A wonderful £500,000 was pledged yesterday by a charitable trust that said: ‘We cannot stand by and let a generation slip through the net.’ The registered charity, set up to serve the needs of society, preferred to remain anonymous. But its generous donation will start work straight away helping the Daily Mail’s crusade to get … Read more
Two rail lines shut in 1960s will reopen as transport officials put £800million towards Bicester-Bletchley and Newcastle-Ashington projects Department for Transport said £760m will support next phase of East West Rail Reinstates services between Bicester, Oxfordshire and Bletchley shut in 1968 £34m boost is also going to old line between Newcastle and Ashington By Daily Mail … Read more
Whitehall sources last night vowed that all over-50s could be vaccinated by the end of March as figures show that more than three million people have already received the Covid jab. The Government is preparing to more than double the pace of the vaccine roll-out next week, with vaccines for as many as half a … Read more
The sister of a boy of 13 who was stabbed to death in a country park yesterday vowed to ‘get justice’. Olly Stephens died at the beauty spot near his family’s four-bedroom home in a leafy Berkshire suburb. Rumours were circulating yesterday that the teenager had been lured into a trap in a disastrous attempt … Read more
Royal Mail SCRAPS pledge to deliver in time for Christmas: Special delivery service is suspended amid mounting chaos at sorting offices The delivery of letters and packages to Europe has also been temporarily halted Images posted online recently have shown mountains of sacks at sorting offices Situation has escalated after new mutant strain and strict … Read more
Care home chaos as visitors are STILL barred: Boris Johnson is accused of breaking pledge that elderly will be able to hug relatives as report reveals many nursing home residents are still unable to see family Campaigners angry after major report warned care homes couldn’t have visitors Government is rolling out millions of lateral flow … Read more
The Mail’s campaign to plant thousands of trees across Britain receives a huge boost today as ministers pledge £3.9million to plant more trees in towns and along rivers to reduce the risk of flooding. The funding will help Boris Johnson’s Government reach its target of planting 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of trees every year across … Read more
G4S makes dividend pledge to sweeten shareholders as deadline approaches on predator’s £3bn offer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 G4S has offered a final sweetener to shareholders ahead of the deadline to respond to Canadian predator Garda World’s £3billion offer. … Read more
Rishi fails to rally FTSE with pledge to splash MORE cash: London markets tumble with 42-point slide by 0.65% to 6,390 as Spending Review lays bare Britain’s grave economic state FTSE 100 down at 6,390 soon after Rishi Sunak began speaking in Commons Index of Britain’s biggest companies had been up at 6,464 in early … Read more
Rishi Sunak will pledge a fighting fund worth almost £3billion at tomorrow’s Spending Review to help one million unemployed people find a job as UK recovers from the coronavirus crisis Chancellor Rishi Sunak will tomorrow set out his one-year Spending Review The review will include £2.9billion over three years for a new Restart scheme The … Read more