Coronavirus UK: Britons in Dubai race to reach home before today’s 1pm deadline

Models and social media influencers are among thousands of British travellers facing a race home today to avoid being stranded in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The scramble to get a flight comes after ministers added the United Arab Emirates to the so-called red list of countries from where travel to the UK is prohibited. Some … Read more

Adele and ex-husband Simon Konecki reach divorce settlement

Adele has reached a divorce settlement with Simon Konecki almost two years after they announced their separation.  Us Weekly reported on Thursday, that the singer, 32, and Simon, 46, the CEO of charity of Drop4Drop filed the terms of their $171 million divorce settlement with the court on Friday, January 15. Although Adele and former Etonian Simon have … Read more

Storm Christoph sees rivers in Manchester and Wales reach highest levels ever

River levels reached records high overnight as torrential rain saw thousands of people, including entire villages, evacuated amid flooding risks with Scotland and the North facing more snow and ice warnings today  After two months’ worth of rain bucketed down over parts of Britain yesterday, the River Mersey threatened to burst its banks in Didsbury … Read more

New CDC forecast predicts US coronavirus death toll will reach up to 508,000 by February 13

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predict that up to 508,000 Americans could die of COVID-19 in less than one month. Published on Wednesday, the ‘ensemble’ forecast combines 37 independent forecasts of coronavirus deaths over the next four weeks into one projection. The forecast predicts that between 22,500 and 23,300 deaths from the virus … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on last night’s TV: I’d turn off TV fitness class if only I could reach remote

The Truth About Getting Fit At Home Rating: Grand Designs  Rating: A couple of years ago, a fitness show claimed anyone in good health ought to be able to sit cross-legged and, with ankles still crossed, stand up. My left knee hurt for eight months. Entirely my own fault, of course. I’m fairly stupid sometimes. … Read more

Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause and ex husband Justin Hartley reach divorce settlement

Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause and ex husband Justin Hartley reach divorce settlement… over a year after their VERY public split By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 01:15 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 01:15 GMT, 14 January 2021 Chrishell Stause and husband Justin Hartley split in 2019, after just two years of marriage. And it … Read more

Nature: Snakes use their bodies as LASSOS to climb poles and reach the nests of endangered birds

A never-before-seen form of snake locomotion — in which serpents use their bodies like a lasso’s noose to climb wide poles — has been discovered by experts in Guam. US experts were trying to design snake-proof poles on which nesting boxes for Micronesia starlings could be placed without fear their eggs would be eaten. However, … Read more

Mortgages reach a 13-year high: More than 100,000 loans for house purchases approved in November

Mortgages reach a 13-year high: More than 100,000 loans for house purchases got the go-ahead in November, marking highest monthly figure for more than three years Some 105,000 loans for house purchases got the go ahead, the BoE said This was up from 98,300 in October and marked the highest monthly figure since August 2007 … Read more

Britain and Spain reach agreement to keep the border with Gibraltar OPEN

Britain and Spain reach agreement to keep the border with Gibraltar OPEN by including it in the EU’s free movement area after Brexit tonight The Rock’s status was not covered in the trade agreement on Christmas Eve British Overseas Territory will remain subject to the rules of the Schengen area  Spain’s Gonzalez Laya said it … Read more

Is it worth paying into a pension after you reach the lifetime allowance?

I’ve got a £1m-plus pension at age 48: Is it worth paying in more now I’ve hit the lifetime allowance limit? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 08:42 GMT, 28 December 2020 | Updated: 09:01 GMT, 28 December 2020 I’m in the very fortunate position of having run up to … Read more