News about Paul Stevens

Britain's most potholed road finally gets filled - by the Mail!Residents delighted after spate of damaged cars, sprained ankles and cracked heads

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 29, 2024
On the outskirts of Watchet's historic port, Whitehall is a 200-yard stretch of bumpy road. The town of Washford, the coastal path, and the West Somerset Mineral Line - an old railway that was once used to move iron ore down to the harbor. The back gates of a stretch of nice little cottages are visible on one side of the lane. On the other hand, a few cosy retirement homes in turquoise, pink, and yellow, with happy names such as Sunrays, Sunset Cottage, and The Dingle. Both are immaculately cared for, with climbing roses, lovingly planted rock gardens, and the odd gnome. However, Whitehall itself is a disgrace.

After FCA's 'ignored warnings,' MPs want an inquiry into a failed scheme that cost families millions of dollars.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 16, 2022
MPs and peers are calling for an inquiry into the demise of a property investment plan that cost devastated families their life savings. Blackmore Bond, which squandered about £45 million in investor funds when it came into administration in April 2020, has been called a 'root-and-branch' investigation. The Financial Conduct Authority has been charged with failure to act on warnings of the doomed scheme before it was cancelled. Andrew Bailey, the FCA's former chief executive who now sits under increasing scrutiny, has been put into doubt again. The FCA may have intervened earlier than the Blackmore Bond in a BBC Panorama show that will be broadcast tonight, and may have tried to mask the fact that it didn't. Blackmore was established in July 2016 and raised funds to finance property improvements by issuing'mini-bonds,' which promised interest rates of between 6.5 percent and ten percent on investors' money. Blackmore invested £46 million from around 2,800 investors to 11 separate property developments, totaling £46 million, with around £9 million invested on marketing and management fees. Blackmore stopped making payments to bondholders in October 2019, and six months later, the company went bankrupt.

Monster of the deep! In a HUGE 2812 stone 7ft long-halibut, Angler reels in a 90-year-old halibut

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 9, 2022
Off the coast of north Norway, Paul Stevens, 45, reeled in the massive flat fish, which measures almost 7.5 feet long and weighs 400 pounds, which is the same as the average American black bear. The Norwich-based fisherman leapt into the water to have his photograph taken with his mighty fish because it was far too heavy to carry aboard. The fish was unhooked by Paul and released it unharmed. Any halibut that can grow to that length is expected to be aged 70 to 90 years old.