Beauty salons will be able to offer eyebrow threading and facials from Saturday

At last… great news for the plucky few! Beauty salons will be able to offer eyebrow threading and facials from tomorrow – as theatre and concert venues are given the green light to re-open and wedding receptions are back on Tattoo studios, spas, beauty salons and barbers can offer close contact services News forms part … Read more

N95s offer the best protection to coronavirus but neck fleeces could trap infectious particles

We’ve all been told to wear face masks to reduce the spread of coronavirus, but it turns out the material your mask is made of may affect your risk, a new study suggests.  An N95 mask, which filters out nearly all particles both large and small, reduced the odds of contracting COVID-19, the disease caused … Read more

Best current accounts: Halifax launches £100 switch offer

Current account customers who switch to Halifax using the official service can get a £100 bonus from today, in a move that might help revive competition among banks and building societies.   Those who earn hundreds of pounds from regularly switching accounts will hope the move from one of Britain’s biggest banks will spur others into … Read more

BA owner to halve £900m offer for its Spanish rival

Owner of British Airways seeking to halve price of its planned £900m takeover of Spanish rival By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 00:24 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:24 BST, 29 July 2020 The owner of British Airways is seeking to halve the price of its planned £900m takeover of a Spanish … Read more

Ministers will discuss plans to offer dozens of Afghan interpreters sanctuary in Britain 

Hero translators’ fresh fight for justice: Ministers will discuss plans to offer dozens of Afghan interpreters sanctuary in Britain Ben Wallace and Priti Patel to discuss policy offering sanctuary to Afghan interpreters Gavin Williamson previously promised to let in 50 interpreters with their families Only two interpreters have come to Britain in the two years since … Read more

Boost for first-time buyers as lenders offer 10% deposit mortgages 

Boost for first-time buyers as lenders bring back mortgages for borrowers with a 10% deposit By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 21 July 2020 Lenders are bringing back mortgages for borrowers with a 10 per cent deposit in a boost for first-time buyers. Nationwide … Read more

Pubs and restaurants must offer non-smoking areas outdoors

Pubs, cafes and restaurants in England must offer separate non-smoking areas outdoors, the Government said last night. Smoking has been banned inside pubs and restaurants in England since 2007, but there are currently no controls on outside eating and drinking.  With more non-smokers now sitting outside due to social distancing measures, ministers have faced demands to … Read more

Hong Kong: 200,000 set to come to UK after citizenship offer

200,000 Hong Kongers are set to come to Britain to live after UK offered them a route to citizenship Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to welcome three million Hong Kong residents   The Foreign Office is working on estimates that 200,000 will take the offer Alan Mak, a Conservative of Chinese descent, said he doesn’t think … Read more

Swiss firm to offer billionaires $500k vaults carved into mountain

Swiss firm will offer billionaires $500,000 ‘treasure chamber’ vaults carved in to a mountain to store prized possessions Plan for the vaults has been put forward by Swiss firm Bruenig Mega Safe AG To be built inside Bruenig massif, a mountain near Lucerne, central Switzerland Vaults will range from 3,531 cubic feet to up to 1,000 … Read more

Gordon Ramsay is set for new neighbours as £1.85m house next to his Cornish home receives an offer.

Gordon Ramsay is finally set for new neighbours as the £1.85 million home alongside his second house in Cornwall has received an offer. The lavish property – named Tregye – was put on the market in April 2019, and is in the heart of the seaside village of Rock in Cornwall and boasts four bedrooms … Read more