pressure in China. We are extremely worried about the speed of the consultations with staff put at risk in this team and find it hard to believe that meaningful alternatives were explored before our members were pressed to sign redundancy agreements.”
IT WAS fascinating to see within the pages of this organ the other week the reminiscences of former regulars at much missed Hexham “nite-spot” Dontino’s, where I had the honour of being a barman for some months during its 70s hey-day. The venue was run by larger than life character Donalde d’Adamo, a fast-talking extravagantly quiffed entrepreneur who first made his presence felt when he opened his hair salon Donalde of Mayfair in Fore Street in the 1960s. He had trained under the legendary Mr Teasy Weasy Raymond Bessone, and shamelessly aped his flamboyant ways and outrageous styles which were lapped up by the ladies of Tynedale in their hundreds.
FT editor’s golden goodbye of almost £2m ‘more than 70 times trainee wage’
The union suspended its pay negotiations with the FT after learning from The Sunday Telegraph of Lionel Barber’s package
19 December 2020 • 9:30pm
Lionel Barber left the FT in January
Credit: AFP
Journalists at the
Financial Times have branded a £1.92m golden goodbye for its former editor a “slap in the face” that is “toxic to morale”.
The National Union of Journalists last week suspended pay negotiations with the FT after being contacted about Lionel Barber’s package by The Telegraph on Wednesday, acting on information from media sources. Accounts filings would have typically revealed it in summer, but were running months behind schedule.