Chancellor urged to slash taxes to save airlines: 2,400 jobs go in Flybe collapse as industry faces £86 billion bill By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 5 March 2020 Airlines have pleaded with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to slash air passenger duty (APD) … Read more
Customers stand to save tens of thousands of pounds by buying kitchens second-hand, an expert has explained. Helen Lord, 52, founder of Cheshire-based Used Kitchen Exchange, told how it is ‘not uncommon’ for customers to save in excess of £60,000 on a kitchen’s recommended retail price (RRP) with reductions of up to 90 per cent available. … Read more
The amount you can save into a pension ultimately depends on what you can afford – but the longer you leave it the more you will need to save. Research regularly shows that we put ambitious targets on our hoped for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside … Read more
The new build checklist that could save you THOUSANDS: Experts reveal the 12-point snagging questionnaire every home buyer needs to answer Builders are responsible for fixing major issues, or ‘snags’, in new build homes Without this, the work to get the property up to scratch could cost thousands Experts have revealed the checklist every new … Read more
M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
MEMOIR DEAR LIFE by Rachel Clarke (Little Brown £16.99, 336 pp) Growing up in the 1970s, Rachel Clarke loved hearing her father’s tales of his career in medicine. But one story, — from his days as a naval anaesthetist — lingered uncomfortably in her mind. He was only a young man himself when an explosion … Read more
How Prince Andrew’s ex-girlfriend Amanda Staveley brought in investors from the Middle East to save Barclays from a government bailout in 2008 – and is now set to sue the bank for £1.5bn Amanda Staveley brought in investors from Middle East to save Barclays from a government bailout in 2008 Cambridge University graduate, 46, is … Read more
Hero captain leaps from the top of his ferry to save drowning woman who fell over the side in Myanmar Experienced sailor, U Myint Aye, leaps 40ft from the top of his vessel in Myanmar Khin Chan Mya, 34, slipped into the Yangon River as the ship attempted to dock Two other crew members helped the … Read more