Bank fires up £290bn virus fighting fund: Interest rates are cut to record low of 0.25% By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 March 2020 The Bank of England led a double-barrelled response to the coronavirus crisis as it unveiled an emergency package to … Read more
Rishi Sunak will use his first Budget tomorrow to turn on the Treasury’s spending taps and pledge to invest ‘hundreds of billions of pounds’ on improving the UK’s critical infrastructure. The new Chancellor will announce plans to invest ‘record amounts’ in the nation’s roads, railways, broadband, housing and research. The government wants the spending spree … Read more
Train cancellations in the North of England hit record highs with 7am Harrogate to Leeds service unable to run 28 out of 55 times last month Britain’s most cancelled train is Northern 7.13am from Harrogate to Leeds Worst-performing for local and commuter services was TransPennine Express Study found 49 services across Britain ran on fewer … Read more
Remembering happier times? Michelle Bridges beams as she recalls winning two Guinness World Records – after drink driving charge and split from Steve ‘Commando’ Willis By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:04 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: 04:31 GMT, 8 March 2020 The past few months have been tumultuous for Michelle Bridges, … Read more
Elton John reveals the independent Sydney record store where he ‘spent hours’ buying albums from local artists while in Australia – and it’s right in the middle of the CBD By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:31 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 14:31 GMT, 7 March 2020 Sir Elton John is a … Read more
MPs raise ‘serious concerns’ over next Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey’s record as FCA boss By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2020 Andrew Bailey has come under fire over his leadership of the City watchdog just days before taking over at … Read more
Taking fine dining to new heights, in the spring of 2018 I ate a meal at 23,149 feet on the North Col of Mount Everest. Joining eight companions, we feasted on a mouth-watering meal prepared by two-Michelin-star super chef Sat Bains while dressed in black tie and ball gowns. The Guinness Book of World Records has … Read more
A 62-year-old man from Illinois has broken the male Guinness World Record for the longest time spent holding an abdominal plank. On February 15, George Hood, of Naperville, held a plank for an astonishing eight hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds. That’s longer than the entire third season of Netflix’s TV series Stranger Things. Hood held … Read more
Sooner or later, everything changes. Everything comes to an end. Garbo talks. And Liverpool lose. We knew it would happen some time but of all the places in all of England, no one expected it to happen at Vicarage Road on a bitter evening in February against a Watford team fighting for its life. Disbelief … Read more
The number of billionaires in the world has reached a record 2,816 and are worth a record $11.2 trillion in total – more than the GDP of every country except for the US and China. An extra 346 people are on the list this year – including MacKenzie Bezos following her divorce last year from Amazon founder Jeff … Read more