The average asking price for a home in Britain increased in the first two weeks of March, as the number of people enquiring about available properties broke the all-time record. Asking prices have increased by £2,484 or 0.8 per cent in March so far, reaching £321,064, according to property website Rightmove. This amounted to a … Read more
Hair transplant clinics have seen a boom in trade since the first lockdown because people felt pressured to look their best on Zoom calls and were more comfortable recovering while working at home. Both men and women were behind a spike in demand for the procedure and said it was comforting to know they wouldn’t … Read more
Three Sisters (NT at Home) Rating: Verdict: Wonderful women Stevie Smith: Black March (deadpoets.live) Rating: Verdict: Audio-visual delight Back in the day, brimming with idealism at university, I tried to join the Feminist Society. The woman at the freshers’ fair desk objected on the grounds that I was clearly a man — only to be overheard … Read more
Organisers of a gathering in memory of Sarah Everard have claimed the Metropolitan Police have ‘reversed their position’ on permitting the vigil to take place. Those arranging the ‘Reclaim These Streets’ event said the Met initially responded positively to the proposed plans, telling organisers they were ‘developing a local policing plan’ to allow it to … Read more
‘Where are all the uniforms?’ Stressed out parents say shirts and trousers are ‘sold out’ online as they get ready for Monday – with one mother claiming her son’s feet have grown two sizes since September Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit plan will see schools in England reopen March 8, Lockdown restrictions means parents aren’t able … Read more
P&O Cruises cancels some of its trips abroad this summer so it can offer Britons staycation voyages for the first time The trips are being billed by the cruise line as ‘the ultimate summer escapes’ The cruises, which will sail from Southampton, will go on sale later in March In normal times, all P&O Cruises’s … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive should drastically pick up pace from March 15 because supplies will ‘increase substantially’, NHS bosses have revealed. The programme, which is crucial to Britain’s hopes of seeing lockdown eased over the next few months, slowed down in February due to manufacturing issues. Ministers promised March would be a ‘bumper’ month for … Read more
P&O cancels some of its cruises abroad this summer so it can offer Britons staycation trips for the first time The trips are being billed by the cruise line as ‘the ultimate summer escapes’ The cruises, which will sail from Southampton, will go on sale later in March In normal times, all P&O’s sailings have … Read more
Downing Street confirmed today that schools will reopen on Monday, despite fears over a Brazilian strain of coronavirus that has been found in Britain. Six cases of the P.1 variant first detected in the Amazonian city of Manaus have been confirmed in the UK – three in England and three in Scotland. Two were tracked to … Read more
Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout will go at twice its speed so far over the next three months potentially doubling the number of people immunised by June as well as dishing out second doses, the UK’s vaccine minister says. Nadhim Zahawi said today that March will be a ‘very big month’ for the programme. February saw … Read more