Crumpets vs Pikelets: Twitter goes to war over correct name for toasted snack after Apprentice star Michelle Dewberry posts photo of her lunch Social media went into a frenzy, with the word ‘crumpets’ trending on the site Popular brands including Marmite, PG Tips and Lidl all got in on the discussion Michelle remained firm that … Read more
Did Argentina rob art from its own museum to fund the Falklands War? Military junta stole £1.8m of paintings from Buenos Aires gallery to buy arms from Taiwan, new book claims British academic claims art heist was staged by Argentina’s military Government Sixteen masterpieces vanished into thin air from national museum in the 1980s Just three … Read more
Home loan for LESS than 1%: Lowest rate in a year, new 95% deals for first-time buyers… Are we in for a mortgage price war? Hinckley & Rugby BS has a two-year discount variable mortgage at 0.99% Meanwhile, a raft of state-backed 95% mortgages went live on Monday Experts say the surge in offers is … Read more
James Corden fought a planning war with he and Coldplay singer Chris Martin’s next-door neighbour over controversial plans to build an ‘iceberg basement’. The celebrities, both based in Los Angeles, owned multimillion-pound properties in the upmarket Belsize Park area of North London – separated by a £600,000 garage conversion home. The pair were renting out their … Read more
No green shoots for Isa savers as the new tax year sees saving rates fall as Marcus fails to spur a tax-free rate war Rates on easy-access Isas have fallen from 0.46% in March to 0.41% March and April is usually ‘Isa season’ when banks compete for savers’ cash Rates are now at an all-time … Read more
Prince Philip’s attachment to the Armed Forces predated even his 73-year marriage to his beloved wife the Queen. The Duke of Edinburgh, who has died at the age of 99, joined the Royal Navy in 1939 – the year the Second World War broke out – when he was still a teenager. By 1942, he … Read more
Bidding war breaks out for Toshiba after Private Equity giant CVC Capital make an audacious £15bn bid By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 A private equity bidding war has broken out for Japanese firm Toshiba. In a sign of just how … Read more
Millionaire residents of Sandbanks are battling developers over plans to build a ‘soulless’ block of flats on the site of an historic hotel where inventor of the radio Guglielmo Marconi established the world’s first wireless communications. Almost 5,000 letters of objection have been lodged against the £250million development, which if approved by planning officers, would … Read more
Millionaire residents of Sandbanks are battling developers over plans to replace a historic hotel, where inventor of the radio Guglielmo Marconi lived, with a ‘soulless block of flats’. Almost 5,000 letters of objection have been lodged against the £250million development, which if approved by planning officers, would see the Haven Hotel at Poole Harbour, Dorset, bulldozed … Read more
Developers are proposing demolishing a ‘perfectly good’ house which is less than 20 years old to make way for a cycle path. The £300,000 four-bedroom private home could be destroyed to create a cycle route to a new ‘affordable’ housing development. The move has prompted outrage from neighbours who say plans to flatten the house will … Read more