Hospital casualty wings were at their busiest for two years last week as non-Covid patients returned amid delayed surgery fears Hospital A&E departments were at their busiest for up to two years last week The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) said the outlook was ‘grim’ Dr Nick Scriven said acute medical units risked being overwhelmed … Read more
The busiest property markets of 2020 have been revealed, with small towns taking the top spots as buyers flooded out of cities during the pandemic. Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, had the highest rate of property purchases in England and Wales, followed by Pontefract, West Yorkshire and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mortgage broker Haysto analysed Government data to work … Read more
Royal Mail boss apologises for delays during busiest winter in its history and vows to keep 10,000 Christmas temp workers on permanently – with annual profits set to exceed half a BILLION pounds Royal Mail hired 33,000 temporary workers to help during the Christmas period The company said it has kept around 10,000 of its … Read more
Rush-hour traffic congestion in London reached its highest level of the third national lockdown so far this morning with 216 traffic jams totalling nearly 90 miles as Britons continued to travel into work. TomTom data put congestion at 36 per cent at 7am and 37 per cent at 8am today – with both the highest … Read more
New Year’s Eve was WhatsApp’s ‘busiest day ever’ for voice and video calls as Covid restrictions forced revellers around the world to see in 2021 at home WhatsApp saw users make 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve This was a record breaking spike in connections for the Facebook-owned app Other Facebook … Read more
Moment four men stop traffic as they brawl in the middle of the road in one of London’s busiest shopping districts Four men had a violent bust-up in the middle of the road on Monday Footage of the incident shows two men knocked to the floor with a single punch The man who filmed the … Read more
Lockdown mini-boom sees the property market have its busiest month EVER, says Rightmove, with £37bn worth of home sales agreed Rightmove has had its highest monthly sales since it started keeping records It took in £12billion more this July than it did last year despite the pandemic The average asking price for a home was … Read more
Leading property website reports its busiest month in a DECADE as housing market surges ahead with £37bn summer sales boom Rightmove has had its highest monthly sales since it started keeping records It took in £12billion more this July than it did last year despite the pandemic The average asking price for a home was … Read more
We suddenly got a warning on the VHF radio that a Belgian warship was within range and that we should keep clear. We weren’t keen on tangling with it, so we swiftly checked the map and altered our course. The warning came through as we steadily bobbed across the world’s busiest shipping lane on our … Read more
Britain’s pubs and restaurants had ‘the busiest Monday of the year’ as more than 73,000 outlets took up the Government’s half-price Eat Out to Help Out scheme on food and soft drinks. Spending at eateries was up by a sixth on the same day the week before, as tens of thousands of people went out … Read more