It has not been the easiest few months for savers. Rates were already languishing before the coronavirus pandemic, but now they are racing quickly to to the bottom. Two Bank of England base rate cuts and an economic shutdown, along with people piling money into the safe haven of savings accounts, has resulted in the … Read more
Thousands of test and trace callers failed to find a SINGLE contact of a coronavirus patient, investigation reveals Government said new contact tracing system has been a success so far One call handler said they’ve had zero cases and done two to three shifts a week Test and trace system has been unable to contact … Read more
Jennifer Hawkins has finally sold her stunning mansion in Newport, Sydney, six months after listing it on the market. According to Domain, the Australian supermodel, 36, and her property developer husband Jake Wall, 37, managed to find a buyer willing to meet their $20million asking price. The waterfront home was sold by listing agent Ken Jacobs, who … Read more
‘I felt violated’: Nurse, 24, returns from gruelling shift to find thugs had STRIPPED her car of nearly all of its parts including the engine and headlights Demi Murphy, 24, found her parked Toyota Aygo stripped by thugs last night Staff nurse at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital called incident ‘horrible’ Key worker added: ‘I feel completely … Read more
The amount of cash poured into Individual Savings Accounts by Britons across the country fell by 6 per cent to an average of £6,049 between the last two tax years, fresh data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed. For people on an average salary, total adult Isa pots are typically coming in at around … Read more
Last week, a TikTok video of teenagers finding human remains in Seattle went viral, both captivating and horrifying online viewers. But for many, it’s still confusing how they managed to land on those human remains in the first place. Enter ‘randonauting,’ the online trend that has some smartphone users traveling to randomly-generated coordinates to explore … Read more
NASA is inviting ‘innovative designers’ to come up with an idea for a ‘Lunar Loo’ – a toilet that will work in the microgravity of space and on the surface of the Moon. Using the crowdsourcing platform HeroX, NASA hopes to find a solution that will let astronauts get some relief when they return to … Read more
Sweltering temperatures have hit Britain this week and with millions still working from home, or home-schooling, many are cooped up in properties with no air conditioning. Here, This is Money, using figures from Uswitch, reveals the cost per hour of running a number of the most in-demand cooling units and garden must-haves this summer. Demand … Read more
A stellar object that is lighter than the lightest known black hole, but heavier than the heaviest known neutron star has been discovered for the first time. The discovery was made by the LIGO gravitational wave observatory and could reshape our understanding of the biggest stars in the universe, researchers claim. The object sits in … Read more
A tricky new seek-and-find puzzle challenges players to find the snake hiding in the jungle. The brainteaser shows a jungle scene in shades of green, with birds flitting between branches and thick foliage in the background. But the single slithering snake is almost impossible to find. Scroll down for reveal The brainteaser, created by children’s illustrator … Read more