New £20 notes with serial numbers as low as 000010 will be auctioned off next month, and could sell for as much as £10,000, This is Money can reveal. The Bank of England is hosting a charity sell-off of the new notes featuring artist JMW Turner, which will be run by London auction house Spink. … Read more
HEALTH NOTES: Stick to single servings if you enjoy eating popcorn By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:08 GMT, 6 April 2019 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 6 April 2019 Snack-loving Britons eat nearly 50 per cent more crisps than they should in one sitting, a study shows. As for popcorn, they exceed the recommended amount … Read more
HEALTH NOTES: £90m of unused medicine lying around in homes By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, 7 December 2019 | Updated: 12:53 GMT, 10 December 2019 Millions of British patients don’t take their prescribed pills, new research suggests. Nearly half of adults admit to regularly forgetting to take medication, while one in five say … Read more
Now that’s what I call Ludwig! Three bumper Beethoven box sets mark the 250th anniversary of his birth… but which hits all the high notes? By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:03 GMT, 26 January 2020 Beethoven 2020: The New Complete Edition DG/Decca, out … Read more
What is current Foreign Office advice regarding travel and coronavirus? The Foreign Office now advises against all but essential travel to 10 small towns in Lombardy and one in Veneto in Italy, which have been isolated by the Italian authorities. These towns are Codogno, Castiglione d’Adda, Casalpusterlengo, Fombio, Maleo, Somaglia, Bertonico, Terranova dei Passerini, Castelgerundo … Read more