Top fixed rates are disappearing: Average account now pays just 0.3% compared with 0.75% ten years ago By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 23:18 BST, 2 June 2020 Savers are being urged to snap up top one-year fixed rates before they disappear — but you should … Read more
The Dead Sea Scrolls are being pieced back together using DNA ‘fingerprints’ lifted from the animal skins on which they were written some 2,000 years ago. The scrolls are a collection of more than 25,000 ancient manuscript fragments, among which can be found the oldest known copies of books of the Hebrew Bible. They were first … Read more
Hilaria Baldwin penned a heartfelt note to her four children, who she shares with husband Alec Baldwin, about fighting for a world without prejudice on Tuesday. ‘Dear babies everywhere, so many people working hard to make this world a better place for you, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation,’ the fitness guru captioned an adorable … Read more
ASK THE GP: Have I become allergic to nuts at age 64? By Dr Martin Scurr For The Daily Mail Published: 00:12 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 00:13 BST, 2 June 2020 After eating peanuts recently, my neck became very itchy. Two days later, I woke up with a feeling that my throat was … Read more
Shear joy for alpaca who loses his 7lb coat in lockdown haircut to help him cope with the unseasonable 80F heat Steely Dan and 34 other alpacas are shaved to keep them cool through summer The alpacas live in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, far cooler than natural habitat Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started … Read more
Three people are killed as PG&E helicopter hits 115,000-volt power line and crashes before bursting into flames north of San Francisco Incident occurred outside Fairfield on Tuesday afternoon The aircraft clipped a power line and burst into flames as it fell from the sky The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are now conducting … Read more
Borrowers applying for a mortgage should brace themselves for delays and demands for additional paperwork. Banks and building societies have introduced a raft of new checks in response to the Covid-19 crisis to ensure homebuyers’ finances are stable. Experts say you should now expect more questions about your employment status, with some lenders insisting borrowers … Read more
There are several ways in which animals can camouflage themselves against the surrounding environment. Countershading Countershading is a form of camouflage used by animals where one side of the animal is darker than another. Often, in the animal kingdom, an animal’s back (dorsal side) is dark while its underside (ventral side) is light. In 2017, … Read more
Keeping at least three feet away from others ad wearing face coverings and eye gear may reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus by up to 80 percent. A team, led by McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, looked at how social distancing, face masks and eye protection affect the spread of several coronaviruses including … Read more
Thousands of small businesses fear they will go to the wall before the conclusion of a landmark legal battle over vital insurance payouts for Covid-19 closures, campaigners have warned. Sixteen insurers were this week named in a High Court action brought by the financial regulator over the refusal to provide payouts to desperate companies, in … Read more