Amazon predicted to overtake Tesco as Britain’s biggest retailer in 2025

Amazon is predicted to overtake Tesco as Britain’s biggest retailer in 2025, marking a major change of the guard By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 2 June 2021 Amazon is predicted to overtake Tesco as Britain’s biggest retailer in 2025, marking a major change … Read more

Large Hadron Collider detects elusive ‘odderon’ quasiparticle 50 YEARS after it was first predicted

Concluding a hunt that began almost 50 years ago, particle physicists from CERN and the US have detected an elusive and weird phenomenon called the ‘odderon’. It was formed by firing protons at each other at high energies in the Large Hadron Collider, the 17-mile-long particle accelerator circling under the French-Swiss border. This effort built on … Read more

Physics: LHC detects the elusive ‘odderon’ quasiparticle some 50 YEARS after it was first predicted

Concluding a hunt that began almost 50 years ago, particle physicists from CERN and the US have detected an elusive and weird phenomenon called the ‘odderon’. It was formed by firing protons at each other at high energies in the Large Hadron Collider, the 17-mile-long particle accelerator circling under the French-Swiss border. This effort built on … Read more

Gales hit Britain with winds topping 50mph before mini heatwave is predicted for next week

Gales topping 50mph are set to hit Britain later today after temperatures dropped as low as -5C due to an Icelandic blast that has moved in ahead of a mini heatwave predicted to arrive next week. A cloudy start across Britain has made way for sunshine in the South, but rain has been forecast for … Read more

Taxpayer will foot the bill for Post Office IT fiasco predicted to run into ‘hundreds of millions’

Taxpayer will foot the bill for Post Office IT fiasco as payouts over the scandal are predicted to run into ‘hundreds of millions’ of pounds Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of innocent postmasters were prosecuted  Accused of taking money that was due to Horizon computer terminal glitches In December a number of postmasters finally had … Read more

Burglary bounce predicted for 2021: Here are 14 ways to turn your home into a fortress

Britons are being urged to secure their homes against a potential surge of burglaries when lockdown ends. There was a 20 per cent drop in house burglaries last year compared to 2019, according to analysis of government crime figures by the home insurance company Hiro. Criminals’ overall takings were down by £103million in 2020 as … Read more

Fastest growth for FIFTY years is predicted as Boris Johnson says ‘pessimists got it wrong’

The UK is ‘ready to roar back’: Predictions of fastest growth for FIFTY years and a black hole in nation’s finances that is MUCH smaller than feared £40bn – as  Boris Johnson says ‘pessimists got it wrong’ Rishi Sunak is set to predict the fastest economic growth for half a century The prospect of a … Read more

Energy price cap predicted to rise by £66 a year this April, experts say

Energy price cap set for a ‘substantial rise’ in April as wholesale costs increase – but millions of households are already behind on their bills This is Money revealed in January that prices were likely to rise in 2021  Experts now believe the energy price cap will increase by £66 a year  This is due … Read more

UK weather: Met Office warning as snow and freezing rain predicted

After a brief respite from the freezing start to the new year in Britain, winter is set to return with a vengeance. Up to eight inches of snow is predicted to fall through today and tomorrow across northern England and Scotland, along with ‘significant travel disruption’ and freezing rain, which turns to ice on hitting … Read more