Poleaxed! Moment tired scaffolder topples backwards through hedge as he struggles to keep hold of 21ft metal strut Craig Whitehead, 31, said he had worked 18 days in a row so he could earn cash He was carrying a 21ft scaffold pole which weighs 62lbs in Newport, Wales Mr Whitehead loses control of the long … Read more
Stock market investors get younger: Average age of new Hargreaves customers falls from 45 to 37 in last eight years By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 1 February 2021 Britain’s stock market investors are getting younger as the pandemic pushes households into taking control … Read more
Coronavirus cases in England have fallen 17 per cent in a week amid brutal lockdown restrictions, official figures reveal. Test and Trace said 274,898 people tested positive for the virus in the week to January 20, the lowest number since before Christmas and the second week in a row a dip has been recorded. It … Read more
England and Scotland gave out 285,000 Covid vaccines on Tuesday, official figures show, which marks the third consecutive day the UK has missed the 400,000-a-day target needed to reach 15million people by mid-February. Figures published today by NHS England revealed of the 260,307 jabs administered across the country yesterday, 259,306 were given to people receiving their … Read more
People in Scotland have been urged to ‘walk like a penguin’ in order to avoid falling over on pavements in the snow and ice. As Britain continues to brace through the current cold snap, and with yet more freezing temperatures expected today, NHS trusts have issued the odd edict, which instructs people to keep their … Read more
What IS going on with the world’s weather? Ice blankets the Sahara desert while snow falls in Saudi Arabia where temperature has dropped to -2C The desert town of Ain Sefra in Algeria was blanketed with snow last Wednesday as temperatures hit -3C Photographer Karim Bouchetata captured the unusual sight in stunning images of sheep … Read more
Minus 11.8C! Mercury falls to lowest temperature for a year – but at least we were spared the snow chaos forecasters feared Freezing conditions not as bad as first feared as heavy snowfall was predicted People had been warned rural communities could be cut off amid travel delays Snow stopped falling by midday and today … Read more
Woman poses for selfie on banks of raging Indian river – moments before she topples in and is swept to her death The woman was posing for a selfie on the river bank in Kanakund, Odisha region Horrified locals watched as the woman was swept away by the raging torrent Locals named the unfortunate victim … Read more
Twitter saw its shares drop by 12 per cent Monday after days after banning Donald Trump and purging his supporters. The tech giant lost $5 billion on the first day of trading after it permanently suspended the president citing a ‘risk of further incitement of violence’ in the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol by … Read more
Sophie Ellis-Bextor was back with another Kitchen Disco over the weekend. And in a hilarious moment, the songstress, 41, expertly juggled the roles of doting mum and entertaining the nation in one fell swoop. Mid-way through singing Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid to wrap up her live Instagram video, the mother-of-five had … Read more