Stocks tumbled again Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing 157 points lower and posting its biggest weekly losses since March. Wall Street is closed out a punishing week with all three major indexes in the red, dragged down by a slide in shares of tech heavyweights following their quarterly results. The Dow had earlier … Read more
Coronavirus could age the brain by ten years or cause IQ to fall, a study has suggested. Researchers have warned that survivors of the worst cases of the virus could be at risk of lasting mental damage, equivalent to an 8.5-point drop in IQ or the brain ageing a decade. This ‘brain fog’ has already been … Read more
Don’t even TOUCH your mobile at the wheel: New tougher law will see drivers fined £200 and given six points if they use their phone for any reason… but you can access its SatNav if it’s hands-free Drivers face a ban on touching mobile phones at the wheel under a new law Motorists can currently … Read more
Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka fined and handed six points on driving licence for speeding at 104mph on the M1 during the second week of the coronavirus lockdown in April Man United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been punished for speeding on the M1 Wan-Bissaka’s £90,000 G-Wagon was caught moving at 104mph on April 1 The 22-year-old … Read more
Courts to come down harder with bans for motorists who accrue 12 or more penalty points on their licence after thousands avoid disqualification using ‘exceptional hardship’ loophole Over 9,000 UK driver are believed to be driving despite having 12 or more points Most have avoided disqualification by claiming it would result in ‘exceptional hardship’ as … Read more
FTSE opens up 1.19% by 57 points on 5,898 – after business leaders blasted Boris Johnson for ushering office staff back to WFH due to Covid threat Britain’s blue-chip index stood at 5898.98 at the start of today’s session Came as Boris Johnson’s new coronavirus restrictions proved as expected Follows Monday’s £51bn plunge when traders … Read more
FTSE 100 suffers worst plunge since June amid dire warnings of more coronavirus restrictions from Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance as pubs, hotels and businesses say they will not survive a second lockdown The blue-chip stock exchange slumped 3 per cent to a two-week low as markets reacted to lockdown fears Government’s top scientists warned … Read more
Trump slips 10 points behind Biden among registered voters in new poll after reports claiming he disparaged troops as ‘suckers’ and downplayed COVID-19 threat New poll shows Biden leading Trump by 10 points among registered voters Poll was conducted from September 9 to 11, after reports critical of Trump Only 16% think that a vaccine … Read more
Labour has narrowed the Tory lead to just two points this week as support for the Boris Johnson and the Conservatives dropped after the Government’s exams fiasco. A YouGov poll found that public support for the Tories had dropped four points to 40 per cent while Labour was up three to 38 per cent from … Read more
Over a thousand motorists are on the road despite having 12 points or more on their licence – and one driver has enough to be banned FIVE times over Figures given to Liberal Democrats claim 1,278 drivers have more than 12 points DVLA say the worst offender has 68 points – enough to be banned … Read more