Mayor Bill de Blasio says he wants to impose new lockdowns in nine New York City neighborhoods with surging coronavirus positivity rates beginning on Wednesday. De Blasio announced his plan on Sunday, saying he intended to ‘rewind’ the reopening of nine zip codes in Brooklyn and Queens by shuttering schools and non-essential businesses. ‘We’re having an … Read more
In quarantine, Danish supermodel Nina Agdal has made the transition from walking runways to leading workout classes. The 28-year-old stunner whose been spending her time in the Hamptons with boyfriend Jack Brinkley Cook, 25, was spotted arriving at her socially distanced workout class in Amagansett. The model was masked up at The Reform Club Inn, … Read more
One in three Britons will be living under tougher Covid-19 rules than the rest of the country tomorrow, despite data showing local lockdowns don’t work in most places and that infection rates have actually risen. From Saturday, two million residents in Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough will be banned from meeting people they don’t live with … Read more
Coronavirus infection rates are NOT going up among school-age children, Professor Chris Whitty says in ‘important’ reminder to people worried about the virus spreading in the classroom Professor Whitty said it was ‘important’ to remember rates lower in children Chief medical officer appeared in a televised briefing with Boris Johnson He said school-age children are … Read more
Our third savings account of the year lasted a month. Like many savers I was a bit miffed last week when NS&I cut the rate on its easy-access income bonds from a best buy 1.15 per cent to 0.01 per cent. Particularly as I’d only just transferred our money into them four weeks previously. That was … Read more
Cuts to best buy savings rates have already begun after NS&I reductions: More than a dozen top accounts gone in just five days NS&I announced ‘absolutely savage’ cuts to market-leading rates last Monday The Treasury-backed bank had been propping up best buy rates since March Experts warned its cuts could throw a recovery in savings … Read more
Savers could soon have to pay to keep their money in a bank if negative interest rates are enforced. Many have suffered negligible rates for more than a decade and most high street banks now pay a pittance at 0.01 per cent. But experts last night said rewards for starved savers could fall even further … Read more
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
Npower has increased off-peak night tariffs meaning some households have seen bills rise by hundreds of pounds. One customer was told her prices are changing from 1 October and from that date, her off-peak electricity will be charged at the ‘standard’ rate, meaning a potential rise of £304.87 a year. Calling the increase ‘scandalous’, Jan … Read more
Bank overdraft costs double in a year: Average rate has risen from 12.34% to almost 27% By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 22:52 BST, 22 September 2020 Borrowers are being charged more than double the rate for their overdrafts compared with this time last year. The … Read more