Lewis Hamilton surges to the top of the Sunday Times rich list

Lewis Hamilton tops Sunday Times sports rich list after winning his sixth world title, taking his fortune to £224m and overtaking David Beckham’s all-time high World champion Lewis Hamilton’s wealth rose by £37million over the past year Hamilton’s earnings have gone past the £200m mark David Beckham hit in 2013 Rory McIlroy is the only … Read more

Barclays offers compensation to customers left waiting for Covid loans

Barclays £100 compensation offer to small business owners left waiting for Bounce Back loans branded ‘insulting’ By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 Barclays has begun to offer compensation to customers who were left waiting over a week for their lifeline Bounce … Read more

US Senate votes AGAINST American’s internet privacy as it fails to amend parts of the Patriot Act

The US Senate voted Wednesday on an amendment to the Patriot Act that would prevent law enforcement from seizing American’s internet browsing and search history without a warrant. The bill required 60 supporting votes to pass and the final tally came up with only 59 ayes and 37 nays – but the failure was only … Read more

Tim Robards posts an eggplant emoji on Tully Smyth’s busty selfie

The Bachelor’s Tim Robards posts an eggplant emoji on Tully Smyth’s racy selfie as his wife Anna Heinrich prepares to give birth – but insists the comment was a ‘joke’ By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:53 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 00:53 BST, 14 May 2020 Tim Robards posed an eggplant … Read more

How much will remdesivir cost? Experts say even $10 may be too much for Gilead’s antiviral

Experts say even $10 is too much for the US-made antiviral drug approved to treat the novel coronavirus. Gilead Sciences’ medication, remdesivir, was shown to help reduce patients’ hospital stays over a placebo, in a clinical trial run by the National Institutes of Health. Last week, it became the first drug approved by the US … Read more

New coronavirus antibody test found to have 100%…

Green light for the game-changer: Antibody test that shows who has had coronavirus with 100% accuracy is APPROVED for use in the UK – and ministers order millions to get people back to work Public Health England carried out evaluation of Roche’s new antibody blood test  Experts at Porton Down science facility found it had accuracy of 100 … Read more

Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’, damning new report warns 

Probation staff failings ‘put public in danger’ and officials are not learning lessons from incidents in which freed offenders go on to commit horrific crimes, damning new report warns Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russel says internal checks are not sufficient He says the Government is ‘not doing enough to learn from past mistakes’ System … Read more

Britain’s hidden islands and what they’re best for

Britain has over 1,000 islands and many of them, as a fascinating new book reveals, are ripe for exploring. Islandeering: Adventures Around The Edge Of Britain’s Hidden Islands, by Lisa Drewe, charts 50 hidden islands, many accessible but little known – all perfect for adventure and circumnavigation. The new book underscores what each island is … Read more

House prices will take a year to recover, Rics warns

House prices could take nearly a year to recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the UK’s leading property professionals have warned. A Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors report said that 80 per cent of its member agents had seen buyers and sellers pull out of property deals during lockdown.  Last month, the Rics called … Read more

Average American had their personal data stolen or exposed at least four times in 2019

New study finds the average American had their personal data stolen or exposed at least four times in 2019, with social media sites like Facebook responsible for the most security breaches A new survey found the average American had a data breach four times in 2019 The biggest category of breaches occurred with social media … Read more