Cyber crooks targeting more victims but stealing small sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns

Sneaky cyber crooks are targeting more victims but stealing smaller sums of cash to avoid detection, report warns Online thieves are taking as little as £10 from thousands of accounts unnoticed Method dubbed ‘silent stealing’ and involves fewer risks than large amounts The UK has reached ‘epidemic levels’ with estimate cost at £190billion a year  By … Read more

Britain predicted to keep saving record sums during the third lockdown

Britain’s shift into a nation of accidental savers will continue during the third national lockdown, experts predict, as people who can continue to salt away money they aren’t spending. But a steep rise in unemployment thanks to the coronavirus pandemic – and the ebbing away of the novelty factor of money saved on commuting and … Read more

George Clooney sums up 2020: ‘It’s been a crappy year’ but ‘we will come out better’

George Clooney didn’t try to sugarcoat how terrible 2020 has been for most people in a new interview with The Guardian that was published Sunday. The 59-year-old Midnight Sky star admitted this ‘has been a crappy year for everyone,’ even as he expressed hope that ‘we will come out better’ on the other side. The occasional … Read more

Sebastian Stan shares incredibly relatable video that sums up the year 2020 so perfectly

Sebastian Stan may be an Avenger on the big screen, but like everyone else he was forced to quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 38-year-old actor shared a new video on Monday, which perfectly encapsulates the bizarre year that was 2020 for all of us, famous and non-famous alike. The 83-second video was seemingly made … Read more

Parents outraged after homework features ‘sums about women calculating weight loss’

Parents left outraged by maths homework featuring sums about women going on spa breaks and calculating weight loss – while men buy bikes and do sit-ups William Sutcliffe, from Edinburgh, took to Twitter to share the sheet of questions The post was quickly flooded with comments by other concerned families Claimed textbook, believed to be … Read more

Trump’s $1.1BILLION debt mountain: How the President owes huge sums linked to his real estate

Donald Trump’s $1.1 billion mountain of debt is wrapped up in skyscrapers and golf courses, with $900 million of it due within the next four years while coronavirus hammers the real estate market, the Financial Times has revealed. The president has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion but the economy has plunged off a … Read more

Single mums retire on tiny sums compared with other women and men

Single mums are retiring on pensions a third the size of other women’s and an eighth the size of men’s typical retirement pots, new research shows. Before retirement, mothers bringing up children alone are more likely to hold a job than the average adult, but tend to be employed in low-paid part-time roles that fit … Read more