Average council tax bill will top £2k for millions of households next year as payments are set to rise by 4.3% Typical fee in England is set to rise by £78.31 – or 4.3 per cent – next year Average band D property in North East and South West could pass £2,000 a year Major … Read more
Average council tax bill will top £2k for millions of households next year as payments are set to rise by 4.3% Typical fee in England is set to rise by £78.31 – or 4.3 per cent – next year Average band D property in North East and South West could pass £2,000 a year Major … Read more
Millions of households will see a number of their bills increase dramatically on 1 April 2021 in the wake of the pandemic. Council tax, the TV licence and NHS prescriptions are just some of the costs being hiked from April Fools’ Day. A number of TV, broadband and mobile providers have also revealed they will … Read more
How to make the perfect crispy potatoes: Foodie shares her secret recipe – and it’s been viewed more than three million times on TikTok A foodie shared her video for making the perfect crispy spiced roast potatoes Cooking with Aayeh said she the dish is the ‘perfect side dish to every meal’ Aayeh said the … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan voluntarily abandoned up to £8.4million of funding and services when they stepped down from Royal life, but last night complained of being ‘literally cut off’. The couple had been receiving a combined pot to help them fulfil their roles before they activated Megxit last year. It included an estimated £1m protection … Read more
Millions of school pupils are returning to classrooms this morning after two months of home-learning as phase one of Boris Johnson‘s ‘one-way road to freedom’ begins today. Many secondary schools have implemented a phased return as students from different year groups begin Covid testing as well as following a number of other conditions brought in to … Read more
Millions of school pupils are returning to classrooms this morning after two months of home-learning in the first step of Boris Johnson‘s ‘one-way road to freedom’ post-lockdown. Teachers have described their ‘immense relief tied to a little apprehension’ at students heading back to school – amid chaos over non-compulsory testing schemes and fears over lax … Read more
Will youngsters be given Covid jab in the summer? As pupils prepare to return to school, Government eyes plan to immunise millions of children before autumn term Millions of children aged 11 to 18 could be vaccinated in school before the autumn term, a government vaccines adviser has said Professor Adam Finn of the Government’s … Read more
Last July, in that sunny lull between lockdowns, the Government jubilantly announced that the number of nurses employed by the NHS had increased by 13,502, rising from 282,506 to 296,008. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, was delighted. ‘This pandemic has shown how proud the entire country is of all our brave health and care workers, … Read more
Home movers have had four million of their possessions either lost, damaged or stolen in transit over the past 12 months. Nearly a quarter of people said items did not make it to their new home in the same condition they left in, according to a new survey by Direct Line home insurance. The average … Read more