Election jitters sent economy into reverse: Output fell 3% in November, latest figures show By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 January 2020 The economy slammed into reverse ahead of the General Election as political uncertainty hammered business. Output fell by 0.3 per cent … Read more
‘You are my soulmate’: Bindi Irwin gushes over husband Chandler Powell and talks her wedding vows… before revealing the moment she ‘fell in love’ with the wakeboarder By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:06 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 08:06 BST, 18 April 2020 They tied the knot last month in an … Read more
A five-month-old baby boy has died after his parents put out a plea for a life-saving partial liver transplant from a living donor. Marcus Albers was born in October 2018 with an extremely rare genetic disease that changes the way cells in the body communicate and attacks the liver, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Doctors … Read more
For my husband’s 50th birthday I booked an apartment via Booking.com for a holiday at Liverpool’s docks. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band. Now coronavirus means we have been told not to travel unless it is essential. I asked the apartment’s owner if I … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK RADICAL WORDSWORTH by Jonathan Bate (William Collins, £25, 608 pp) The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge spent Christmas Day 1806 with his close friend William Wordsworth, together with Wordsworth’s wife Mary, her sister Sara Hutchinson and Wordsworth’s own sister, Dorothy. Two days later, Coleridge bolted from the house. Taking refuge in the … Read more
Dog walker, 21, drowns after trying to rescue his pet which fell into river in Cheshire A man and woman entered the River Weaver in Northwich early this morning Emergency services found the woman, 20, hanging on to side of embankment She was rescued but a man’s body was then found in the water nine … Read more
Lucas Dobson, six, died while on a fishing trip A six-year-old boy died on a family fishing trip after falling into a fast-flowing river as he tried to jump from a pontoon onto a boat, an inquest has heard. An idyllic August summer day spent fishing, playing and eating sausages on the bank of the River … Read more
Despite our best efforts to prove otherwise, the coronavirus is making some of us consider that we might, in fact, be old. At a party last week for the launch of therapist Julia Samuel’s book This Too Shall Pass (a title that hopefully will apply to Covid- 19 as well as the difficult life transitions … Read more
While investors watched their portfolios with concern as stock markets dropped on coronavirus fears, some funds and trusts climbed significantly. Recent weeks have seen worries worldwide as the COVID-19 virus spread outside of China – and after brief bounce-back at the start of this week, shares are down heavily again yesterday and today. As has often been … Read more
The girls didn’t look at me as I tiptoed into their bedroom. Isla and Molly were lying stock-still in their beds, eyes swivelled upwards and covers pulled up under their chins. ‘Morning Daddy,’ said Isla, very quietly indeed, without averting her gaze from the ceiling. Perched directly over their heads like a hairy glove puppet … Read more