Premier League footballer Dele Alli had three watches worth a total of £350,000 stolen when he was punched in the face and held at knifepoint during a robbery. Masked raiders burst in and robbed the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and his model girlfriend Ruby Mae at their £2million North London mansion on Wednesday. The three watches … Read more
When the news broke that Britain was going into lockdown, Mark Cribb admits his first reaction was to panic. His 12-bedroom boutique hotel, beachside cafe and restaurant in Bournemouth would have to close, slashing his income to almost nothing – potentially for many months – just as the crucial summer season approached. But with dozens … Read more
She’s the pop star who’s richer than Elton John, lives next door to Sir Paul McCartney in London and has gone from being a teenage ‘one-hit wonder’ to a globally successful fashion and beauty mogul. Barbadian singer Rihanna — born Robyn Rihanna Fenty — is said by the new Sunday Times Rich List to be … Read more
Good health: The NHS coin, representing the letter N, has become the most in-demand of the 26 A-Z 10p coins over the last 3 months Plenty of items have increased in price and become scarcer since the coronavirus pandemic hit Britain in March. Dried pasta, hand sanitiser, toilet roll, flour and dog food are all … Read more
Santander’s 123 chop, mortgage holidays and how do we pay for the coronavirus crash? This is Money podcast By This Is Money Published: 17:40 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 17:40 BST, 11 May 2020 The latest Santander 123 account rate cut, trying to turn a profit on mortgage holidays, how we pay for the … Read more
A fraudster sold fake holidays worth £70,000 to her family and friends while pretending she worked for Virgin Atlantic and Emirates. Jessica Greatorex-Thomas, 29, from Saffron Walden in Essex, persuaded her neighbours and family to fork out thousands for trips to Venice, the Maldives, Rome and Florida despite not being employed by a travel agency. The … Read more
Hundreds of suspects – including dozens of children – have been arrested during a crackdown on ‘County Lines’ drug dealing networks. More than 270 suspects – nearly a quarter of whom were under 18 – were arrested on Britain’s rail network by a gang taskforce that began in December last year. More than £60,000 worth … Read more
Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on 165 million gigabytes of unused mobile data worth a staggering £165 million, study claims Consumers stuck at home due to COVID-19 are using their WiFi instead of data Data use among non-essential workers has fallen from 2.4 to 1.9 GB a month More than two-thirds of users … Read more
At last! Lloyds ramps up Covid lending: Bank boasts it has approved £1billion worth of loans to 32,000 firms By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:41 BST, 5 May 2020 Lloyds approved seven times as many ‘bounce back’ loans to struggling firms in a day than … Read more
The £35m car park: In a picture symbolising the economic crisis gripping Britain, an old RAF airbase is packed with new cars that nobody wants By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline Published: 22:10 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 5 May 2020 The brutal impact of the pandemic on the economy was laid bare … Read more