Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget today: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously though. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, … Read more
Budget 2021 at a glance Here are the main points of Rishi Sunak’s Budget today: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts economy will return to pre-Covid levels by the middle of 2022, six months earlier than previously though. OBR forecast economy will grow this year by 4 per cent, by 7.3 per cent in 2022, … Read more
Sammy Cotter has been running his grocery wholesalers for a quarter of a century. But now he’s living day to day. ‘I’ve got £7,000 worth of goods sitting in Manchester,’ he tells me. ‘It was supposed to be delivered on December 21. But I’m still waiting.’ At first glance, his warehouse in Quarry Heights, Newtownards, … Read more
‘Worst day of his life’: Mary Trump predicts a ‘grim’ future for Donald as he tries to ‘change the narrative’ while facing a loss of relevance plus legal threats Donald Trump’s niece said Trump’s final day in office on Tuesday was ‘probably the worst day of his life’ and that she hopes he will be … Read more
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris used their first joint appearance in Washington D.C. Tuesday to mark the loss of more than 400,000 American lives to COVID – hours after the grim total was reached. They both appeared with First Lady-in waiting Jill Biden and Second Gentleman-in waiting Doug Emhoff in a sign of their determination … Read more
Last week I wrote about receiving my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine – as a healthcare worker, I am one of the first in line. A host of side effects lingered the following day: optimism, hope, gratitude. But hours later, Boris Johnson announced news of the mutant corona variant sweeping across the nation and … Read more
Bill Gates has warned that the next five months look ‘pretty grim’ for the United States unless COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths stop surging – as he vowed to immediately take a vaccine once it’s available to him. The billionaire philanthropist, whose foundation has contributed $450 million to the global coronavirus response, told NBC’s Today that things … Read more
Global coronavirus cases hits 25 million as India sets grim record with 78,761 recorded infections in one day John Hopkins University said the tally has topped 25million for the first time The US has the most cases with 5.9million, followed by Brazil with 3.8million Actual number of infections across the globe is thought to be … Read more
Grim figures show High Street was ALREADY facing disaster before Covid as Tory veteran Nicholas Soames accuses unions of making it ‘impossible’ for civil servants to return to offices Figures show employment in retail on high street plummeted before coronavirus Fear town and city centres have been hollowed out by people shunning offices Tory veteran … Read more
Brazil has become the second country to have surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus. The nation of 210 million people has been reporting an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic since late May. On Saturday, Brazil’s health ministry confirmed 49,970 new confirmed cases and 905 deaths within the … Read more