Families face paying £600 for tests to go on foreign holidays: Traffic light system will require at least £150 per person extra – even if the destination is on the ‘green list’ Under traffic light system each traveller will take at least two tests on holidays The first is taken 72 hours before boarding a … Read more
Families face paying £600 for tests to go on foreign holidays: Traffic light system will require at least £150 per person extra – even if the destination is on the ‘green list’ Under traffic light system each traveller will take at least two tests on holidays The first is taken 72 hours before boarding a … Read more
A first class Easter… all stitched up! As families make crocheted themed ‘hats’ for post boxes, is this the cutest craze of all time? Crafty folk have crept out of their homes to put woolly hats on pillar boxes Initially decorated to support the work of the NHS at the start of the pandemic Creations … Read more
By any reckoning, the sun couldn’t have picked a better time to put its hat on. Temperatures are set to reach 23C (73F) in the coming days as outdoor sport and recreation facilities, including golf courses, open-air swimming pools and tennis and basketball courts, reopen from tomorrow. It is the first significant easing of Covid restrictions … Read more
Householders in more than 100 districts will receive average bills of more than £2,000 next week as town halls put up council tax by 11 times the rate of inflation. Across England the average bill for a typical Band D home will be £1,898 – up £80 on last year, according to figures released yesterday. … Read more
With nowhere to live, families in Venezuela have been forced to live in a cemetery, where their children beg for money and looters dig up graves around them. In the south of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, more and more families are calling the Southern General cemetery home. Among them are Jendry, 11, and his sister Wineisis, … Read more
Comedian Ken Jeong is one of the funniest actors in Hollywood, but the Atlanta shootings are no laughing matter, and he’s putting his money where his mouth is. The Masked Singer judge, 51, donated $50,000 to the GoFundMe pages set up for the families of five victims – Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha … Read more
Insurers paid out £202m to support families who lost loved ones due to coronavirus in 2020 including a £250k payout made the day after a death Insurance firms paid out £553,000 every day to grieving families in 2020 11,198 claims were received under individual and group life insurance policies This included a £250,000 payout made the … Read more
People are opening up about their long-held family secrets, revealing the surprising things they learned about relatives — and themselves — when they got older. Reddit user u/Flash_Dimension kicked off the tell-all thread, asking other users: ‘Once you were old enough, what were the dark family secrets you were finally let in on?’ The question … Read more
Prince Charles has blasted ‘perverse market forces’ that encourage the food industry to make unhealthy products. He said many families chose low-quality meals because they were much cheaper than healthy options. Good food was too often an ‘afterthought’, he said, and GPs and medical workers had a ‘crucial role’ in stressing the importance of healthy eating. … Read more