Parent fines for taking children on holiday during school time shot up by almost 30% last year, figures reveal Number of parents fined for taking children away during term time rises by 28% A total of 333,400 fines were issued in the 2018-19 academic year The vast majority were handed out because of unauthorised holidays … Read more
Topps Tiles says it’s ‘well-positioned’ to make it through the year despite store closures caused by Covid-19 Topps Tiles’ retail business LFL sales declined 3.1% in the 12 weeks to March 21 It hopes to save about £9.5m from the 100% year-long business rates holiday The tile specialist is not publishing financial guidance for the … Read more
A frontline doctor has been crowned the winner of a photography competition that aims to capture Scotland’s natural beauty. Inverness-based Dr Kenny Muir scooped the title of Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year with his portfolio of three stunning images shot in remote Glen Affric and on the Isle of Harris. The first image, called … Read more
Volvo in talks to merge with Chinese company Geely by the end of this year after abandoned Stockholm float By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 11:23 GMT, 12 February 2020 Tie-up: Volvo is in talks to merge with Chinese company Geely Volvo is in talks to … Read more
One-fifth of people in England will be over 65 by the year 2028, new figures suggest Total of 20.7 per cent of Britons to be over 65 by 2028, according to ONS figures The last estimates – taken in 2018 – showed 18.2 per cent of people were over 65 South and Midlands will see … Read more
Energy bills set to rise by £340 this year for families forced to work from home due to coronavirus lockdown By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 01:31 GMT, 25 March 2020 Energy bills are set to rise by £340 this year for families forced to work … Read more
The Walking Dead has become the latest TV series to become impacted by the spread of the coronavirus, with the upcoming Season 10 finale being delayed. AMC announced Tuesday (via The Walking Dead Twitter) that the season finale, originally scheduled to air on Sunday, April 12, has been delayed indefinitely. While no replacement air date … Read more
I am 60 later this year and as a deferred member of the NHS defined benefit 1995 scheme I am entitled to claim my mandatory 25 per cent lump sum and receive a monthly pension. There is no benefit to delaying taking these sums. I have worked in the private sector for the last 19 … Read more
Coronation Street legend Ken Morley has claimed that he narrowly escaped death after contracting coronavirus a year ago. The veteran actor, 77, is convinced he caught an early strain of the killer bug over a year ago, with his illness leaving him hospitalised for three days. Ken, who played Reg Holdsworth in the ITV soap until … Read more
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers to step down next year in proposed unity deal with chief rival Benny Gantz Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to step down in proposed power-sharing deal The premier offers to form a three-year ’emergency’ government with rival party He said that he would remain as PM for the first year and … Read more