Crime falls by a QUARTER overall during coronavirus lockdown but assaults on emergency workers are up by 14%, police figures reveal The newly-released data from 43 police forces shows 25 per cent drop in crime There has been a 36% reduction in burglary and 30% drop in serious assault Recorded rape offences have fallen 28%, … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers’ corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. P.M. writes: My wife and I were looking at investing £20,000 and found the Investment Chronicle website offering … Read more
Japan’s suicide rate falls by a fifth during coronavirus pandemic as workers spend less time with bullying bosses Japan’s suicide rate has fallen by a fifth during the coronavirus pandemic 1,455 people took their lives last month, compared to 1,814 in April 2019 Health ministry believes working from home, less commuting are reasons why Here’s … Read more
Virus wreaks havoc on jobs as number of permanent staff appointments falls at sharpest rate in recorded history By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 May 2020 The coronavirus crisis is ‘wreaking havoc’ on the UK jobs market, a new report has showed. Businesses … Read more
Passengers on a Caribbean cruise may have saved a man’s life after they donated blood when he fell seriously ill on board. The American 68-year-old, who has not been identified, had to be evacuated by helicopter from the ship on New Year’s Day. When he became ill the captain of the ship put out a … Read more
RBS sets aside £800m to pay for bad loans as profit is dragged down almost 50% in the coronavirus slump By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside £802million to prepare for the coronavirus slump – … Read more
Plastic purge: Britain’s personal debt pile SHRANK in March as people shun credit cards amid coronavirus crisis Bank of England found households paid back £3.8bn more than they borrowed Of that, £2.4bn came from credit cards and the rest from other loans The bank said a collapse in new lending was the big reason, as … Read more
Woman falls to her death while posing for a photo on Turkish cliff after going for a walk to celebrate the end of coronavirus quarantine lockdown Kazakh native Olesya Suspitsyna fell from a cliff edge to her death in Turkey Her friend had been taking a photograph of her when the incident happened Came after … Read more
Russian doctor falls to her death from hospital window ‘after being blamed for spread of Covid-19 at cosmonaut training facility’ – days after medic who reported PPE shortages also plunged from a window Natalya Lebedeva was accused of failing to stop an outbreak, colleagues claim She was involved in treating the city’s ‘patient zero’, a … Read more
A senior doctor in Russia plunged 50 ft from her office window during a conference call when she was told her hospital would be forced to take in coronavirus patients, say reports. Dr Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, 47, a mother of two, had objected to the move because of an ‘acute shortage’ of personal protection equipment for … Read more