Matt Hancock plunges MORE parts of England into Tier 4 from Boxing Day

The Tier 4 areas of England  In Tier 4 from Boxing Day: Surrey West Sussex East Sussex Hampshire (apart from New Forest)  Kent Buckinghamshire Berkshire  All 32 London boroughs and the city of London. Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough Hertfordshire Essex Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire  Millions more families have been ordered into Tier … Read more

Huge raccoon plunges off 20ft-high ledge of a Manhattan building as rescuers catch it in a tarpaulin

Huge raccoon plunges off 20ft-high ledge of a Manhattan building as rescuers catch it in a tarpaulin (but where did run off too?) The animal scaled the building around 100 Hudson Street in Tribeca, New York  Footage shows the raccoon falling from 20-foot ledge on to a tarp held up below  Group of rescuers had … Read more

Hot air balloon worker plunges 33ft to his death after ‘being blown into the sky by wind’ in China

Hot air balloon worker plunges 33ft to his death after ‘being blown into the sky by a gust of wind while retrieving the aircraft’ The incident reportedly occurred this morning at a park in south-western China The alleged 49-year-old man was retrieving a hot air balloon that has just landed He was suddenly blown into … Read more

Sadiq Kahn wears a ‘coat-under-a-blazer’ as he plunges city into Tier Two lockdown Twitter users

‘Sadiq ready for Tier Two beer garden life in his body warmer’: Twitter users have plenty to say about London mayor’s ‘coat-under-a-blazer situation’ as he plunges city into lockdown Sadiq Khan read a statement at City Hall wearing a puffer coat under a suit jacket The look prompted Twitter users to ask if London Assembly … Read more

NS&I plunges into meltdown: Delays as rates tumble

National Savings & Investments has been hit by a customer service meltdown, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. We have been bombarded with emails and letters from customers who are at their wits’ end after tortuous dealings with NS&I call centres.  Many staff are understood to be working from home as they deal with a … Read more

FTSE plunges three per cent or 194 points down to 5,813 amid new Covid lockdown fears

FTSE 100 suffers worst plunge since June amid dire warnings of more coronavirus restrictions from Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance as pubs, hotels and businesses say they will not survive a second lockdown The blue-chip stock exchange slumped 3 per cent to a two-week low as markets reacted to lockdown fears  Government’s top scientists warned … Read more

Covid-hit Gemfields plunges to £50m loss

Gemfields plunges to £50m loss after being only able to hold one precious stones auction between January and June By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 18 September 2020 Gemfields swung to a loss as Covid-19 shut its mines and cancelled crucial gem auctions. The … Read more

CPI inflation rate plunges to just 0.2% amid Eat Out scheme

CPI inflation rate plunges to just 0.2 PER CENT as government’s Eat Out discount scheme and tumbling air fares keep prices down By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 07:21 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 07:28 BST, 16 September 2020 Inflation plunged last month as the government’s Eat Out scheme and tumbling air … Read more

Mileage limit set at 75 for test and trace appointments as success rate plunges to worst levels yet

Dido Harding has set a 75-mile limit on appointments for test and trace Test and trace boss Dido Harding has installed a 75-mile limit on travelling to appointments after it was revealed some patients were being asked to drive almost 300 miles. It comes as the number of close contacts of people who tested positive … Read more

Covid plunges Australia into recession for first time in 30 years

Covid plunges Australia into recession for first time in 30 years as pandemic paralyses business activity By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 2 September 2020 Australia is in recession for the first time in almost 30 years after coronavirus curbs paralysed business activity. Data … Read more