Which holiday hotspots are cheaper, and which are pricier, compared to 2020, from Bulgaria to Corfu

The good news is that thanks to a strengthening pound, seven out of ten traditional summer holiday hotspots are cheaper this year than they were 12 months ago. That’s according to the Post Office Travel Money’s annual report, revealed exclusively today in the Mail.  The report compares the prices of eight staples tourists spend their … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on last night’s TV: Mutiny on Bounty? A picnic compared to this icy nightmare

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Mutiny on the Bounty? A picnic compared to this icy nightmare By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:01 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 02:04 GMT, 4 March 2021 The Terror Rating: Inside Chernobyl Rating: Divers in the Arctic waters around Canada’s King William’s Island brought an … Read more

Yorkshire Terrier is often compared to Elvis Presley because of his stylish quiff

An adorable Yorkshire Terrier is often compared to Elvis Presley because of his stylish quiff.  Teddy, a two-year-old playful and energetic Yorkie, has become a social media star because of his lustrous puffy hair.  The pooch lives with his owner Adriana Kollar, 21, and has gained hundreds of thousands of fans on Instagram where he … Read more

House sales soared by a quarter in January compared to last year, new HMRC figures show

House sales in the UK soared by a quarter in January – despite lockdown – as buyers make a ‘sprint finish’ to beat next month’s stamp duty holiday deadline. More than 120,000 residential property sales were recorded last month, according to new figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The figure is a 24.1 … Read more

January retail sales plunged by 8% compared to December

January retail sales plunged by 8% compared to December in a slump three times worse than experts predicted as non-essential High Street stores were shut during lockdown Economists had predicted January would see retail sales decline by around 2.5% Office for National Statistics figures released today show retail sales fell by 8.2% Non-food stores were … Read more

Cheapest and easiest ways to buy shares: Isa platforms and free trading apps compared

When it comes to investing, it can be almost as difficult to sort out the ‘how’ as the ‘what’. Selecting shares is tricky but choosing the online platform or app to buy them through can also be bewildering – and less exciting.  There are a host of different options, with very different fee structures. But having … Read more

Elizabeth Sobinoff looks almost unrecognisable compared to her first appearance on MAFS

Who’s that girl? Elizabeth Sobinoff looks almost unrecognisable compared to her first appearance on Married At First Sight – which is now a ratings smash in the UK By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:29 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 22:45 GMT, 10 February 2021 Elizabeth Sobinoff rose to fame as an … Read more

Do you think THIS week is freezing? It’s nothing compared to age when snow pulled down trees

Staring fearfully into the night sky, the residents of 16th-century Bristol watched as what seemed to be a sinister omen flashed across the heavens. One observer likened it to ‘beams as red as fire coming out . . . of a furnace’. We now know this to have been the Northern Lights, which are sometimes … Read more

People working from home put in TEN HOURS extra each week compared to when they were in the office

People working from home during the pandemic put in TEN HOURS extra each week compared to when they were in the office amid concerns overworking has become ‘the new normal’ NordVPN teams found average working week had increased by 25 per cent in UK Software company compared data from last month with pre-pandemic levels Britain, … Read more

Pregnant women with COVID-19 13 times more likely to die compared to those not expecting babies

Pregnant women are much more likely to have poor outcomes from COVID-19 than similarly-aged people who are not pregnant, a new study suggests. Researchers found that expectant mothers infected with the virus were 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized with complications. What’s more, mothers-to-be were nearly 14 times more likely to die than Americans … Read more