At the start of September, buried in an otherwise nondescript update about changing terms and conditions, the digital bank Starling made an unusual announcement. From 4 November, the bank would ‘introduce an interest rate of -0.5 per cent on deposits over €50,000’ held in its euro account. Starling had become the first British bank to … Read more
Hundreds of people in village halls and meeting rooms around the country have heard me say these nine words a thousand times over the past seven years, because AA has been a sanctuary for me in my recovery. Hello, my name is Susannah and I’m an alcoholic. And here I am saying it outside those … Read more
Dogs struggle to detect differences between similar-sounding words like ‘dog’ and ‘dig’, according to a new study. Hungarian scientists put electrodes on doggies’ heads to measure signs of recognition from brain activity as they listened to various spoken words. The dogs listened to known words (like ‘sit’), similar but nonsense words (‘sut’) and very different … Read more
Santa Pause! Toy shops struggle to fulfil Christmas orders because UK ports are blocked by mountains of PPE Backlog of scooters, Barbie dolls and toy castles built up at Felixstowe in Suffolk Thousands of containers of PPE were slow to move from the docks, reports say The congestion that followed encouraged ships to divert to European … Read more
The parents of up to 200,000 disabled children who need to go to court to access locked Child Trust Fund savings may no longer have to pay fees in order to do so, in a partial victory for campaigners. Families can ask for the Government to waive or refund Court of Protection fees of hundreds … Read more
Krystal Forscutt reveals why she is bottle feeding her 9-week-old son after a ‘physical and emotional’ struggle with breastfeeding By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:04 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 12:04 GMT, 1 December 2020 Former Big Brother star Krystal Hipwell (née Forscutt) welcomed her third child, son Husky, in September. On … Read more
Ant and Dec gave an update on I’m A Celebrity… The Daily Drop when they caught up with Vick Hope on the ITV hub on Thursday. They were also joined by Giovanna Fletcher’s brother, Mario Falcone, who discussed her new camp leader role. During the show, Ant and Dec revealed the campmates have been struggling … Read more
Cygnet failure! Hapless rail staff struggle to round up two runaway swans after they land on station platform Incident took place at Bath Spa station, in Bath, Somerset, on Saturday morning Hilarious footage shows moment Great Western Railway workers remove swans A member of staff attempts to throw his coat on one bird before falling … Read more
All Don Forsyth wants to do is unlock the money tied up in an old pension he had forgotten about. But because the pension comes with valuable guarantees and is worth more than £30,000, he needs to pay a financial adviser to sign it off. Yet the trouble is, the 61-year-old cannot find one willing … Read more
Emma Willis has predicted best pal Giovanna Fletcher will struggle being separated from her children on I’m A Celeb – as she backs her to win the series. The Voice host, 44, said the mother-of-three will ‘desperately miss’ her family after being apart from them for up to four weeks if she makes the final … Read more