News about Daniel Smith

TGI Fridays confirms rescue deal as chain is taken over in move to save 2,000 jobs - but 35 restaurants WILL close

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 7, 2024
TGI Fridays has confirmed a rescue deal has been completed meaning more than 2,000 jobs will be saved after the fast food chain collapsed into administration last month. The future of the brand was hanging in the balance and a third of it's restaurants risked closing permanently after the company had stumbled upon hard times. And earlier today, Daniel Smith and Julian Heathcote of Teneo were appointed as joint administrators, as the company announced it would shut 35 sites and cut 1,000 jobs immediately. But Breal Capital and Calveton UK, which jointly own the upmarket restaurants business D&D London , have agreed a deal which means 51 branches will remain open and just under 2,400 jobs will be saved. The potential deal is thought to include the chain's existing leases and the right to use the TGI Fridays brand in the UK.

The Australian ex-swimmer who turned his life around after being addicted to ice and living on the streets to competing at the Olympics

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 30, 2024
Daniel Smith was a promising swimmer from a young age, but after ice addiction took hold in his late teens the Queenslander soon found himself living on the street.

AIG's life insurance payout was cut off because of a £253 birthday blunder

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 29, 2024
And if honest mistakes, insurers can argue how much money they pay - and for life insurance that is often only discovered after the policyholder's death. AIG's major life insurer did not pay out the $23,000 after we intervened, so the situation serves as a cautionary tale for policyholders to double check their information carefully.

Leticia Verney, a Perth mother, was arrested in the United States after she reportedly travelled around the world with her two young children and attempted to smuggle cocaine to a prisoner she met online

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2024
After their mother was arrested for reportedly trying to smuggle a smorgasbord of drugs into a US jail for her partner, two Australian kids were left homeless in the United States.

Children's nurse faked having her ex-partner's baby in lockdown by sending him snap of her 'baby bump', bogus scans and even pictures of someone else's baby in intensive care

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2023
Alexandra Gregory, a children's cancer nurse, sent fake pregnancy scans to her ex-partner and was given a suspended term after she plead guilty to sending fraudulent emails to Daniel Smith between August 2020 and February 2021 at Worcester magistrates' court on Thursday. Gregory had launched a 'planned, sustained, and relentless' movement against Mr Smith, according to Chairman Kevin Lloyd-Wright.

After traffic chaos, man city fans slammed UEFA for Champions League final planning

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 11, 2023
NICK PISA IN ISTANBUL: Furious Manchester City supporters have slammed UEFA for the 'organised chaos' at the Champions League final. Eyebrows had been raised when the venue, which is 25 miles from Istanbul's center, was selected for the final, especially after similar stories of chaos in 2005 when Liverpool defeated AC Milan on penalties.

Republicans call key witnesses with 'critical' information on Afghanistan withdrawal to testify

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 15, 2023
As their probe into the Biden administration's handling of the deadly Afghanistan withdrawal ramps, Republicans are urging new witnesses to testify in transcripted interviews. Since five former State Department officials testify, chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said he's been calling five former State Department officials to testify because they have 'important' information that could help figure out 'how and why' the tragic evacuation, which occurred in August 2021. Jonathan Mennuti, former acting chief of staff to Acting Under Secretary of State for Management Carol Perez; Mark Evans, former Afghanistan Task Force commander; and former Ambassador Daniel Smith.

'Parkers Arms' in Lancashire, one of the top 50 gastropubs in the United Kingdom for 2023

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 24, 2023
The award was presented to Parkers Arms by the prestigious Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub Awards at a dinner at The Unruly Pig in Woodbridge, Suffolk, last year's number one and this year's silver medalist. Continue reading for the inside scoop on the delectable top ten. Scroll down to see the complete ranking, which includes a grand total of 100 pubs.

At least THIRTEEN Virginia high schools delayed merit awards 'targeting Asian American students'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 17, 2023
Following the lawsuit involving 11 Fairfax and Loudoun County high schools, Prince William County Public Schools officials announced that two of their schools did not notify 16 students that they had earned a National Merit award. Attorney General Jason Miyares (left) denounced the schools' conduct after the state opened an investigation into suspected anti-Asian bigotry. The district paid an equity consultant $450,000 to ensure'equal outcomes no matter what, even though that means treating some students purposefully unequally.' 'You hear the word equity all the time,' he said. Excellence without excellence is really emptiness. It doesn't appear that it would help the student at all. We are really divided on this subject.'

The Virginia AG investigates TWENTY-one schools in two wake districts

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 16, 2023
Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith of Loudoun County Public Schools admitted that four schools did not tell pupils that they had been notified that they had earned the awards. It comes after AG Jason Miyares' inquiry into Fairfax County Public Schools discovered that seven of their schools had also failed to notify students of their awards. Pupils at the seven Fairfax County schools have screamed after the revelations, claiming that the students were deliberately left in the dark, so other students aren't concerned.' The coveted awards are limited to 50,000 of the 1.5 million high schoolers who do well on the PSATS, and they can encourage students to apply for scholarships, honors awards, and college admissions. Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin slammed the school's decision as'maniacal,' with the AG claiming that students were disciplined in the name of 'equity.' The inquiry is looking at whether the government's decision to withhold the National Merit Scholarship Awards from students and if it is in breach of the Virginia Human Rights Act.

After a fanatic's suicide bomber at Manchester Arena, the judge dismissed a list of failures by 999 crews

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2022
The casualties and those tending to them were desperate for paramedics as hundreds of people lay bleeding and dying on the floor. However, although the wail of sirens could be heard outside Manchester Arena shortly after Islamic State-inspired killer Salman Abedi detonated his rucksack bomb, hopes of quick assistance were soon dashed. Bethany Crook, an off-duty nurse, was overcome with a sense of powerlessness as the smoke cleared and no ambulances were seen for more than 20 minutes. 'Never had I been so helpless, lost, or alone,' she said during yesterday's inquiry into the tragedy.' Georgina Callander, 18, after leaving her own 13-year-old daughter with arena workers, she began to assist the dying victims, including the youngest, Saffie-Rossose Roussos, eight, and Georgina Callander, 18. Miss Crook recalled: "All I had before me were my two naked hands, no equipment, some skills, my faith, and the knowledge that someone was trying to get to us to help.' However, this wasn't the situation. "No one was coming and what looked to be minutes," says my grandmother, and hours felt like hours, alone with people and children's lives literally in my hands.' The inquiry revealed how North West Ambulance Service's 'unduly cautious' response meant only one medic arrived at the City Room foyer, the accident site, at 10.53 p.m., followed by two others at 11.15 p.m., according to the report. Others waited at the nearby Victoria train station for casualties to be carried down by police, arena workers, and the general using 'anything they could find,' including advertising hoardings, crowd barriers, and tables. Sir John Saunders, the Inquiry Chief, said, 'From the start, it should have been possible to provide medical assistance to the injured in the City Room quickly, but that is not what happened.'

As he appears in court charged with murdering a two-year-old child, the murder suspect, 26, sheds tears

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 7, 2022
Michael Daymond, 26, has been charged with murdering Maya Louise Chappell (left and right), with her father James Chappell, on September 28, after being found in critical condition. Last Friday evening, she died in hospital. Daymond, who was wearing a grey jumper, appeared only to announce his name, date of birth, and address. During the trial, the suspected murderer, of Milton Grove, Shotton Colliery, County Durham, appeared clearly distraught and wiped tears away with a tissue.