The warning came — as life-changing warnings so often do — completely out of the blue. I simply wasn’t ready for it and, anyway, life is scary enough as it is. Ocado has warned that prepared carrots are out of stock. Tesco has issued a similar warning in relation to packs of cauliflower. The significance … Read more
Building firms linked to Britain’s unsafe housing crisis have made more than £15billion in profit since the Grenfell Tower disaster. The astonishing success of major property developers and construction companies has allowed them to pay shareholders dividends of £5billion. The biggest ten firms paid their chief executives an average total salary of £2million in the … Read more
Lord Mersey’s private journal reveals notes of the mistakes he believed led to the sinking of the ship A documentary is about to reveal the private journal of the judge who investigated the Titanic disaster and wrote in his notes mistakes he had found out such as ‘travelling at ‘excessive speed’ despite ice warnings’. British jurist … Read more
Southern California hospitals are being inundated with coronavirus patients and do not have enough oxygen to treat those who are the most critically ill. The supply issue led to at least five Los Angeles County hospitals declaring an ‘internal disaster’ on Sunday, which included turning away all incoming ambulances with patients. The Los Angeles County … Read more
Romantic proposal ends in disaster when man’s new fiancee topples 650ft off a snowy Austrian mountain moments after saying yes Woman, 32, from St Pölten, Austria, said yes after the proposal on December 27 Partner, 27, tried to catch her when she fell from Falkert mountain in Carinthia He was rescued by helicopter and the snow … Read more
Dozens are missing and at least nine people have been injured in a massive night-time landslide in a Norwegian town. Homes were buried under a 2,000ft-long slick of mud at 4am in the village of Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 12 miles north of Oslo. Photos show at least eight homes were swept away … Read more
Contaminated blood scandal which left tens of thousands of NHS patients infected with hepatitis C is ‘a disaster bigger than Hillsborough’ By Holly Bancroft For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:47 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 27 December 2020 The contaminated blood scandal which left tens of thousands of NHS patients infected with … Read more
Duty free loss will be like a ‘Covid for 2021 for jobs’, says Kurt Geiger fashion boss Neil Clifford By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 23 December 2020 The removal of duty-free shopping will be like a ‘Covid for 2021’ for high street jobs, … Read more
MPs have demanded the Government reveal how hard the UK economy will be hit when duty free shopping for foreign tourists is scrapped next month. Chancellor Rishi Sunak will end VAT refunds for international visitors to British shops from January 1, even as the high street is fighting for its survival after the Covid-19 crisis. … Read more
Maurice Abrahams Maurice Abrahams, 76: Chauffeur Mr Abrahams, from Brighton, was en route in his classic Daimler to collect bride Rebecca Sheen and take her to her wedding when the plane crashed. A former police officer with Hampshire Constabulary, he was an ex-member of the Grenadier Guards and Parachute Regiment, and had served in Cyprus … Read more