Bonfire of fixed-rate savings accounts: Best buy offers up in smoke as providers blame coronavirus for pulling deals Some 62 one, two, three and five-year fixed-rate deals have gone since March Savings rates have continued to slide since the coronavirus hit Britain Challenger bank Aldermore pulled all its non-easy-access deals from sale It said the … Read more
Astronomers detect an ‘incredibly rare’ Earth-like planet orbiting a star one-tenth the size of our sun 25,000 light-years away The star was spotted in the Galactic Bulge at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy The rocky world’s mass is somewhere between the mass of Earth and Neptune It is so far away that scientists … Read more
Apple’s rumoured over-ear headphones will be called AirPods Studio, feature head and neck sensors and can be worn ‘backwards’ Apple is believed to be developing over-ear headphones called ‘AirPods Studio’ In-built sensors will detect which way round on a person’s head they are They will also be able to automatically pause when removed from the … Read more
Lifetime Isa savers may still lose their own money to tap savings… as the taxman proves slow to update its system after rule change victory The Treasury is cutting the Lifetime Isa penalty from 25% to 20% until April 2021 Savers who need to access the money now won’t be charged their own money They … Read more
Giant 18-tonne piece of a Chinese rocket crash-lands in the Atlantic after successfully lifting a prototype spacecraft into orbit in the ‘largest uncontrolled reentry in decades’ The debris that crashed was from the core of the Chinese Long March 5B rocket This was used to launch a prototype crew spaceship and a cargo ship into … Read more
Neither Professor Chris Whitty or Sir Patrick Vallance were asked to approve Number 10‘s Government’s confusing ‘stay alert’ message, it was claimed today. The ‘stay alert, control the virus, save lives’ slogan was unveiled on Sunday, replacing the ‘stay at home’ message that was in place since lockdown on March 23. But the top experts … Read more
I cashed in my entire private pension which was £91,000. I received around £62,000 and I applied for tax back four months ago. I still work but have been off the last five months with anxiety and depression, so obviously haven’t earned the same as usual. I’ve earned just over £8,000 this year. I bought … Read more
Vauxhall boss warns UK factories will remain mothballed until it gets clarity over when showrooms can reopen UK factories in Ellesmere Port and Luton are ‘ready to go’ with production However, bosses said there is no point making cars if they can’t be sold due to dealerships being closed Vauxhall has prepared its manufacturing sites … Read more
My family and I went to Rio de Janeiro to celebrate New Year on the famous Copa Cabana beach in Brazil for a once in a lifetime trip. We flew with Emirates via Dubai on an evening flight from London Heathrow with the three return economy tickets costing almost £3,000. Our flight to Rio was … Read more
BT boss warns ‘be on your guard’ after cyber criminals launch a wave of scams targeting customers staying at home By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:53 BST, 12 May 2020 The boss of BT has urged customers to ‘be on your guard’ after cyber criminals … Read more