The hugely popular Scottish Mortgage investment trust has slumped by more than 25 per cent in three weeks as it suffered from a sell-off in global technology and growth stocks. Rising US bond yields and inflation fears sent the £16billion fund’s share price falling another 4.5 per cent today to 1,040p. That leaves legions of British … Read more
Thousands of National Trust sites are at risk from climate change as floods, humidity and higher temperatures could pose hazard at locations such as Ham House and Lyme Park, bosses say National Trust has developed ‘game-changing’ map to illustrate the risks Without action on emissions, the number of sites at highest level from climate change … Read more
A police watchdog has warned forces ‘risk losing trust’ over the use of stop and search as it admonished them for failing to explain why black people are more likely to be targeted. It found police forces are still unable to explain the disproportionate use of powers, such as stop and search and use of force … Read more
Police use of stop and search risks losing the trust of the black community, a damning report by their own official watchdog has warned – as the number of black murder victims has hit a 20-year high. HM Inspectorate of Police said forces are still unable to explain a ‘disproportionate’ use of the controversial powers … Read more
Teenagers are sitting on £400 million in childhood savings they may not know exist. Around 200,000 Child Trust Funds (CTF) are still waiting to be claimed – with an average of £2,000 in each, figures reveal. The investment and cash savings accounts were opened for every child born between September 1, 2002, and January 2, … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Lost child trust funds that could make the world of difference to so many young people By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:33 GMT, 23 February 2021 If young adults ever needed a windfall, it’s now. Many have lost a year of education and … Read more
Teenagers are sitting on £400 million in childhood savings they may not know exist. Around 200,000 Child Trust Funds (CTF) are still waiting to be claimed – with an average of £2,000 in each, figures reveal. The investment and cash savings accounts were opened for every child born between September 1, 2002, and January 2, … Read more
A medieval manor house which was owned by the great-grandmother of Lady Jane Grey is to be closed to the public by the National Trust to allow it to be permanently rented as holiday accommodation. Shute Barton, in the village of the same name near Axminster, Devon, dates from the 14th century and was owned … Read more
Tammie Squire has been allowed to manage her disabled youngest daughter’s benefits for 18 years, but still faces a trip to court to try and unlock more than £7,000 she has saved for her future. The mother-of-two, from Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, saved thousands of pounds into a Child Trust Fund, and later a Junior Isa, … Read more
A racial equality charity has been embroiled in a race row after tweeting a vile racist slur at a black Tory commentator. The Race Trust faced a furious backlash after the post branding mixed-race political pundit Calvin Robinson, who is of Afro-Caribbean descent, a ‘n***o’. The Race Trust, founded by Aysha Khanom, vows to ‘change … Read more