Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously thought. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, then … Read more
Cheers to that! Rishi Sunak freezes booze tax for a second year in a row in a boost for Covid-weary Brits and also keeps fuel duty frozen for the tenth successive year Increases in duty on beer, cider, wine and spirits axed for second year in a row Tax on a tankful of fuel will … Read more
Beautiful video footage shows a soap bubble freezing over in less than 30 seconds on a 18°F (-28°C) morning in Winnipeg, Canada. The relaxing footage shows the bubble gently quivering in the wind before it starts to form star-shaped ice crystals, like intricately carved pieces of tin foil, all over its surface. These crystals grow until … Read more
Joe Biden freezes billions of dollars of arms sales to the Middle East including F-35s to the UAE and smart bombs for Saudi Arabia State Department says deal for 50 F-35s for the United Arab Emirates is frozen while it is reviewed along with munitions deal for Saudi Arabia Trump administration rushed through last-minute deals … Read more
Facebook has banned a Dorset-based historical re-enactment society for a second time after mistaking it for a far-right militia group. Five elderly members of the Wimborne Militia of Dorset were left bemused after their Facebook accounts were suspended last month. The social media giant has been taking down and restricting accounts of right-wing paramilitary groups … Read more
Spain has shivered through its coldest night in at least two decades amid a record-breaking cold snap that blanketed Madrid in snow, closed the city’s main airport, and buried roads in snow and ice. Temperatures plummeted to as low as 25.4 degrees Celsius in the town of Bello, located in a mountainous region to the east … Read more
Victoria Beckham leaves daughter Harper ‘freaked out’ as she FREEZES Santa’s helper in a block of ice for hilarious Elf on the Shelf By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 13:01 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 13:02 GMT, 17 December 2020 It’s a challenge loved by children and maligned by parents across the nation. But … Read more
As London moves into the dreaded Tier 3, Bill Bailey finds himself cancelling a slew of stage dates over Christmas and the New Year. But the comedian, 55, is looking on the bright side – fixing his sights firmly on the Glitterball trophy during this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing finale. While Bill told The Mirror … Read more
Girl, three, freezes to death after ‘sleepwalking into unheated 5F (-15C) hallway’ without her parents realising in Russia Angelina, three, was found dead in the unheated hallway of her Russian home Temperatures in the space dropped down to 5 F (-15 C) on December 4 She was found by her mother Svetlana Kuleshova, 23, after not … Read more
Facebook freezes accounts of Dorset historical re-enactment society who enjoy portraying the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion and switching on the local Christmas lights ‘after mistaking them for a US far-right militia’ Wimborne Militia, in Dorset, recreate historic battles from the 17th century Five of its 60 members have recently had their Facebook accounts disabled They fear … Read more