Council leaders in areas threatened by Leicester-style lockdowns have rejected the idea – while claiming figures released by the Government detailing the highest coronavirus infection rates are out-of-date. Bradford, Barnsley and Rochdale were identified as three of the areas of England most at risk of being hit by a ‘local lockdown’ like the one imposed … Read more
A bright idea?: As a nation we’ve used less water, gas and electricity during lockdown Your own energy bills may have been eye-watering during lockdown, but as a nation we’ve used less water, gas and electricity thanks to temporary shutdowns in manufacturing and less use of public and private transport. This all has an effect … Read more
Neighbours of a £200,000 ‘dream’ home that plunged over a cliff edge still have no idea when they can return to their homes three weeks after the collapse. The ground beneath Emma Tullett’s home in Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, started to crumble and her entire house crashed down a 35ft rock face. … Read more
Does the Government have a policy for coronavirus? Indeed it does. In fact, it has several. One for each month of the year, all mutually inconsistent and none of them properly thought through. Sometimes, governments have to change tack. It shows that they are attending closely to a changing situation. But this crisis has exposed … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Jules Robinson reveals that husband Cameron Merchant has no idea what her star sign is – as the pair prepare to welcome their first baby By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:49 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 16:49 BST, 19 June 2020 Married At First Sight’s Jules Robinson … Read more
Home Office has no idea how many illegal immigrants are in Britain, damning new report reveals An NAO report said we do not know how many illegal immigrants are in the UK It revealed illegal immigrants who evade detection for two years are disregarded This is despite the £392million annual budget set for Immigration Enforcement By … Read more
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called a press conference Wednesday to defend his participation in President Trump’s photo-op at St. John’s church – saying he had no clue what the president was planning until it happened. ‘I did know that following the president’s remarks on Monday evening that many of us were going to join President … Read more
‘This time next year, we’ll be millionaires.’ That was the regular boast of Del Boy to brother Rodney in TV comedy Only Fools And Horses when he had stumbled across ‘the next big thing’. But in recent times such hype has been applied to investing in crypto-currencies – an easy way of turning tech nerds … Read more
Workers typically undertake a five-year journey to retirement during their mid-60s, research reveals. Pension freedom reforms give older people greater control over when they retire, and on average they begin to tap their savings at 62 and stop work at 64, figures show. That means they must use private savings during the gap before starting … Read more
BUSINESS THE CATALYST by Jonah Berger (Simon & Schuster £14.99, 288pp) You know those books you see piled up in WH Smith in mainline railway stations aimed at businessmen travelling to important meetings in Kettering or Daventry? Well, I’ve finally read one, and a very strange beast it is. Jonah Berger is a marketing professor … Read more