It’s not just looks that can be deceptive. In the world of investing there is an array of stock market-listed investment trusts that have names which give little away as to what the managers who run them do all day. The list is exhaustive and includes the likes of Foreign & Colonial – the country’s … Read more
Charity donations soared by £800million in the first months of coronavirus pandemic, research suggests The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) found a rise in donations despite uncertainty The public donated a total of £5.4billion between January and June this year CAF said some causes suffered huge losses as donors shifted to support NHS By Daily Mail … Read more
Drug offences soared by 30 per cent during the coronavirus lockdown as overall recorded crime dropped by a quarter compared to 2019, new figures show. Total recorded crime fell by 121,873 in April compared to the same month last year after Britain was plunged under draconian coronavirus restrictions, according to an Office for National Statistics report published today. … Read more
Mind the train! Newlyweds pose for photos on RAILWAY TRACK to get the beauty spot behind in shot Unnamed couple kissed on a path over the track near Whitby, North Yorkshire Image released by Network Rail to warn of new craze for level crossing pictures Total of 1,239 trespasses on UK railways last month – the … Read more
Public Health England’s Excel bungle has drastically changed the outlook of England’s coronavirus outbreak, with infection rates in the North soaring overnight. Following the revelation that almost 16,000 ‘missed’ cases had been added to the system, infection rates spiralled in every authority of the country except four at the weekend — all of which were … Read more
Binge drinking soared during the coronavirus lockdown – with women’s alcohol consumption increasing 41 PER CENT over the previous year Researchers surveyed 1,540 US-based adults on their alcohol consumption They looked at habits in Spring 2019 and again in Spring 2020 during shutdown There was a 41 per cent spike in women binge drinking during … Read more
INVESTING SHOW: Why has the US stock market soared while UK shares have fallen behind? By This Is Money Published: 19:10 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 19:10 BST, 20 August 2020 The coronavirus crash has proved short lived for the US stock market, as its global tech giant members have driven a strong rebound … Read more
Two dogs were left in a car for over two hours as temperatures soared at a Cornwall beach town today Devon and Cornwall Police were called to a locked vehicle near Looe beach Two dogs were reportedly left inside the car for as much as two hours on Sunday It is thought that police smashed … Read more
The price of premium mobile phones have risen 490 per cent in the last two decades, new research shows. It means the outlay for a top of the range model is close to heading back to the early 1990s, when huge mobile phones were only used by the rich and famous, and a Motorola 3200 … Read more
Nicola Daniels has spent — as many of us have during lockdown — a lot of time in her garden. The 32-year-old NHS physiotherapist has two sons, Zac, aged seven and Finn, three. ‘We were enjoying the outdoor space, but the state of our lawn was driving me insane,’ she says. Nicola’s lawn, laid by … Read more