Oil soars 20% after Trump claims Saudi Arabia and Russia are close to ending price war By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 2 April 2020 Oil surged more than 20 per cent after President by Francesca Washtell Trump claimed Saudi Arabia and Russia were … Read more
FTSE climbs slightly by 0.63% up 35 points to 5,489 amid hopes that worst of coronavirus outbreak may have passed for China FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest firms rises 35 points or 0.63% to 5,489 today But investors are still fearful of long-term impact of the pandemic and lockdown It follows sharp drop on … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: Markets rally on hopes of US rate cut; FCA hits banks with clampdown on overdraft fees; Depressed pound edges up as Theresa May steps down The FTSE 100 closed up 1%, or 72 points, at 7,331.94 The FCA has banned banks from charging more for unarranged overdrafts The pound has edged up a little … Read more
A five-month-old baby boy has died after his parents put out a plea for a life-saving partial liver transplant from a living donor. Marcus Albers was born in October 2018 with an extremely rare genetic disease that changes the way cells in the body communicate and attacks the liver, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Doctors … Read more
Shares surge on hopes of a Trump rescue: FTSE sees biggest-ever one-day rise index is still down 26% in 22 days of trading By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 01:23 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 25 March 2020 The FTSE 100 index recorded its biggest points gain in history yesterday … Read more
Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens And Bedlam Rating: Age Of The Image Rating: To his great credit, Michael Aspel did not try to excuse his 14-year stint as compere of the Miss World contest with the phrase: ‘Things were different in those days.’ That pretext is becoming as hackneyed as the plea: ‘I was only … Read more
Michelle Keegan reveals hopes of landing posh role in a second Downton Abbey movie so she can change ‘people’s perception’ By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 01:37 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 12:08 GMT, 13 March 2020 She confirmed in January she has hung up her shoes as Lance Corporal Georgie Lane in the … Read more
Hunt for Britain’s 2000-year-old gladiators: Archaeologists are to dig up ancient Kent amphitheatre in hopes of finding proof it was a venue for blood-soaked Roman contests… or public executions Roman amphitheatre is due to be excavated by English Heritage from March The buried arena was the landing site for the Claudian Invasion of AD 43 … Read more
Hopes of the first new cough treatment in 50 years as scientist invent pill that slashes symptoms by two thirds Doctors from University of Manchester trialled the new drug called gefapixant Aided people with chronic cough – those who’ve had it for more than eight weeks Twice daily pill reduced frequency of coughing by 67% … Read more