Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka fined and handed six points on driving licence for speeding at 104mph on the M1 during the second week of the coronavirus lockdown in April Man United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been punished for speeding on the M1 Wan-Bissaka’s £90,000 G-Wagon was caught moving at 104mph on April 1 The 22-year-old … Read more
Courts to come down harder with bans for motorists who accrue 12 or more penalty points on their licence after thousands avoid disqualification using ‘exceptional hardship’ loophole Over 9,000 UK driver are believed to be driving despite having 12 or more points Most have avoided disqualification by claiming it would result in ‘exceptional hardship’ as … Read more
FTSE opens up 1.19% by 57 points on 5,898 – after business leaders blasted Boris Johnson for ushering office staff back to WFH due to Covid threat Britain’s blue-chip index stood at 5898.98 at the start of today’s session Came as Boris Johnson’s new coronavirus restrictions proved as expected Follows Monday’s £51bn plunge when traders … Read more
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
Trump slips 10 points behind Biden among registered voters in new poll after reports claiming he disparaged troops as ‘suckers’ and downplayed COVID-19 threat New poll shows Biden leading Trump by 10 points among registered voters Poll was conducted from September 9 to 11, after reports critical of Trump Only 16% think that a vaccine … Read more
Labour has narrowed the Tory lead to just two points this week as support for the Boris Johnson and the Conservatives dropped after the Government’s exams fiasco. A YouGov poll found that public support for the Tories had dropped four points to 40 per cent while Labour was up three to 38 per cent from … Read more
COVID MINI-BUDGET IN BRIEF: Key points of the Chancellor’s summer statement at a glance By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:50 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 13:07 BST, 8 July 2020 Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak answering a question in the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is … Read more
New poll puts Biden 14 points clear of Trump: Democrat now leads among men as well as women and among crucial over 65 voters President Trump is lagging behind Joe Biden by 14 points in a new poll that shows him struggling to retain majority support among GOP-friendly groups The New York Times/Siena College poll … Read more
A British-American explorer has become the first woman to scale Earth’s highest and lowest points, as she reaches the bottom of the Mariana Trench after climbing Mount Everest. Vanessa O’Brien travelled via a submersible to the Earth’s lowest point, the bottom of Challenger Deep, on June 12 for a surveillance mission. The 55-year-old dived 10,925metres below … Read more
Donald Trump is trailing behind Joe Biden by SEVEN points according to new poll, and has lost support from male voters and people without college degrees since last election President Donald Trump is trailing behind presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden by seven percentage points according to new poll The new numbers reveal Trump has lost … Read more