It’s staycation mania! Demand for campsites, holiday lets and beer gardens rocket with Cornwall ‘more than 80% sold’ as Britons ready for lockdown easing on April 12 Outdoor wining & dining and staycation demand has soared in run up to April 12 Local travel industry is preparing for a busy summer with foreign trips unlikely … Read more
Couple guilty of forcing their daughter to wear nappies and wet herself on demand so they could falsely claim £57,000 in benefits are spared jail to look after their children Edward Gajdos, 37, and his wife Maria Horvothova, 35, were taken to court They claimed their daughter was incontinent and had to wear nappies It … Read more
The City of London is seeing a ‘real surge’ in planning applications for office space despite the Government’s work-from-home guidance being set to remain in place for some months, officials revealed today. The Corporation said it has so far received 80 per cent of all the applications submitted last year, although firms are looking at … Read more
NETFLIX Concrete Cowboy Westerns are a rare breed these days, but they’re still alive and kicking. The latest entry in the genre stars Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin as Cole, an unruly Detroit teenager whose exasperated mother sends him to North Philadelphia to live with his estranged father, Harp (Idris Elba). The latest entry in … Read more
In the last 12 months, Britons have been splashing the cash on their gardens, such as furniture, BBQs, fire pits, hot tubs and exotic, expensive plants, with more of us spending more time in our own homes. However, it appears criminals have wised up to this fact and are increasingly targeting gardens to potentially steal … Read more
Often seen in America, land of the quirky bumper sticker, one popular message says: ‘On an adventure before dementia!’ This is accompanied by a picture of a campervan and is just one of many such self-deprecating stickers, which also include ‘Motorhomes before nursing homes!’ and ‘Movin’ as fast as I can!’ — next to a … Read more
Beach huts have soared in demand as Britons look to holiday at home for a second year amid concerns foreign trips will be banned. Prices to buy and rent the wooden shacks have rocketed despite most having few utilities and mainly being used for storage. Property website OnTheMarket found estate agents have seen searches surge … Read more
Stephen Timms MP: Chairman of work and pensions committee has asked DWP to explain how it is prioritising payouts to elderly women MPs have demanded the Government reveals how it plans to prioritise £3billion of state pension backpayments to elderly women, and make contact with heirs of those who have died. An estimated 200,000 women … Read more
EU leaders are threatening to block shipments of AstraZeneca vaccines to the UK even as its citizens balk at the idea of taking the jab, leaving millions of doses sitting un-used across the continent. There are currently 5.5million shots of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine sitting in storage in Europe, data from the European Center for Disease … Read more
Demand for homes to buy has jumped since the extension of the stamp duty holiday and other measures were announced in the Budget, but with supply continuing to fall, prices are set to keep rising, new research suggests. Buyer demand was up 24 per cent in the week that followed the Budget on 3 March, … Read more