Building societies launch better-paying branch-based savings accounts

High Street savings comeback: Building societies launch spate of better-paying branch-based accounts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 Savers wary of running their accounts online have been given a glimmer of hope. Building societies have launched a spate of better-paying branch-based … Read more

Building societies paying up to 1.65% while big banks offer just 0.01%

For canny savers it pays to go local: Building societies paying up to 1.65% while big banks offer just 0.01% By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 19 January 2021 Savers can fare much better with local building societies than with the big banks. Building … Read more

Valuable axes from German burial site suggest Neolithic societies were not as egalitarian as thought

Valuable stone axes discovered at a 6,000-year old hilltop burial site in Germany suggest Neolithic societies were not as egalitarian as previously thought The two rare weapons were found at a tumulus site west of Frankfurt in the 1880s Experts have linked them to a burial mound recently found at the neolithic site The presence of … Read more