There’s no doubt that a great night’s sleep is the best possible way to boost your immunity and fight off infections. So, in these troubled times, it can be doubly infuriating if you’re being kept awake by snoring — either yours or the person you share a bed with. But luckily, my brilliant new insomnia beating … Read more
From the sinister to the surreal: Fascinating Soviet-era postcards show the Eastern Bloc in all its brutal glory The postcards, which date from the 1960s to the 1980s, feature in a book called Brutal Bloc Postcards It features images depicting vast housing blocks, huge industrial factories and monuments to comradeship The book’s publisher, Fuel, says: ‘These … Read more
With markets opening this week to the biggest crash in oil price since the 1991 Gulf War, motorists would have been rubbing their hands together with the prospect of paying significantly less the next time they brimmed their cars. However, so far we’ve only seen a measly cut of 2p off a litre of unleaded … Read more
Fuel duty frozen for tenth consecutive year as reluctant Chancellor concedes that ‘many people still rely on their cars’ Taxation on petrol and diesel will remain at 57.95p per litre, as it has since 2011 Sunak said ‘we can no longer afford to freeze fuel duty’ but conceded that people still rely on cars Fuel … Read more
With markets opening on Monday morning to the biggest crash in oil price since the 1991 Gulf War, the big question for motorists is: will the cost of petrol drastically fall in the coming days? The price of Brent crude fell from $52 a barrel this time last week to as little as $35 this … Read more
As the coronavirus outbreak has spread to tens of thousands of people worldwide, it’s become clear that one group isn’t getting as sick as others: children. No children under age nine have been reported dead in China and, so far, young kids make up less than one percent of confirmed cases there. It’s too soon … Read more
Britain’s hospitals have ‘little fuel in the tank’ to cope with coronavirus, warn experts as research shows most frail patients are routinely stranded on trolleys in corridors for more than four hours amid a crippling shortage of NHS beds One in four people admitted this winter have waited four or more hours for a bed … Read more
Putting up fuel duty in the Budget would be the equivalent of ‘flashing V-signs’ at ordinary voters, a senior Tory warned last night. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is said to be considering ending the ten-year freeze on fuel duty in next month’s Budget as he tries to find the cash to pay for Boris Johnson’s spending … Read more
Diesel dips below £1.20 a litre for the first time in 2 YEARS as Asda initiates a 2p per litre cut on fuel prices Asda has cut the price of both petrol and diesel by 2p a litre from today Motorists will pay no more than 116.7p for a litre of unleaded and 118.7p for … Read more
Tory MPs write to Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him to drop plans for fuel duty rise amid fears it could alienate newly-converted Conservative voters in former Labour heartlands Around a dozen Tory MPs in ‘Red Wall’ seats written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak Group said a rise in fuel duty would ‘send the wrong message’ to … Read more