Couple who spent £600,000 arguing for two years over divorce left with £5,000 each after legal costs

Couple who spent £600,000 squabbling for two years over their divorce are left with just £5,000 each after legal costs The middle-aged pair, who live in London, split after 22 years and three children  They spent £594,000 on lawyers in a two-year legal battle over marital assets The 53-year-old man and his wife, 50, owned … Read more

People really DO want to be kind to each other even if it costs them something, a new study reveals

Some Americans may have lost hope for humanity amid the death of George Floyd, but a new study reveals not all is lost, as people really do want to be kind to each other. Researchers found that people overwhelmingly choose to be generous to others, even if it is at the cost of themselves and … Read more

Porsche’s roofless retro ride costs £137k and has a £10k matching watch

Porsche is going back to the future with a ’50s inspired special edition heritage version of its new 911 Targa 4S – though it comes with a hefty £136,643 price tag. Full of added retro bling and bombast, it harks back to the heady days of soda-pops, drive-in movies and slicked back ‘DA’ hair styles. … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Firms must pay some furlough costs from August

Firms must start paying furlough costs for staff from this August, Rishi Sunak declared tonight – but the proportion they contribute will be tapered up to 20 per cent over three months. The Chancellor stressed that the UK scheme would remain ‘among the most generous in the world’, but said businesses should start taking some of … Read more

Rolls-Royce’s new model Cullinan probably costs more than the car on your driveway 

Rolls-Royce says this 1:8 scale replica of its latest Cullinan is an ‘astonishingly accurate’ version customers can buy alongside their real-life cars when they order the six-figure SUV. And it comes with a Rolls-Royce price tag, too – reportedly costing from around £30,000 for each one. That means owners will not only have a £264,000-plus … Read more

County Durham two-bed home costs £175 monthly rent but locals warn ‘you get what you pay for’

Britain’s cheapest house? ‘Spacious’ two-bed terraced home in County Durham costs just £175 a month to rent but locals warn ‘you get what you pay for’ 41 Fifth Street in the former mining village Horden is just £175 to rent a month But locals have warned many houses in the area have ‘gone to rack … Read more

Rolls-Royce’s new model Cullinan probably costs more than the real car on your driveway 

Rolls-Royce says this 1:8 scale replica of its latest Cullinan is an ‘astonishingly accurate’ version customers can buy alongside their real-life cars when they order the six-figure SUV. And it comes with a Rolls-Royce price tag, too – reportedly costing from around £30,000 for each one. That means owners will not only have a £264,000-plus … Read more

Exempting foreign NHS workers from surcharge only costs £90m

Boris Johnson’s reasoning for refusing to exempt foreign NHS workers from the healthcare surcharge began unravelling tonight when a top economist slapped down his suggestion it would cost hundreds of millions.  The Prime Minister today hailed the £400 annual fee for migrants as a £900million revenue raiser, as he swatted away calls for the government … Read more

Inflation plunges to four-year low as fuel costs nosedive

Inflation plunges to four-year low as fuel costs nosedive – but prices of toys, puzzles, computer games and WHISKY rise as families try to make lockdown more bearable The CPI rate of inflation tumbled from 1.5% in March to 0.8% in April, ONS says  Fall largely triggered by the reduction in petrol prices amid global … Read more

Used cars with monthly costs the same as popular rail season tickets

As the Government urges people to drive to work rather than use public transport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, savvy commuters can get their hands on second-hand motors for less than the price of a rail season ticket. Travelling by train isn’t cheap, with the cost of a season ticket into London from … Read more