Family who spend £550 a month on snacks save £1,000 and drop 2st by cutting out convenience food

A fast-food loving family who spent a staggering £550-a-month on chocolate, biscuits and sweet treats alone have saved £1,000 in eight weeks simply by cutting out the 300-monthly sugary snacks they consumed. Catering assistant Claire Thornstone, her caretaker husband Jason, Harley, nine, Amelia, six, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, appeared on the first episode of Thursday … Read more

Stamp duty cut slammed for cutting tax for landlords

Will the stamp duty cut be BAD for first-time buyers? Critics warn tax giveaway could revive buy-to-let investors and boost house prices Chancellor’s plans will see 90 per cent of homes pay no stamp duty until March However this includes second-home buyers including property investors Labour have blasted the move as an ‘unnecessary subsidy’ for … Read more

Chancellor’s stamp duty bung comes under fire for cutting tax for landlords

Will the stamp duty cut be BAD for first-time buyers? Critics warn tax giveaway could revive buy-to-let investors and boost house prices Chancellor’s plans will see 90 per cent of homes pay no stamp duty until March However this includes second-home buyers including property investors Labour have blasted the move as an ‘unnecessary subsidy’ for … Read more

Lorraine Kelly reveals she’s been cutting her husband Steve Smith’s hair in lockdown

Lorraine Kelly reveals she’s been cutting her husband Steve Smith’s hair in lockdown using clippers and kitchen scissors as hairdressers remain closed By Laura Fox and Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 11:09 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 11:09 BST, 14 May 2020 She joins the nation in helping loved ones keep their hair in … Read more

Woman shares clever ‘dinosaur egg’ hack for cutting an avocado so it stays fresh and green for DAYS

How to keep your avocados fresh for a WEEK: Chicago woman shares clever ‘dinosaur egg’ hack for cutting the green fruit to stop it from going brown Margaret Drisi, 30, shared the trick on TIkTok on April 30  She said she makes avocado toast every morning but only eats a little Margaret makes a single … Read more

Oil giant Shell’s eight-decade run of not cutting dividends ends

Shell’s 80-year run of not cutting dividends ends as the oil giant falls victim to historic slump in demand caused by virus lockdown Shell is the first oil ‘supermajor’ to cut dividends due to the Covid-19 pandemic  Russ Mould, AJ Bell: Dividend cut is ‘devastating to investors across the country  In layman’s terms, oil markets … Read more

Need a trim during lockdown? The long and short of cutting your own hair

Looking a bit like Ben Gunn after a month of lockdown? The long and short of cutting your own hair By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:15 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 25 April 2020 After more than a month of lockdown, many of us are now starting to … Read more

‘Promises aren’t cutting it’: Piers Morgan lays into Brandon Lewis as he defends testing ‘shambles’

Piers Morgan lashed out at Brandon Lewis today over the government’s testing ‘shambles’ as just seven days remain to reach the 100,000-a-day pledge.  The Tory minister admitted 100,000 tests were to be ‘done’ per day after attempting to claim the government had only pledged to increase the ‘capacity’ of tests to 100,000 a day by the … Read more

Arctic ocean will be ice-free in summer before 2050 even if emission cutting goals are met

Arctic ocean will be ice-free in the summer before 2050 even if emission cutting goals are met, shock study reveals Sea ice in the Arctic grows and shrinks across the seasons, not melting entirely This will change in the future even if temperature rises are kept under 2°C (3.6°F) Experts modelled the impact on Arctic … Read more