Microplastics have been discovered inside every single sample of seafood bought at a market as part of a scientific study. Researchers cut open oysters, prawns, crabs, squids and sardines and studied them for any sign of microplastics. Sardines were found to be the worst affected and had ingested the largest amount of plastic, up to … Read more
Woman who was missing baths after moving into a flat that only had a shower finds an ingenious solution by buying an inflatable from Amazon for £40 Sharon Guichard, from Greenwich, revealed she splashed on an inflatable bath She said she missed her bathtub in her new wet room, which only has a shower Bought … Read more
An inflatable pub, a Tom Jones jigsaw puzzle, a Mr Bean cardboard cutout, a stretch rubber chicken, a star and a penny farthing are some of the unusual items Britons snapped up during lockdown. Holed up in their homes, it it clear that some Britons went to great lengths and expense to up the fun … Read more
A couple have revealed they purchased their first home amid lockdown after one virtual viewing over FaceTime – without ever having stepped foot inside the property. First time buyers Jessica Reoch, 27, an assistant project manager and her partner Gavin Jack, 28, who works offshore for an oil and gas company, from Glasgow, got the keys to … Read more
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that British coronavirus victims have died because the head of the World Health Organization was ‘bought’ by China. Pompeo’s comments came during a meeting of cross-party MPs at a private meeting, during which he said that people had died during the pandemic ‘because of the deal … Read more
From Alex Horne on My Mate Bought A Toaster to Crowdscience, Backlisted and Jacob Hawley’s no-nonsense Job Centre, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 July 2020 My Mate Bought A Toaster What does your Amazon purchase history say about you? An uncomfortable amount, … Read more
A British man, 21, has denied being behind this week’s Twitter hack but admitted he bought a stolen account with Bitcoin, as it’s revealed three young gamers carried out the attack after allegedly infiltrating a Slack channel to make $180,000. Joseph O’Connor, a well-known hacker who goes by the name ‘PlugWalkJoe’ online, told the New … Read more
Depp explained to the court in London that he had been late to Amber Heard’s 30th birthday party as he was having an important meeting with his advisers. The pair are pictured above in 2011 There has been no shortage of jaw-dropping revelations during the Johnny Depp libel trial. One disclosure, however, really is a … Read more
We completed on a flat last week before the stamp duty holiday and paid the tax in full, can we now claim it back? By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 14:59 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 15:16 BST, 10 July 2020 We completed on the purchase of a flat last week, paying … Read more
The Department of Health has been accused of ‘panic buying’ coronavirus antibody tests from the pharmaceutical company Roche before publicly revealing their accuracy. Officials spent £13.46million on the blood tests — now being used to tell which NHS staff have already had Covid-19 — on May 15, government contracts show. But Public Health England had … Read more