HSBC and First Direct make more huge cuts to regular saver accounts which now pay just 1% – a drop of four fifths compared to last summer HSBC and First Direct customers will see rates fall from 2.75% to 1% The accounts let current accounts save up to £300 a month at a top rate … Read more
Mike Ashley revives long-running attempts to buy department store chain Debenhams By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 18 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 18 October 2020 Mike Ashley has revived his long-running attempts to buy department store chain Debenhams. The Sports Direct tycoon saw his 30 per cent stake wiped … Read more
The giant tortoise was agonisingly slow and stately as it inched with plodding precision across the road. Two cars and a bicycle patiently came to a halt as this ancient shelled creature — one is pictured below — caused the rarest of occurrences on the island of Praslin: a traffic jam in the Seychelles, lasting … Read more
Astronomers from the Max Planck institutes has confirmed the existence of an exoplanet in another star system some 63 light years away from Earth – and have shared a picture to prove it. Called b Pictoris c, the planet was captured using the radial velocity method that detects exoplanets, along with the Very Large Telescopes … Read more
Shocked mother finds Sports Direct Elf On The Shelf she bought for her son is decorated with Nazi swastika and the words ‘Hitler’s workshop’ Lisa Davies, 41, bought Sports Direct Elf On The Shelf for her son for Christmas She found the toy defaced with a Nazi swastika and words ‘Hitler’s workshop’ Sports Direct apologised … Read more
Slack has become increasingly essential to millions of workers who need to stay in contact while working from home. The communications platform is launching new features that reflect the new normal, including Instagram-like Stories that could replace tedious video meetings. Also on the agenda: A push-to-talk audio option that would allow coworkers to chat instantaneously … Read more
Facebook has officially slid Messenger into Instagram’s Direct Messages. The social media giant announced an update that merges the two messaging services into one unified system. The roll out includes more than 10 new features including stickers, Watch Together and a vanish mode that allows users to set messages to automatically disappear after they are … Read more
Piers Morgan brands Madonna, 62, ‘pathetic and embarrassing’ in hilarious rant as he claims the pop star is trying to ‘act like her boyfriends’ By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 12:42 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 12:51 BST, 16 September 2020 Piers Morgan branded Madonna ’embarrassing and pathetic’ during a hilarious Good Morning Britain … Read more
Madonna will direct her own biopic and co-write the motion picture with Diablo Cody … as she says that ‘the focus of this film will always be music’ Material Girl, 62, is making the film with Universal Lucky Star artist will collaborate with Amy Pascal and Donna Langley She had her first number one hit … Read more
Rail passengers will be able to travel directly from Amsterdam to London in just over FOUR hours from £40 a ticket in October, Eurostar announces Eurostar will launch London to Amsterdam return service from end of October Tickets cost at least £40 each way with a travel time of four hours nine minutes A passenger … Read more