A combination of safety requirements and styling have resulted in the windows of cars shrinking and the door pillars becoming chunkier – a recipe that doesn’t bode well for driving visibility. And there are some models on sale in showrooms today that are far worse than others, according to test by Which?. More than two … Read more
BT began to bounce back off near-record lows as rumours circulated that it was selling a stake in its Openreach engineering arm. The telecom group’s shares surged 5.4 per cent, or 5.55p, to 107.7p after reports it would use the money to bankroll a £12billion upgrade of Britain’s broadband network. Earlier this week, shares in … Read more
BT in talks over sale of stake in Openreach as it embarks on £12bn upgrade of its broadband network By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 14 May 2020 BT is in talks to sell a multi-billion pound stake in Openreach, it was claimed last … Read more
If you’re in the market for a fixer-upper with a difference – how about an abandoned Cold War-era nuclear missile site? There’s one going in Woolwich Township, New Jersey, for just $1.8million (£1.45million), complete with a swimming pool used by the troops and radar towers. The installation – Nike Battery PH-58 – was operational between … Read more
A lavish fifteenth century house where Game of Thrones star Kit Harington threw his stag do and homed the same family for ten generations has gone on sale for £1.65million. This former private stately home, named Eriviat Hall, which is situated a short distance from the village of Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales, has been designed to … Read more
Chunk of moon rock weighing nearly 30lbs that was blasted off the lunar surface by an asteroid and fell to Earth as a meteorite is expected to fetch £2 million at auction The lunar meteorite blasted from the lunar surface after an asteroid collision The Moon rock fell to Earth in the Sahara desert and … Read more
A real tear-jerker! Family home that played a leading role in a John Lewis Christmas ad is listed for £2.8m and has an entire floor dedicated to a classroom The £2.8m family home in Surrey’s Kingston-Upon-Thames featured in John Lewis’s 2014 Christmas advert The advert showed an inseparable boy and a penguin playing hide-and-seek together … Read more
A Georgian townhouse in London‘s Mayfair which was the former home to prolific writer Nancy Mitford and used as her billet during a stint with the Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War has gone on sale for £7.5million. As a writer with an affluent background and one of the celebrated Mitford sisters, Nancy … Read more
The sprawling eighty-acre country estate that was once home to wartime actress has gone on the market for an eye-watering £10million. ‘Stunning historic’ Grade II listed Dunsborough Park, located in Ripley, Surrey spanned out from a modest Tudor farmhouse into a grand estate owned by Florence Desmond that attracted some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Breathtaking … Read more
Chris Evans is auctioning off some of his prized possessions including Concorde seats, arcade games and a throne to raise money for the NHS. The Virgin Radio presenter is putting items including film posters, antique furniture and the 2012 Olympic Torch under the hammer in a bid to send the cash to hero doctors and nurses … Read more