'Skyfall' and Sam Mendes were the big winners at the Jameson Empire Film Awards in London last night.

THE company which directly owns TV3 saw its losses widen by more than €60 million last year while it also wrote-down the goodwill value of the business by nearly €119m.

Lloyds Banking Group is preparing to launch a mega sale of stakes held by recent takeover target Halifax Bank of Scotland in some of Britain’s best-known companies, reports said today.