Jake Ham outside Swindon Crown Court; inset, Ram Alley Pictures: ADVER PHOTOGRAPHER/GOOGLE A LAND Rover driver repeatedly rammed a Honda on Ram Alley, in a shocking incident that has led to calls from a local councillor for people to observe speed limits. Jake Ham, 20, was driving the 4x4 on false plates, without insurance and while towing another vehicle when he came face-to-face with the Honda on the single-track road near Burbage in May 2019. Ham was passing through Ram Alley when he saw the other vehicle coming towards him. Both drivers applied their brakes and skidded towards each other. The cars crashed head-on.
Their 2012 wedding featured in Vogue thanks to its society guest list and glamorous location, her family home Chilham Castle in Kent.
But the fairytale is over for Jacquetta Wheeler – daughter of the late betting tycoon Stuart Wheeler – and Jamie Allsopp, a dashing hedgie with whom she has three children.
The couple have quietly divorced and Jacquetta, 39, is now holed up at the castle.
She was putting the kids to bed on her own when I called to check in on her last week, and she confirmed a divorce but declined to elaborate.
A source said: They grew apart. But she ll be snapped up before long. After all she has a massive castle… all she needs is a prince!
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As usual, this month for 12 Minutes Max, the library has got a unique lineup of art, this time heavy on the music and dance side of things. Dance artist and teacher at the School of Dance at the University of Utah, Halie Bahr will kick things off with part of her work
Rough Cuts (pictured), a six-dancer-assisted interpretation of the game many of us grew up playing, “the-floor-is-lava.” Also assisting the dancers are pieces of furniture, which is an essential part of any floor-is-lava game, no matter how much the rules of this colorful dance version of it change which is often, throughout the piece.
Woman in the City: An interview with June Felix of IG Group Simon English
June Felix has been CEO of IG, the leading investment platform, since October 2018.
This makes her one of the few female bosses of a major City firm. IG has been around since 1974 – its founder Stuart Wheeler was a famed financier and major donor to the Conservative Party.
The business enjoyed a record year. Felix, 64, talks to Simon English about her plans for the future.
IG has had a great year. There has been a boom in people investing in markets, both financial and otherwise. The US election was huge. Will next year be more “normal” or can growth continue?
While the pandemic has wreaked havoc on vast swathes of British business, trading firms are in the pink.
Households are estimated to have built up around £100billion of extra cash in lockdown as spending on everything from travel to meals out evaporated.
Many of these accidental savers have looked for ways to put this money to work – and with interest rates at record lows, the volatile world of the financial markets has become a tempting alternative.
IG Group, headed by banker June Felix (pictured), one of the few female chief execs on the FTSE 250, has seen its active client list swell from 133,800 to 207,000 over the last year