Child obesity cases treated in hospital have more than doubled in two years, figures show 

Child obesity cases treated in hospital have more than doubled in two years, figures show Number of babies and toddlers treated in hospital for obesity more than doubled in two years Obesity contributory factor in 1,087 patients aged four and under last year The figure has more than tripled from 336 in 2013/14 to 1,087 … Read more

Designer Grace Han says sales DOUBLED after Kate Middleton was seen carrying her bag

A Taiwanese born British designer has revealed that sales doubled after Kate Middleton was seen carrying one of her bags on three separate royal engagements.  Grace Han, the founder and designer of luxury, handcrafted leather goods brand of the same name, has told how she was ‘thrilled’ to see the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, carrying … Read more

Sales of £1m luxury homes in Dorset have DOUBLED during Covid crisis

Sales of luxury homes costing more than £1million in Dorset have doubled during the Covid-19 crisis as buyers flock from London, Hampshire and Surrey to the South coast. Research by estate agents Savills says people have been driven away from the Capital during lockdown as they look for homes with big gardens and plenty of … Read more

Sales of £1m luxury homes in Dorset have DOUBLED during Covid crisis

Sales of luxury homes costing more than £1million in Dorset have doubled during the Covid-19 crisis as buyers flock from London, Hampshire and Surrey to the South coast. Research by estate agents Savills says people have been driven away from the Capital during lockdown as they look for homes with big gardens and plenty of … Read more

James Corden ‘has doubled his wealth and is worth £50m after Hollywood move’

James Corden has reportedly more than doubled his wealth to a whopping £50m after moving to Hollywood. The actor, 42, relocated from the UK to Los Angeles six-years-ago to anchor The Late Late Show, which he started fronting in March 2015. Since the move, the Gavin & Stacey star has become one of the partners … Read more

Number of people searching for new homes online nearly DOUBLED this Christmas

Property websites saw a surge in people looking for new homes over Christmas this year, with online searches on Boxing Day as much as doubling compared to 2019.  Property portal Rightmove had its busiest ever Boxing Day for visits, which jumped 54 per cent compared to the same day in 2019.   Visits from 1 December … Read more

UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, peaking on Boxing Day

UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, largely due to millions of people working and studying from home during lockdown, live-streamed sport and updates to video games such as Call of Duty, a new report reveals.  50,000 petabytes (PB) of data were consumed across the country in 2020, compared to around 22,000PB in 2019, says … Read more

UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020 and peaked on Boxing Day

UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020, largely due to home working in lockdown and a love of gaming and live sport, a new report reveals.  50,000 petabytes (PB) of data were consumed across the country in 2020, compared to around 22,000PB in 2019, says BT subsidiary Openreach. One Petabyte equals one million gigabytes … Read more

Number of students investigated for cheating at Oxford University has more than DOUBLED

EXCLUSIVE: Number of students investigated for cheating at Oxford University has more than DOUBLED since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, figures show Most exams were scrapped at Oxford after first lockdown in March Were 55 suspected cases of cheating between March and October this year In same period last year, there were only 26 … Read more

Number of Americans wanting to take vaccine has DOUBLED to nearly half in two months, poll finds 

The number of Americans who say they are willing to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible is growing, a new poll suggests. Conducted by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, the survey found that nearly half of respondents said they would receive the jab against COVID-19 once it is available to them. This is nearly double … Read more