Fans face being thrown out of pubs BEFORE televised football matches are finished because of new 10pm curfew – with Monday’s Arsenal v Liverpool clash at 8.15pm the first victim of new rules The government are to introduce new curfew rules for pubs to close at 10:00pm This means fans wanting to watch their teams … Read more
Customers willing to spend a few hours buried in banking paperwork could potentially earn themselves £325 in one-off switching bonuses, after HSBC became the third bank in three weeks to launch a three-figure welcome offer. Those who switch to either its Advance or Premier accounts through the official switch service can earn £125 if they … Read more
‘It’s such a tiny thing, but it’s meant a lot’: Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac reveals the heartbreaking reason he has been wearing a wristband for 12 months By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:38 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 02:40 BST, 10 September 2020 He has been wearing a yellow wristband over … Read more
She suffered a setback when no action was taken in her legal case to have her father Jamie removed as her conservator at a court hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday. And on Thursday, Britney Spears was in a philosophical mood as she posted to her Instagram. Alongside a close-up photo of her hand holding … Read more
You have decided savings rates are just too poor and you want to invest. Whether you have taken financial advice or not, you have looked at your pension arrangements and your cash savings, you’ve considered the risks, you can lock your money away for at least five years and want to start an investing Isa. … Read more
‘Does Dishy Rishi do home delivery?’: Chancellor Sunak’s ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ £10 restaurant vouchers spark hilarious Twitter reaction as some raise eyebrows at a VERY saucy double meaning Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced a £30bn plan to reboot the economy To encourage people to dine out, the government is offering a 50% discount … Read more
HISTORY THE HISTORY OF MAGIC by Chris Gosden (Viking £25, 512pp) The 2011 Census revealed that 56,620 of us said we were pagans, 11,766 described themselves as Wiccans and 1,276 people confessed they were signed up to witchcraft. Twenty-seven per cent of the British population also maintained that ‘communication with the dead is possible’. Some … Read more
Twitter users stretch words such as ‘yes’, ‘dude’ and ‘hey’ to modify their meaning, according to researchers who analysed 100 billion tweets. The US linguist experts say stretched words that convey a different meaning than the original are common feature of social media, but are rare in formal writing. For instance, ‘suuuuure’ can imply sarcasm, ‘duuuuude’ … Read more
From motorsport to building life-saving machines fast in the Ventilator Challenge: Craig Wilson, of Williams AE, on the Meaning Business podcast By This Is Money Published: 13:22 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 08:49 BST, 30 April 2020 Meaning Business is a new podcast series, where Simon Lambert speaks to people from the world of … Read more
The number of families claiming child benefit has plunged by 44,000 to 7.28million over a year, putting more parents at risk of a poorer old age. Parents – mostly mums – can end up tens of thousands of pounds worse off in retirement because not claiming deprives them of valuable credits towards their state pension. … Read more