IMF sounds alarm over £7trillion Covid borrowing binge: Rising corporate debt sparks fears of a fresh banking crisis By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 6 April 2021 Borrowing binge: The International Monetary Fund has said rising levels of bad debt, and a decreased appetite … Read more
Natalie Schmitz, 35, pictured outside Manchester Crown Court, was handed an 18-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months after she admitted possessing drugs with intent to supply from her home in Manchester A former model set up a cocaine trafficking racket to fund a drugs binge she embarked on following a break up with her … Read more
Woman, 30, left four-year-old child home alone in unlocked flat for up to NINE hours while on drinking binge with friend, court hears Natalie Bell, 30, abandoned a four-year-old child in her care in her unlocked flat She went on drinking binge at a friend’s flat in Oldham and was found in stupor Court in … Read more
Profits at Bloomsbury will smash City expectations after reading provided a ‘ray of sunshine’ in the third lockdown. Bookworm Britons snapped up the new Sarah Maas novel, A Court of Silver Flames, and Anna North’s Outlawed – as well as old favourites such as the Dishoom cook book and the publisher’s eternal cash cow Harry … Read more
A nanny who weighed 170 kilos after she fell into a vicious cycle of binge eating has dropped more than half her body weight in an astonishing unrecognisable transformation. Claire Burt, from New Zealand, said she was ‘on the verge’ of ‘eating herself to death’ after she developed a crippling binge eating disorder that saw … Read more
How binge watching in lockdown changed our shopping habits: Sales boost for chess sets thanks to The Queen’s Gambit, and berets as seen in Emily In Paris… but suitcases are out Searches for ‘new baby’ on John Lewis are nearly four times number a year ago There has also been a 45 per cent rise … Read more
How the pandemic is driving Americans to drink: Binge-drinkers are nearly 20% more likely to overdo it each week a coronavirus lockdown drags on, study finds Researchers surveyed nearly 2,000 US adults between mid-March and mid-April They found that 34% of participants reported binge drinking during coronavirus pandemic lockdowns About 60% of binge drinkers increased … Read more
The rich must pay for Covid borrowing binge, says IMF as global debts hit a record £64 TRILLION By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:54 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 14 October 2020 The wealthy should pay higher taxes to help deal with a Covid borrowing binge that has pushed … Read more
College student, 18, who was caught driving after taking ecstasy and smoking cannabis is banned from road for a year Rianna Bulut was found to be almost four times over the limit for MDMA misuse She claimed taking party drug would ‘help her’ after her exams were cancelled On top of the ban she was … Read more
Binge drinking soared during the coronavirus lockdown – with women’s alcohol consumption increasing 41 PER CENT over the previous year Researchers surveyed 1,540 US-based adults on their alcohol consumption They looked at habits in Spring 2019 and again in Spring 2020 during shutdown There was a 41 per cent spike in women binge drinking during … Read more