Coronavirus: Over 40m infected worldwide, with 1.1m confirmed deaths

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the planet has passed 40million, although experts believe the true figure could be as high as 780million. The milestone was passed early Monday according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates reporting from around the world. Testing has been variable and many people have had no symptoms, while … Read more

Sandbanks’ most expensive mansion that used to belong to Harry Redknapp goes up for sale for £11m 

A home on an exclusive stretch of British coast, once owned by Harry Redknapp, is expected to sell for a record £11million.  The house, called Harbour Gate, on the exclusive Sandbanks peninsula, in Poole, Dorset, is one of two properties in the millionaire’s resort that used to belong to Harry and Sandra Redknapp currently up for … Read more

DIRECTOR DEALS: Rightmove boss sells £1.1m of company shares 

DIRECTOR DEALS: Rightmove boss Peter Brooks-Johnson sells £1.1m of company shares  By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 18 September 2020 Rightmove boss Peter Brooks-Johnson sold £1.1million of shares in the FTSE 100-listed property site group. Brooks-Johnson exercised the rights to more than 171,000 shares this … Read more

Lloyds suffers £600m loss and doles out 1.1m payment holidays

Lloyds Banking Group slumped to a pre-tax loss of £602million in the first half of the year, warning investors that the impact of the pandemic was more ‘profound’ and ‘much larger’ than it expected. The lender has set aside £3.8billion for a spate of bad debts expected once furloughing ends, more mass job cuts emerge … Read more

Coronavirus India: Cases hit 1.1m with 40,425 in one day

India has piled up more than 40,000 coronavirus cases in a day for the first time as the world’s third-largest outbreak continues to worsen.  The 40,425 new cases announced today bring the total from 1,077,618 to 1,118,043, three days after India became the third country in the world to pass a million cases.  Another 681 … Read more