Ruff justice: Only 2% of dog thieves are charged and failure to tackle pet-napping is causing misery for 200 families each month, experts warn Government launched a pet theft taskforce in May – but 508 dogs stolen since Kennel Club says thefts being treated as ‘petty crime’ and wants tougher laws Elaine Hardy, 50, left … Read more
Frankie Bridge detailed the impact online trolling can have on her as she appeared on Loose Women on Thursday. The Saturday’s star, 32, spoke about how ‘everyone hated’ her son Parker’s name when she announced it shortly after he was born. The conversation arose as the panel discussed how Jake Quickenden revealed a troll had … Read more
Rising inflation continues to ‘erode’ gains on millions of people’s savings accounts up and down the country, new findings reveal. Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics today showed that rising furniture and food prices pushed the Consumer Prices Index up to 0.7 per cent in January, up from 0.6 in the year to … Read more
From work to pensions, passports and pets, what Britain’s new Brexit deal with the EU means for you By John Stevens Deputy Political Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 14:00 GMT, 31 December 2020 From work to pensions, what Brexit means for you… Working UK citizens no longer … Read more
500 Scout groups are at risk of closing down as social distancing affects fundraising drives The Scout Association said many of the at risk groups were in deprived areas Groups usually raise funds through jumble sales, quiz nights and car washes Scout Association has now launched a virtual race around the world fundraiser By Daily … Read more
Thousands of people living in East London are currently without a water supply. Residents took to Twitter this afternoon to say they had either low water pressure or no supply at all. Thames Water said on social media they are aware of issues in eight of East London’s 21 postcodes. They added: ‘Our engineers are … Read more
Women are doing more childcare in lockdown but men are more likely to say it is affecting their jobs, study shows A survey of over 2,200 UK residents aged 16-75 was conducted by Ipsos MORI Four in 10 fathers said caring and domestic duties negatively affected their work Three in 10 mothers said that caring for … Read more
The Chancellor has extended the furlough scheme for four months and said Britain will continue to cover 80 per cent of workers’ wages during the coronavirus crisis. Rishi Sunak revealed today that 7.5million British workers now have the state picking up the bill for 80 per cent of their salary up to £2,500 a month, … Read more
Hundreds of Virgin Media broadband users say they are still unable to get online today more than 18 hours after a nationwide outage and despite the company saying its issues have been fixed. Tens of thousands of customers were unable to access the internet yesterday evening, according to data from Downdetector, which monitors online outages. Virgin … Read more
Landlords suffered a triple-whammy hit this week as three popular tax reliefs were axed or scaled back as the new tax year began. Mortgage interest tax relief, capital gains tax exemptions for ‘accidental’ landlords – those who held onto homes they once lived in – and letting relief were all cut. The raid came as … Read more