Mortgage meltdown: Bank chaos as families rush to freeze payments as homeowners tell of 10-hour wait on helplines Chancellor Rishi Sunak offered homeowners a three-month mortgage break Lenders now asking borrowers to submit applications online to free up phones Borrowers who do take a break will still be charged interest on their mortgage By Samantha … Read more
Under normal circumstances, it might have been an opportunity for a bit of boasting about the ‘Boris Bounce’. The public finances in February were robust with a small surplus of £0.4billion based upon a sharp uptick in taxes by 3 per cent in response to a recovering economy. Instead, the economy now finds itself on … Read more
NHS left vulnerable to hackers as its annual cyber security checks on systems across hospitals are delayed due to coronavirus chaos Digital transformation group NHSX announced the six month delay in checks Each NHS Trust and group has to return the annual cyber security checklists They are designed to ensure systems are not being left vulnerable … Read more
British tourists are being stranded abroad and face a battle to return home as airlines lock down and limit flights due to coronavirus quarantines. From Morocco to Peru, reports have surfaced of British travellers stranded at airports, waiting for the chance to return home. Spain’s closure of its land borders on Monday sent British tourists … Read more
This may seem counter-intuitive amid all the doom and gloom, but 2020 could be a rewarding time to travel for bargain hunters. Unsurprisingly, as people are taking stock of the spread of the coronavirus, there has been a downturn in holiday bookings. The result is that package tour operators, villa companies and airlines have plenty … Read more
A British-Iranian prisoner has revealed how soldiers are wearing worn out masks and no gloves as the Iranian prison system collapses into coronavirus chaos. Anoosheh Ashoori, who is being held in Tehran on spying charges, also said no one checked his temperature when he was moved to a bedbug riddled ward in Evin prison without … Read more
The entertainment industry has been thrown into chaos as coronavirus (COVID-19) worsens across the UK. Cultural events around the globe have been cancelled because of the virus, which has infected 142,775 and killed 5,374 at time of publication, amid warnings large public gathering could help the virus thrive and spread. So far there has been 10 confirmed deaths and … Read more
The shelves of supermarkets have been left empty this weekend as paranoid shoppers pulled products from stores as the panic surrounding the coronavirus intensified. Pictures from one Asda store in London showed aisles that had been stripped of toilet roll after the Department of Health and Social Care this afternoon confirmed there were 273 positive … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
New Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s March 11 budget plans ‘are thrown into chaos’ by coronavirus – as global stock markets brace for another wipeout week Global crisis last week spooked investors and sent stock markets into free-fall Traders are braced for another bruising week on world’s blue-chip exchanges The Office for Budget Responsibility is expected to … Read more