Savers desperate to switch Isa deals lose out to costly delays as banks and building societies cut rates almost daily By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 26 May 2020 Savers desperate to move their Isa money to a better-paying account are suffering long delays … Read more
A major search is under way on the Poole coast in Dorset after a young man disappeared while kayaking in the late afternoon of bank holiday Monday. Jordan Lane, 25, was last heard from around 6pm while kayaking, before setting off home to Barton-on-Sea from Canford Cliffs. Dorset Police helicopter unit and the coastguard are … Read more
Those who bothered tuning in to the Dominic Cummings press conference expecting to see Beelzebub berating the assembled media corps will have been bitterly disappointed. He only had the one head, no fangs and flashes of fiery thunder were conspicuous by their absence. What we got was a shifty Northern bloke, pushing 50, patiently explaining … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK Hold On Edna! By Aneira Thomas (Mirror Books £12.99, 304pp) Three minutes before midnight on the night of July 4, 1948, a doctor stood over the hospital bed of Edna May Rees as she prepared to deliver her seventh child. Her contractions had built steadily over the Welsh summer evening and … Read more
It has won over audiences across the globe thanks to it’s breathtakingly beautiful performances and practically-perfect screen adaptation. And now BBC bosses are reportedly ‘desperate’ to bring back characters Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan for a second season of Normal People. The show, which has been streamed more than 16 million times, is based on … Read more
Georgia Toffolo poses in heart-shaped sunglasses and bright yellow Marigolds as she compares herself to a Desperate Housewife By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 18:14 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 18:41 BST, 15 May 2020 She has been isolating alone at her home in Chelsea throughout lockdown. And Georgia Toffolo seemed to be getting … Read more
With the possibility of winter holidays clouded with uncertainty, desperate holiday companies are slashing prices by hundreds of pounds to secure bookings. Tui has dropped the cost of one ten-night break in the Maldives starting on November 29 by £400. Two weeks ago the firm was advertising, through price-comparison site TravelSupermarket, an all-inclusive stay for … Read more
Firms struggling to secure emergency loans under government scheme warned to steer clear of brokers charging to ‘fast track’ applications By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 27 April 2020 Loan arranger: Chancellor Rishi Sunak Cash-strapped firms struggling to secure emergency loans under a government … Read more
An NHS nurse has made a desperate plea for companies to provide hospital staff with personal protective equipment. In the latest warning from a frontline health worker, the unnamed nurse claimed staff were being expected to reuse contaminated gowns. Posting on Facebook, she wrote: ‘Please, please, please if anybody knows of any companies that could … Read more
A desperate appeal has been launched after heartless thieves stole flags and pictures from a memorial to a World War II bomber crew who sacrificed their lives in a crash to save children playing in a park. Tributes have been snatched from the Mi Amigo memorial site in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Tony Foulds, who looks after … Read more