Tearful lorry drivers today lamented spending Christmas Day away from their families as they tried to keep their spirits high – while thousands remained stranded on the approach to the Port of Dover. Those spending Christmas Day in their cabs in Kent raised a glass to their families back home this afternoon, following days stranded on … Read more
Britain faces the ‘bleakest of midwinters’ amid fears of a third national lockdown. Tier Three restrictions were extended yesterday so that two thirds of homes in England – and 38million people – can now expect to go into the new year under the toughest curbs. Swathes of the Home Counties will join London in the … Read more
Misery for home-buyers as banks are set to axe even more mortgage deals Mortgage lenders are preparing to raise rates and tighten their requirements A fall in house and a winter jobs crisis could lead to fewer affordable loans available Experts fear it could mark the end of a ‘mini-boom’ in the housing market By … Read more
Beauty expert Sali Hughes, who posted an emotional video on Instagram last year discussing the trauma of being trolled, has revealed that she’s met one of the women who bullied her online in person. In September 2019, author and broadcaster Hughes, said she’d decided to stop ‘ignoring’ trolls who ‘run roughshod over my entire life’ … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s ‘pay as you grow’ plan to help businesses survive yet MORE months of misery by extending loan payments to a DECADE and extending VAT cut for hospitality and tourism Bounce back Loans can be paid back more slowly, helping with cash flow Terms of 10 years up from previous six-year term, plus payment … Read more
Age of the 20% deposit dawns: Misery for first-time buyers as mortgage firms demand a FIFTH of price of new home – while existing owners enjoy boom in sales thanks stamp duty freeze More than 300 mortgage deals for borrowers with 15 per cent deposit are axed Not one high street bank offered mortgages for … Read more
Thousands of Britons suspected of suffering with agonising coeliac disease can now be diagnosed with a simple blood test, sparing them from an unpleasant internal examination. The autoimmune disease, which causes the body to attack healthy tissue in response to gluten in wheat, barley and rye, can cause permanent organ damage and bowel cancer if … Read more
Britain faces more flood chaos today with half a month’s worth of rain expected to fall in just three hours as 5.6 million take to the roads to get away for the bank holiday weekend. A yellow storm warning remains in place for a swathe of southern England and South Wales, with another warning for … Read more
Standing on a hill above Calais, with Dover’s White Cliffs sparkling in the sun 21 miles away was the moment it finally dawned on me that Britain was losing control of its borders. In the French ferry port below, 1,100 migrants were waiting to cross the Channel to the UK. Mingling among them were shadowy … Read more
More misery for Woodford investors as Synairgen shares – which were sold by fund administrators – rocket 550% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 20 July 2020 | Updated: 22:23 BST, 20 July 2020 Investors trapped in Neil Woodford’s former flagship fund have missed out on a huge windfall after administrators … Read more