The acceptable daily commute has always been 60 to 90 minutes. But what if you have to make that trek into town only twice a week? It means you can live further from your work and get more house for your money. Since lockdown hit in March, rail usage has slumped to just 23 per … Read more
Boris Johnson could drop plans to tear up parts of the Brexit deal if the EU limits Irish Sea checks, government sources have claimed. They hinted the prime minister may stop trying to quash his own deal if an agreement over Northern Ireland can be thrashed out. The claims come after he accused the EU … Read more
House price growth stood at the strongest level since 2016 last month, a new closely-watched survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors today revealed. ‘Virtually all parts of the UK are now seeing prices increase’ to some extent, with buyers facing a ‘sharp acceleration’ in prices up and down the country in August, the … Read more
Woman who considered surgery on her vagina after a lover made her feel insecure launches a crusade to photograph other women’s private parts to prove they are beautiful A photographer has launched a campaign to prove that all vaginas are beautiful Ellie Eggwick, from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, will capture 500 vaginas A sexual partner made … Read more
The government has angered council leaders in Bolton and Trafford by lifting local lockdowns in parts of north-west England despite their pleas to keep the restrictions after a spike in cases. Trafford Council leader Andrew Western blasted the ‘chaotic’ way local lockdowns had been handled and accused ministers of making a ‘purely political calculation’ to … Read more
A hospital in Gloucester had to be evacuated after it was hit by flash flooding as thunderstorms are expected to batter large parts of the UK today before the heatwave finally eases tomorrow. Part of the hospital’s ceiling was damaged after the region was hit with a torrential downpour and firefighters were forced to pump … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned different households in parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire as well as Greater Manchester from meeting indoors as of midnight tonight. He said the new lockdown measures – set to affect around four and a half million people – were put in force after repeated rule breaches led to a spike … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from midnight tonight. He claimed the new lockdown measures were put in force after repeated rule breaches led to a spike in new coronavirus cases. The councils going back into a partial lockdown are Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale, Bradford, … Read more
Mother nature has unleashed a number of bizarre insects across the US this year – first it murderous hornets, then annoying cicadas and now self-cloning ticks. Asian longhorned ticks have been spotted in the northeast for the first time since 2017 and are known to carry dangerous diseases that infect livestock. What makes this species … Read more
Storm Edouard will bring almost a MONTH’s worth of rainfall to parts of England and Wales over the next two days Almost a month’s worth of rainfall is expected over the next two days in parts of England and Wales The Atlantic jet stream is currently over Britain, bringing low pressure accompanied by spells of … Read more