Car production slumped by a third in 2020 to lowest output in 36 YEARS

Car making in the UK fell by almost a third to less than 1 million vehicles in 2020 – the biggest year-on-year plunge since the financial crisis and the lowest total output since 1984, new figures have revealed today. Industry bosses said around 10,000 jobs in the sector had been lost so far, and predict … Read more

Car production slumped by a third in 2020 to lowest output in 26 YEARS

Manufacturing of new cars in the UK fell by almost a third to less than one million units in 2020 – the biggest year-on-year plunge since the financial crisis and the lowest total production output since 1984, new figures have revealed today. Industry bosses said around 10,000 jobs in the sector have been lost so … Read more

Mercury falls to lowest temperature for a year – but at least we were spared the snow chaos

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

Spain freezes in MINUS 25C weather as the country sees lowest temperatures for two decades

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

Christmas Day TV ratings were lowest on record with top show Call The Midwife attracting just 8m

Christmas Day TV ratings were lowest on record with top show Call The Midwife attracting just 8m viewers – less than half the number who tuned in to Gavin and Stacey last year Most-watched programme this Christmas was Call the Midwife, 8m viewers Top ratings were less than half of 17.1m who watched Gavin and Stacey … Read more

Jacqueline Jossa admits she was ‘at her lowest’ point just before she took part in I’m A Celebrity

Jacqueline Jossa admits she was ‘at her lowest’ point just before she took part in I’m A Celebrity but ‘nobody knew’ as she answers fan questions in candid post By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 08:54 GMT, 3 January 2021 | Updated: 08:54 GMT, 3 January 2021 Jacqueline Jossa has revealed she was at her … Read more

Sarah Hyland reveals she was at her lowest point after 2017 love split

‘I had my heart broken just days before this picture’: Sarah Hyland reveals she was at her lowest point after 2017 love split as she takes part in Instagram photo challenge By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 10:15 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 10:15 GMT, 29 December 2020 Sarah Hyland has revealed she was … Read more

Scarlett Moffatt shares swimsuit snap of  herself ‘when people didn’t know she was at her lowest’

Scarlett Moffatt shares slender swimsuit snap of herself ‘when people didn’t know she was at her lowest’ while admitting she and boyfriend Scott Dobinson have ‘put timber on’ since they first began dating By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:51 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 00:53 GMT, 27 December 2020 Scarlett Moffatt has shared … Read more

Cost of car insurance at lowest winter level for five years

Cost of car insurance at lowest winter level for five years thanks to fewer claims as Britons travel less during pandemic A typical winter spike in premiums has not occurred this year  Average cost of a policy is down £24 at £707 compared to this time last year The average cheapest premium stands at £603, … Read more

Relations between Russia and Nato are ‘at their lowest since the end of the Cold War’, envoys warn

Relations between Russia and Nato are ‘at their lowest since the end of the Cold War’, while there is a ‘growing risk’ of military conflict, it has today been warned. Former Russian and western diplomats have warned that treaties between the two military powers that have ‘safeguarded us for 30 years’ are ‘gone or fraying’. … Read more