Forbes reveals 40 people who have seen their fortunes soar due to fighting the coronavirus pandemi

Forty people became billionaires in 2021 due to their business activities fighting the coronavirus pandemic, Forbes has revealed.  This year, the world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with 660 people joining the list who were not on it in 2020.  Of those 660, the addition of 40 new billionaires on the list can be … Read more

Parcel cover complaints soar as couriers wriggle out of paying claims

Parcel cover isn’t the full package: Complaints soar as couriers wriggle out of paying claims By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 6 April 2021 Complaints about parcel delivery cover are rocketing as couriers wriggle out of paying customer claims. Most major delivery firms offer … Read more

Staycation boom for holiday park owner Away Resorts: Bookings soar 47%

Staycation boom boosts holiday park owner Away Resorts as bookings soar 47% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 5 April 2021 In demand: Away Resorts’s Isle of Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park on the Isle of Wight Holiday park owner Away Resorts saw a 47 … Read more

The 1,049ft tower that’ll soar above Miami and become the tallest residential building south of NYC

The Miami skyline is set to be transformed in spectacular fashion. Renderings have been released of a sensational new tower that will rise 100 stories and 1,049ft (319m) above the city in Biscayne Bay, becoming the tallest residential building south of New York City and the loftiest building in Florida, taking the crown from the 868ft- (265m) … Read more

Lockdown stress is blamed as women pile on the pounds – and oestrogen levels soar

Lockdown stress is blamed as women pile on the pounds – and oestrogen levels soar The survey shows that people struggled to exercise during lockdown For women who are 5ft 3in, the results show that they may have gained over half a stone since the first lockdown – going from just under 11st to 11st … Read more

Council tax misery for millions: Families in more than 100 areas will see bill soar to £2,000

Householders in more than 100 districts will receive average bills of more than £2,000 next week as town halls put up council tax by 11 times the rate of inflation. Across England the average bill for a typical Band D home will be £1,898 – up £80 on last year, according to figures released yesterday. … Read more

Red Arrows soar as they practice stunning aerobatic moves above RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire

The Red Arrows were formed of a number of RAF teams in late 1964 after display pilots started focusing so much on their formations there was no time for military training. Now, pilots chosen to be on the team have to have completed one or more operational tours on a fast jet such as the … Read more

Jane Austen takes Pride of place for book sales in lockdown as sales of her famous novel soar 

Jane Austen takes Pride of place for book sales in lockdown as sales of her famous novel soar Sales of the Penguin edition of Pride and Prejudice rose 22 per cent last year Life in lockdown has been compared to that depicted in Jane Austen’s novels Since 2001, more than a million copies of the … Read more

Foreign holidays could soar in price, sources warn 

Foreign holidays could soar in price to give UK flights a lift with higher taxes after lockdown ends, sources warn Boris Johnson unveiled plans to slash duty on international flights last week Sources claim it’s likely to be paid for by increasing charges on foreign flights Consultation to look into ‘increasing the number of international … Read more

Soar down to Mars with Perseverance! NASA shares video from the rover’s view during its descent

NASA‘s Perseverance rover may have performed the ‘seven minutes of terror’ alone, but a new video of the descent makes viewers feel as if they too were along for the ride. The American space agency shared the clip on Twitter, which begins with the heat shield separating that allowed Perseverance’s cameras to ‘see’ a cratered … Read more