Millionaires buying boltholes after lockdown push country house price growth

A rush of millionaires snapping up upmarket rural homes has driven price growth of country houses to a four-year high, figures show. Prices for rural properties including manor houses, cottages and farmhouses increased by 2 per cent in the three months to the end of September, according to estate agent Knight Frank. It marks the biggest … Read more

One last push: Joe Biden and Donald Trump hit the road for the last time

President Donald Trump kicked off his final day of campaigning with an old litany of complaints – against the polls, against Democratic rival Joe Biden, against the media, against his impeachment trial, and even against his 2016 foe Hillary Clinton. The president is holding five rallies in four states ahead of Election Day to make … Read more

BBC ‘refused Downing Street’s plea to push back the start time of Strictly Come Dancing’

BBC ‘refused Downing Street’s plea to push back the start time of Strictly Come Dancing for Boris Johnson’s very delayed national lockdown broadcast’ By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 22:54 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 22:59 GMT, 1 November 2020 The BBC reportedly refused to delay Strictly Come Dancing for Boris Johnson‘s national lockdown broadcast on … Read more

BBC refused Downing Street’s plea to push back the start time of Strictly Come Dancing

BBC refused Downing Street’s plea to push back the start time of Strictly Come Dancing for Boris Johnson’s very delayed national lockdown broadcast By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 22:54 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 22:54 GMT, 1 November 2020 The BBC refused to delay Strictly Come Dancing for Boris Johnson‘s national lockdown broadcast … Read more

Donald Trump holds first rally of two-day seven-state breakneck push for votes

President Donald Trump kicked off his five-rally day in snowy Michigan where it was so cold he joked people should wear face masks.’Today you should wear them anyway,’ Trump said his remarks.  The president has been reluctant to wear a face covering and his campaign said supporters are free to wear them or not at … Read more

Record high house sales agreed post-lockdown push transaction pipeline up 50%

Aspiring home buyers rushing to buy before the stamp duty holiday deadline are clogging the transaction pipeline, with 50 per cent more home sales than usual waiting to be completed, a report reveals.   Record high sales agreed post-lockdown has led to some 140,000 more homes currently progressing through the system than at this time last … Read more

Quarantine to be cut to seven days – but businessmen ‘exempt in push for global trade’

Coronavirus quarantine could be slashed to just seven days amid fears Britons are flouting the tough 14-day requirement. The government’s Covid-19 taskforce is understood to be considering slashing self-isolation for those who come into contact with infected individuals to between a week and 10 days. There are also claims that City dealmakers, hedge fund managers … Read more

Girl, six, and baby brother somersault down escalator after she tried to push pram in Moscow

Girl, six, and her baby brother somersault down escalator after the big sister tried to push pram onto moving stairs while their mother was shopping at Russian mall The family were shopping in a Moscow mall when the horror accident took place The mother was trying on clothes and told her children to wait outside … Read more

Department store John Lewis set to cut prices in online push

John Lewis to cut prices and could close more stores in £1bn plan to revive its fortunes By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 October 2020 John Lewis will cut prices and could close more stores in a £1billion plan to revive its fortunes.  … Read more