House prices slip for first time in six months in January as market starts ‘running out of steam’

Property market ‘running out of steam’: House prices slip for the first time in six months as stamp duty deadline disappears over the horizon Average house price dropped 0.3 on December to £251,968 according to Halifax However, the typical home is still worth £13,000 more than it was a year ago  There are signs that … Read more

Katie Price takes son Harvey on another trip to the station to visit a steam train

Katie Price took her son Harvey for another visit to the train station on Wednesday. Fans of the family were moved to see how enamored the 18-year-old – who is on the autism spectrum, and has disabilities including partial blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome – is with trains during their BBC documentary Harvey And Me, … Read more

Barrister who slapped female colleague’s bum at work party was ‘blowing off steam’, tribunal hears

A married criminal barrister who slapped a junior female colleague’s bottom at their work Christmas party told a disciplinary tribunal he was just ‘blowing off steam’. Dominic Woolard, 36, held the 22-year-old pupil barrister around the neck and whispered to her ‘I really wanted to smack your a**e’ after she bent over a sofa hunting … Read more

Steam trains could stop running as plans for new coal mine are blocked

Steam trains are nearing end of the line: Old-style locomotives could stop running as plans for new coal mine are blocked Newcastle City Council has refused to grant planning permission for a new mine A railway association said decision ‘dashed hopes of Britain’s heritage railways’ It comes as supplies of English steam coal are expected to … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Shoppers let off steam as the takeaway pint returns to London

Shoppers have been photographed letting off steam with takeaway pints in central London after the capital was plunged into Tier 3 coronavirus lockdown earlier this week. The retail bonanza was too much for some, who headed to the local for a takeaway pint – newly returned to the capital since sitting inside pubs was banned … Read more

Shia LaBeouf blows off steam during daily jog… after being ‘charged with battery and petty theft’

Shia LaBeouf blows off some steam during his daily jog… after being ‘charged with battery and petty theft three months after getting into a fight with a man in LA and stealing his hat’ Shia appeared to be distracting himself amid reports of a new legal problem According to TMZ, law enforcement sources said the … Read more

Economic recovery had lost steam before virus crackdown, figures show 

Britain’s economic recovery had lost steam even before virus crackdown, latest figures show By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 23 September 2020 Britain’s economic recovery was slowing down even before the Government imposed new lockdown restrictions this week, figures suggest. Growth in the manufacturing … Read more

Grandfather-of-seven tells how a quick blast of steam shrunk his enlarged prostate

Men’s prostate glands tend to enlarge with age, making urination problematic. A new treatment that uses steam to reduce the size of the gland is set to become available across the NHS. Here, retired senior manager and grandfather-of-seven, Simon Dutton, 60, who lives with his partner Jane in Gloucester, tells ADRIAN MONTI how it helped … Read more

Insiders compare Donald Trump’s private calls with Vladimir Putin to ‘two guys in a steam bath’

President Donald Trump’s private calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin sometimes have the tone of ‘two guys in a steam bath,’ according a bombshell account that portrays Trump as bending over backward to win the strongman’s approval. Putin ‘just outplays’ Trump during their one-on-one interactions, according to a CNN report published Monday by legendary Watergate … Read more