Is a bounceback on the cards for these UK funds and investment trusts?

All eyes are on the UK market now that the uncertainty of Brexit has been quashed and the coronavirus vaccination programme is well under way. The country has been one of the most unloved across the globe for investors, with consistent mass outflows of cash since the EU referendum in 2016.  Meanwhile, the dramatic numbers … Read more

House Of Cards creator Beau Willimon tapped to develop TV series based on strategy board game Risk

House Of Cards creator Beau Willimon tapped to develop TV series based on strategy board game Risk By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:52 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 01:21 GMT, 12 January 2021 Popular board game Risk could be heading to screens. The creator of the Netflix series House Of Cards, Beau Willimon, … Read more

GMB: Piers Morgan appeals for cards for care home resident, 100

Care home resident, 99, who will celebrate her 100th birthday this week delights GMB viewers as she calls Piers Morgan ‘darling’ and he urges them to ‘flood’ her with cards so she doesn’t feel lonely on the day Norah Gould, Bedfordshire, will celebrate her 100th birthday in next few days  Care home faced Covid outbreak after … Read more

Piers Morgan asks GMB viewers to ‘flood’ care home resident with 100th birthday cards

Care home resident, 99, who will celebrate her 100th birthday this week delights GMB viewers as she calls Piers Morgan ‘darling’ and he urges them to ‘flood’ her with cards so she doesn’t feel lonely on the day Norah Gould, Bedfordshire, will celebrate her 100th birthday in next few days  Care home faced Covid outbreak after … Read more

Balance transfer credit cards: Some banks boost interest-free deals

Banks have brought back or boosted balance transfer deals over the last month as they loosen the lending taps, but borrowers looking to clear their debts still have less choice than ever before. MBNA, Sainsbury’s Bank and Virgin Money all lengthened the interest-free terms on some of their cards, while the supermarket lender also reopened … Read more

Cards for carers: New breed of bank accounts cuts the risk of fraud

Thousands of people now depend on others to do their shopping, withdraw cash and pay bills on their behalf because of the pandemic. But this has put them at a greater risk of fraud. Last year, there were 29,180 concerns raised over financial abuse, according to NHS records. And if you hand your bank card … Read more

World War II veteran, 101, receives more than 7,000 Christmas cards after he lost his wife to Covid

Lonely World War II veteran, 101, receives more than 7,000 Christmas cards from around the world after he sobbed in ITV interview as he told how he lost his 92-year-old wife to Covid John Lister served as a gunner in World War II and caught coronavirus in March  His wife Ella, 92, died of the … Read more

I spy with my little eye: GCHQ chief reveals Christmas cards with brainteaser

I spy with my little eye: GCHQ chief reveals Christmas cards featuring ‘fiendish’ festive bauble-shaped brainteaser sent to agents across the world Director of GCHQ Jeremy Fleming sent the letters to colleagues across the world However the spy chief has also today made them public so everyone can have go On the front is circuit … Read more

Christmas cards sent by Queen and Prince Philip to Sandringham estate employee go up for auction

A run of Christmas cards sent by the Queen and Prince Philip to an employee on the Sandringham estate have been put up for auction. The cards, dated between 1998 and 2018, include touching as well as amusing photographs of the Royal Family. The lot includes a card for every year between 1998 and 2008. … Read more

Martin Lewis warns gift cards ‘are NOT a safe buy’ this Christmas

Martin Lewis warns gift cards ‘are NOT a safe option’ this Christmas and urges shoppers who do buy to ‘use them quickly’ – after Arcadia said it would only accept them as half payment for any purchase Martin Lewis warned British shoppers not to buy gift vouchers this Christmas London-based money expert urged people to … Read more