Homes market surges as buyers burst out of lockdown gloom and head out of town to view properties Savills estate agents say interest in new homes has increased by 30 per cent There were 906 homes sold on Wednesday and 1,883 properties listed for sale The housing market has burst since lockdown restrictions were lifted midweek … Read more
Health officials are putting an entire Long Island town on a diet to drive down rising obesity rates amid the coronavirus pandemic. With many of us stuck in our homes – ordering take-out and stress eating – a weight gain phenomenon has emerged nicknamed the ‘Quarantine 15.’ Now, doctors and fitness instructors in Huntington, which … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo has meeting with her romance publisher Mills & Boon… to discuss what they should call male genitalia By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:46 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 22:46 BST, 2 May 2020 After Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo signed … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: The Wifelets of Bath fear they could lose their grace-and-favour cottages following the death last month of the Marquess dubbed ‘the Loins of Longleat’ By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 2 May 2020 After the … Read more
Gatwick Airport has furloughed 90 per cent of its staff leaving nearby Crawley in crisis with reports that half of the town’s population facing being laid off. The airport employs 3,500 people directly, although a further 21,000 people work for 250 different firms based at the campus. Also, the airport supports a further 12,000 jobs … Read more
The Rolling Stones have rocketed to the top of the iTunes chart more than 40 years after their last number one hit. The single ‘Living In A Ghost Town’ – the band’s first for eight years – beat stars including Travis Scott, The Weeknd and Drake to the peak of the US table. The legendary … Read more
The photographs show the deserted casualty departments at two of our biggest hospitals. They were taken in the daytime amid the lockdown ordered by the Government to fight the lethal virus Covid-19. In normal times, the waiting room at the Royal London, in the East End’s Whitechapel, would be busy with 500 patients walking in … Read more
A Spanish town that cut itself off from the outside world more than a month ago in an ambitious attempt to stop coronavirus reaching its residents still has zero infections. Zahara de la Sierra, which sits high above the Andalusian countryside in southern Spain, has so far managed to keep the global pandemic at bay … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Lady Mary Charteris urges her 60,000 Instagram fans to follow her by starving themselves for 24 hours, claiming ‘it’s not too hard’ By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:01 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 19 April 2020 It’s not as … Read more
Town mayor refuses to open parks despite government advice because area has one of highest coronavirus rates outside London Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston has released a statement that parks in the area will remain closed despite government advice to the contrary Robert Jenrick MP reaffirmed that people need parks and green spaces to exercise and … Read more