TV presenter Johnny Ball has never forgotten the days he struggled to make ends meet, playing drums in Liverpool and hanging out with The Beatles. Ball, now 81, went on to earn six-figure sums presenting science and technology programmes for children throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He has never tried to give his daughter, DJ … Read more
This is the heartwarming moment a family pulled a Love Actually-inspired stunt at their grandmother’s care home during the coronavirus lockdown. Joyce Giles, 84, is usually visited by Joanne Madden, 49, and her family a few times at week at her care home in Bolton, Greater Manchester. But last weekend, they figured out a way … Read more
A child’s Mother’s Day card: simple but potent with yearning. Five-year-old Gabriella Ratcliffe drew a red plane with a flower on its wings for her mum. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed last week for a fortnight from an Iranian jail. Could any words express more eloquently a small child’s hope that her absent mummy — ankle-tagged … Read more
Should you put your mortgage on hold for three months? Repayment holidays now available on loans for your home or buy-to-let property Homeowners facing financial difficulty due to coronavirus offered vital lifeline A ‘mortgage holiday’ allows them to suspend repayments for up to three months When it ends, you can pay back interest built up … Read more
The owners of a farm who recently won their battle over ‘bullies and abusers’ to keep their privately-owned beauty spot have described the neighbours who threatened them as a ‘vipers nest’. Ruth Ramsden, 56, and her husband James, a barrister, initially turned down an application to turn the creekside copse at their home on Shillingham … Read more
Gilead Sciences Inc said on Sunday it was temporarily putting new emergency access to its experimental coronavirus drug on hold. Remdesivir has been touted by Donald Trump and credited with helping in the recovery of a 79-year-old Italian man who had the disease. But the drugmaker said in a statement there had been an exponential increase … Read more
More than 25 major high street chains hold crunch talks with landlords to avert stores axe By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 More than 25 major high street chains are in crunch talks with landlords over a massive rent bill … Read more
Donald Trump cancels G7 summit at Camp David in June and will hold it by video conference instead in latest event felled by coronavirus United States, Italy, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Britain as well as the European Union had been due to convent at Camp David in June But Trump canceled the event Thursday and … Read more
Why did the Fed’s ‘big bazooka’ misfire? Panic and fear still hold sway but central banks are showing they’ll do whatever it takes to steady the ship By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 15:25 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 15:25 GMT, 16 March 2020 Stock markets took yet another big dive today … Read more
Big City buyouts are put on hold By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 10:09 GMT, 15 March 2020 Major City deals are being put on hold as extreme turbulence and recession fears grip the markets. City sources said buyouts of firms put up for sale earlier … Read more