Premier League and Championship clubs invited to trial safe standing areas from January 1

BREAKING NEWS: Select Premier League and Championship football clubs will be allowed to have safe-standing areas from January for the first time since standing was banned in 1994 Premier League and Championship clubs have been invited to trial safe standing Persistent standing in stadia has been banned in English football since 1994  Safe standing was … Read more

Eton to fund three new sixth form colleges aimed at young people who live in deprived areas

Eton College has signed an agreement with an academy trust to open three selective state sixth form colleges for young people who live in deprived northern areas.   The landmark agreement, which was signed this month, has seen the 581-year-old independent boarding school form a partnership with Star Academies to open three highly selective sixth … Read more

Liz Truss will start talks for country to join one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas 

Britain aims for trade deal with Pacific nations: Liz Truss will start talks for country to join one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas Liz Truss hopes trans-Pacific partnership will ‘pivot away’ UK from Europe   She will launch the UK’s member bid in video call with her Japanese counterpart  It is a trade agreement between … Read more

EE reveals plans to boost 4G speeds in coastal areas across the UK

EE reveals plans to boost 4G speeds in coastal areas across the UK including Newquay, Skegness and Whitstable in anticipation of a surge in British holiday getaways EE is to upgrade 4G coverage in 16 coastal areas ahead of UK holiday getaways It has already boosted speeds in Blackpool, Bournemouth and Great Yarmouth Newquay, Skegness … Read more

Top 10 areas for hunting home buyers revealed with Didsbury top

A posh and leafy Manchester suburb has been named as the most popular place for buyers actively looking for their new home. Didsbury, on the north bank of the River Mersey, is 4.5 miles south of Manchester’s city centre. It is an attractive suburb with plenty of pubs and executive homes. It has been identified … Read more

The areas in Britain with the highest number of car insurance accident claims

Revealed: Areas with the highest rate of car insurance accident claims – including towns where one in five drivers have recently had a prang Sutton and Hemel Hempstead are home to drivers with most accidents Inverness was found to have the least accidents Rural locations tend to have a lower overall rate of main driver … Read more

Covid UK: Higher levels of loneliness in urban areas during pandemic, says ONS

People in cities and towns are more likely to have felt lonely during the Covid-19 crisis than their countryside counterparts, official statistics reveal Office for National Statistics data show rising levels of loneliness during Covid Levels of loneliness tended to be greater in urban areas than the countryside Areas with higher rates of unemployment tended … Read more

More than 74 MILLION Americans are living in areas of drought – and experts warn it could worsen

Crops die and wildfires risk increases as almost 50% of the US and 74 million people experience drought – and experts warn conditions are only going to get worse Approximately 44% of the US in experiencing some level of drought  Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and California are ‘severe to exceptional’ These stats had experiencing major droughts … Read more

London Zoo will reopen on April 12 – but indoor areas are off-limits

London Zoo will reopen on April 12 – but indoor areas are off-limits, masks are mandatory and visitors must book ahead and follow one-way map Only outdoor routes will be open and visitor numbers will be reduced at the site  Roughly half of the site will be closed when the zoo reopens next month  Whipsnade … Read more

How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas where most are off work

How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas of the UK where most people have been off work in the latest lockdown By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:12 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 11:24 BST, 30 March 2021 A new interactive map sheds new light … Read more