FTSE 100 opens 5% down with drop of 242 to 4,949 points as coronavirus crisis continues to terrify investors – while pound trades at $1.16 amid chaos UK share index was down 4.82 per cent when it opened in London on Monday Currently stands at 4,949 with the pound worth $1.16 and euro worth £0.91 … Read more
British Airways pilots have opted to take a 50 per cent pay cut in April and May as the company fights for its survival amidst the coronavirus pandemic. BA employs 4,500 pilots who will take two weeks of unpaid leave each month. The reduction in their salary will be spread out over three months to … Read more
Growing fruit and vegetables on roadside verges and in urban parks could feed thousands of city dwellers and help to reduce the UK’s reliance on foreign exports Growing fruit and veg on unused green land could help improve UK food security Green urban spaces could give 15 per cent of a city’s population with ‘five … Read more
Experts have given their top predictions for what house technology will revolutionise home living in the near future. When British people were asked which inventions they would most like to see in their future homes, house robots were the most popular, followed by cleaning drones and washing balls. The majority of Brits remain sceptical on … Read more
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t agree with his Treasury secretary that unemployment rates could reach levels as high as 20 per cent. ‘No, well I don’t agree with that. No, I don’t agree,’ he insisted during a White House press briefing on coronavirus Wednesday afternoon. ‘That’s an absolute, total, worst case scenario,’ he … Read more
Divorces sparked by adultery have fallen more than 50 per cent in the last decade, new figures show Adultery was cited in 9,205 divorces in 2018, down from 20,765 in 2008 In 1998, the total stood at 36,310, according to the Office for National Statistics The ONS revealed the divorce rate is now at its … Read more
Italian hospitals are so ‘overwhelmed’ by coronavirus that strokes are going untreated and elderly patients are not even being assessed, a doctor at the centre of the crisis has said – while another medic said people should be panicking more. Doctors in Italy have been forced into life-or-death decisions over who should receive intensive care, with virus … Read more
Britain need to drastically reduce meat and dairy consumption and cut down on air travel if it is to meet its net zero emissions target by 2050, according to a new report. The UK cutting meat consumption by half would save 19 million tonnes of carbon emissions, says a government-backed study by non-profit Energy Systems … Read more
Breathtaking drone footage shows the stunning landscape of Europe’s largest glacier, which covers nine per cent of Iceland Stefano Tiozzo filmed a series of unique aerial images of the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland earlier this year It is the largest ice cap in Europe by volume and at its deepest point it is 1,000 metres … Read more
Coronavirus will push the economy to the brink of recession, experts warn, as FTSE 100 falls for the first time this week by 1.75 per cent to 6,696 in the wake of the collapse of FlyBe Britain’s blue-chip index opened slightly up, but reversed gains and fell by 1.75% Signs of economic damage continues to … Read more