Mortgage price war ramps up: Nationwide offers record breaking sub 1% five year fixed rate deal

Britain’s biggest building society has ramped up the mortgage price war after launching a record low sub 1 per cent five-year fixed rate deal. While rates below 1 per cent are not unusual for two year deals, Nationwide is offering this rate to those with a 40 per cent deposit remortgaging or moving, fixed until … Read more

Investor hopes for a bidding war over Morrisons are dealt a major blow

US private equity rivals join forces in Morrisons chase dashing investors’ hopes for a bidding war By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 17:00 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:00 EDT, 20 July 2021 Investors hoping for a bidding war over Morrisons were left disappointed yesterday as a US private equity firm withdrew … Read more

Boris Johnson makes light of UK-EU ‘sausage war’ row

Boris Johnson jokes to Angela Merkel the ‘wurst is behind us’ over post-Brexit UK-EU ‘sausage war’ as PM says the two sides must ‘sort out’ problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol Boris Johnson today joked the ‘wurst is behind us’ over EU-UK ‘sausage war’  Mr Johnson said UK and EU must ‘sort out’ issues with … Read more

Oxfam at war: Charity bosses change shop’s locks and axe volunteers in bitter two-year battle

 Oxfam’s bitter two-year feud over claims a staff member at a charity shop in Hay on Wye called Welsh ‘that bloody foreign language’ has a new twist in the tale.  Shop volunteers Susan and Paul Baker, a retired couple who took the time to volunteer for the charity for 30 years were the latest volunteers … Read more

Brad Pitt scores huge victory in war with Angelina Jolie after judge awards joint custody of kids

‘He’s so relieved’: Brad Pitt scores huge victory in war with Angelina Jolie as he wins joint custody of their children after judge found actress’ testimony ‘lacked credibility’ By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 16:34 BST, 26 May 2021 | Updated: 16:49 BST, 26 May 2021 Brad Pitt was granted joint custody of his children … Read more

It’s war! Today’s Karl Stefanovic reveals what would happen if he had a punch up with Kochie

It’s war! Today’s Karl Stefanovic, 46, reveals what would happen if he had a punch up with breakfast TV rival and Sunrise host David ‘Kochie’ Koch, 65, and quips ‘he wouldn’t have a good one in him’ By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:38 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 06:38 BST, 13 … Read more

House where Oliver Cromwell plotted Civil War battle goes on the market for £1million

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) The Civil War was a series of battles from 1642 to 1651 between Royalists and Parliamentarians. When King Charles I took the throne in 1625, his reign was met with almost immediate murmurs of discontent. His was a style of governance defined by religious dogma and a stubborn opposition to parliamentary rule. … Read more

House where Oliver Cromwell plotted Civil War battle goes on the market for £1million

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) The Civil War was a series of battles from 1642 to 1651 between Royalists and Parliamentarians. When King Charles I took the throne in 1625, his reign was met with almost immediate murmurs of discontent. His was a style of governance defined by religious dogma and a stubborn opposition to parliamentary rule. … Read more

Tory war on ‘cancel culture’: Speakers no-platformed by universities can seek compensation

Tory war on ‘cancel culture’: People denied a platform by universities will be able to seek compensation in the courts under government plans designed to make campuses places where ‘freedom of speech can thrive’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 11 May 2021 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 11 May 2021 The … Read more

NIFTY shades of grey! Royal Navy paints HMS Tamar with First World War ‘dazzle camouflage’

The ‘dazzle’ camouflage paint job applied to a new Royal Navy patrol ship was originally used on an array of vessels in the First and Second World War in the hope that it would confuse enemy German U-boats and ships. Military chiefs have resurrected the colour scheme on HMS Tamar, which will head to the … Read more