Housing market has its best ever week outside London as buyers flood back after lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 00:05 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 15 June 2020 The housing market had its best ever week outside London when buyers flooded back after lockdown, according to figures out … Read more
With millions of Britons stuck in their own home for months on end, it appears they have turned to purchasing high-ticket items in order to pass the time. One of the main products that has seen a huge surge in interest is hot tubs with sales seeing increases of up to a huge 1,080 per … Read more
Organisations which take sponsorship money from HSBC and Standard Chartered draw criticism over their silence on banks’ Hong Kong position By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 Sponsored: Liverpool striker Mo Salah Organisations which take sponsorship money from HSBC and Standard Chartered … Read more
The rise of the lockdown investor: This is Money’s podcast on how to get started investing – and tips for hunting for better returns By This Is Money Published: 16:48 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 16:48 BST, 12 June 2020 Stock markets crashing tend to put savers off investing in shares, but there has … Read more
There is a rise Londoners quitting the capital for more spacious homes in the country following the easing of lockdown restrictions, industry experts have revealed. Property developers and estate agents have both seen an increase in the number of buyers looking to leave their cramped homes in the capital for larger properties – and, crucially, … Read more
Predictions that sea level rise caused by global warming will see the world’s islands submerged under swelling currents may not come true, a new study suggests. It claims that coral reef islands, such as the Maldives, could naturally adapt to survive surging water levels. Previous research has claimed that sea level rise will cause islands … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 286, with Northern Ireland having now gone three days in-a-row without recording a single fatality as the outbreak continues to fade. Department of Health figures show 277 of the Covid-19 victims were from England, while the other nine were in Wales. No laboratory-confirmed deaths were recorded in Scotland … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll today jumped by 145, with Northern Ireland having now gone three days in-a-row without recording a single fatality as the outbreak continues to fade. Department of Health bosses have yet to post the final daily figure. The preliminary toll is calculated by adding up all of the updates provided by each … Read more
SAGE said the overall rate remained between 0.7 and 0.9 across the UK as a whole but admitted it may be a little higher in England The UK’s official coronavirus death toll today surpassed 40,000 as health chiefs announced 357 more Brits have lost their lives to the disease and scientists suggested the R rate … Read more
Mangrove trees won’t survive sea-level rise by 2050 unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, study shows Experts studied mangrove sediments dating back to around 10,000 years ago During this time, sea-levels went from rising at 10 mm a year to being static Researchers found that the mangroves struggled with rising rates of above 6 mm … Read more