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You can find a cash oasis as dividends turn into a desert

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Opportunities for people to extract a worthwhile income from their savings and investments are decreasing – by the day.  Difficult times, no two ways about it, for this country’s army of savers and investors, though of course nothing like as stressful as it is for those on the NHS frontline.  Banks and building societies are … Read more

Police officers turn belts into makeshift hoist to rescue a man hanging on to side of a quarry

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Quick-thinking police officers turn their belts into a makeshift hoist to rescue a man hanging onto the side of a quarry above a 50ft drop A man became stranded in a disused cement quarry in Northfleet, Kent A team of police officers tied their belts together to hoist him up the cliff They then found … Read more

Tammy Hembrow forced to turn off her Instagram notifications as she gets ‘hundreds’ of DM’s a day

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Tammy Hembrow says she receives HUNDREDS of Instagram direct messages per day and has been forced to turn off notifications By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:06 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 05:06 BST, 31 March 2020 Tammy Hembrow is one of Australia’s biggest social media sensations, boasting 11 million Instagram followers.  … Read more

National Trust plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into sprawling car park

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Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moated manor house. Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, already has 232 parking spaces but the conservation charity wants to double capacity by moving the car park to a nearby area … Read more

Ventilator that ‘is simple as it gets’ can turn manual face masks into automatic ventilators

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What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

You can turn your car into a home office with handy attachments

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You might not be able to use your car during the coronavirus lockdown, but you can convert it into a home office to escape the isolation bedlam in the house. We reveal how you can turn your parked vehicle into a temporary working from home haven if loved ones, kids or flatmates are driving you … Read more

Estate agents turn to online tours in the hope of staying in business 

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Anyone who thinks this is no time to consider buying or selling a home with the country in lockdown and estate agents’ offices shut, should think again — and head for their laptop.  Thousands of estate agents have accelerated plans to use digital technology to show off homes to buyers who they hope will remain … Read more

Employees urged to turn off smart speakers while working from home during the coronavirus

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Tech companies are known to listen in on private conversation via its smart speakers in order to ‘improve voice-recognition features.’ Now that millions of people are currently working home due to the coronavirus outbreak, employers are urging their stuff to power down the technology in order to keep it from listening to confidential phone calls. … Read more

Cornish Farmer, 56, wins fight to keep hold of land which locals wanted to turn into village green

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The owners of a farm who recently won their battle over ‘bullies and abusers’ to keep their privately-owned beauty spot have described the neighbours who threatened them as a ‘vipers nest’. Ruth Ramsden, 56, and her husband James, a barrister, initially turned down an application to turn the creekside copse at their home on Shillingham … Read more