MARKET REPORT: Investors cheer Footsie’s best-ever start to a year as index rises almost 6% in first three days of trading By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 6 January 2021 The FTSE 100 notched up its best start to a year as an expected … Read more
Care home residents have offered a few titbits of advice for staying happy as the UK is plunged into its third coronavirus lockdown. Staff at Pinehurst Care Centre in Crowthorne wrote its elderly residents’ advice onto a piece of paper along with their names and ages. And some of the responses were priceless, including 96-year-old … Read more
Teachers will grade school pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this summer after exams were scrapped due to Covid-related school closures, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson revealed today. The exams that were due to be sat in May and June this year will be replaced by school-based assessments, he told the Commons in a statement this afternoon. … Read more
Protesters looked on in horror today as the ‘Tree of the Year’ was chopped down to make way for 584 new homes on a housing estate in London. Crowds were unable to stop the 150-year-old ‘Happy Man tree’, which had been named after a since-demolished pub, from being felled, but warned that the councillors who … Read more
With a new year comes a raft of new cars that will be hitting showrooms for the first time. The next 12 months promises a mix of fresh metal, from affordable small cars to ultra-fast hypercars with engines taken from Formula One racers. After a misery-filled 2020 and the threat of new petrol and diesel … Read more
Millions of Virgin Media customers will see prices rise by up to £54 a year from March: Are other broadband suppliers following suit? UK cable customers will see an increase between £2.50 and £4.50 a month This would mean an increase of £54 a year for some households We asked other suppliers whether they are … Read more
(Not so) picture perfect home: Owners of £1.15m Georgian four-bed that earns them £60,000-a-year as photoshoot spot for Towie stars, Jamie Oliver and Disney are still trying to sell it after a year on market The £1.15m semi-detached property located in Bromley, south east London, is still up for sale after a year It is … Read more
Adorable one-year-old girl who could skateboard before she could walk shows off her epic skills – and her tricks get MILLIONS of views on TikTok Polly Anna Gray, 15 months, learnt how to skateboard before she could walk TikTok videos show her maintaining balance on the board while skating ramps She gets tens of millions … Read more
Candace Cameron Bure took to social media on Saturday and shared a family photo to celebrate the new year and offer some encouraging words of hope for 2021. And now the Full House star finds herself taking her ‘haters’ to task after some people shared some harsh and ‘unkind comments’ about the picture of the … Read more
Mel Greig reveals she is embarking on a ‘Year of Health’ inspired by Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:37 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 00:58 GMT, 5 January 2021 Mel Greig is embarking on a ‘Year of Health’ in 2021 in the same way that Rebel Wilson … Read more