He has Longleat House and a 9,000- acre estate at his disposal. But Ceawlin Thynn, Marquess of Bath, is finishing the year as he began it — with his attention on the plight of imperilled wildlife on the far side of the planet. He has just sent £50,000 to conservation programmes dedicated to aiding Australia’s … Read more
A Harry Potter first edition book which was going to be sold for 50p at a car boot sale is expected to fetch £50,000 at auction. Karen Rumsey, 59, was clearing out her home in Blackpool with daughter Charlotte, 28, when they found the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone copy. It was one of … Read more
Matt Hancock has defended spending almost £50,000 on takeaways for civil servants during the pandemic. The Health Secretary said that his staff were ’18-hour days’ and that ordering from the Filipino takeaway was ‘possibly the best value food you can get’ as he was grilled about the bill for his department. The figure came to … Read more
A cyclist could be awarded up to £50,000 after successfully suing a woman when her dog ran in front of him, causing a crash which left him brain damaged. David Crane says he suffered a brain haemorrhage when he flew over the handlebars after braking to avoid Carina Read’s cocker spaniel on Acton Green Common … Read more
Family Building Society has brought back its Windfall Bond savings account which gives those with £10,000 a better chance at winning £50,000 than the Premium Bonds draw. But there is also the possibility no one could end up winning, unlike with NS&I’s Premium Bonds draw that doles out prizes each month. The Epsom-based mutual has … Read more
He’s been overseeing renovations at his lavish £4.4million holiday home in Cornwall. And Gordon Ramsay enjoyed the fruits of his labour over bank holiday weekend, showing off the breathtaking views from the new pool he’s had installed at the house. ‘Now that is what I call a August bank holiday, look at that, beautiful,’ he … Read more
Rebekah Vardy has allegedly signed up for Dancing On Ice after landing a £50,000 deal for the show. The WAG, 38, is in the midst of a £1 million court battle with Coleen Rooney, 34, and is now said to have set her sights on the reality competition show, according to a report from The Sun … Read more
Jimi Hendrix’s very rare Japanese sunburst guitar from the early 1960s which he played his hit song Purple Haze on goes to auction at $50K A guitar Hendrix played early in his professional career is set to be auctioned off It hits the market on August 8 by Kruse GWS Auctions at a $50K starting … Read more
Approximately 230,000 of Britain’s self-employed continue to be excluded from any Government support because they have had trading profits of £50,000 or more in the last three years. Campaigners are calling on the Chancellor to step in and remove their exclusion from the self employment income support scheme, when he makes a summer statement to … Read more
On March 8 I sent a £50,000 Barclays cheque to a building society to invest in a bond. On March 25, Barclays told me it had been contacted by Lloyds Bank as the cheque had been intercepted by a fraudster. Barclays said my money was safe and it would cancel the cheque — but the … Read more