It is safe to use physical cash despite coronavirus says ATM boss

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One of Britain’s largest cash machine providers is launching a campaign to convince people to continue using cash once coronavirus lockdown ends, saying it wants to dispel ‘fake information’ about banknotes and coins being unsafe. Peter McNamara, founder and chief executive of NoteMachine, which runs 11,000 ATMs, told This is Money that the idea cash … Read more

Cambridge developers build parking space-sized ‘micro-homes’

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Shoe-box flats the size of disabled parking bays have been green-lighted for construction, flying in the face of a fierce backlash. Developers have brushed off criticism over their 182-square foot apartments and insist the micro-homes are ‘a perfectly reasonable size’.   A kitchen, bathroom and bedroom cram inside the proposed rooms, which will be fitted inside … Read more

Tiny flats the size of a parking space will be among the smallest homes in Britain

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Shoe-box flats the size of disabled parking bays have been green-lighted for construction, flying in the face of a fierce backlash. Developers have brushed off criticism over their 182-square foot apartments and insist the micro-homes are ‘a perfectly reasonable size’.   A kitchen, bathroom and bedroom cram inside the proposed rooms, which will be fitted inside … Read more

Six Senses Zil Pasyon in the Seychelles has villas with clear-bottomed swimming pools IN THE CEILING

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Part-resort, part human-aquarium: The incredible villas with clear-bottomed swimming pools IN THE CEILING These spectacular pools can be found in the three and four-bedroom residences at Six Senses Zil Pasyon  The resort is located on the stunning private island of Félicité in the Seychelles – and has 17 private residences Zil Pasyon is fringed by … Read more

Hundreds of doctors and nurses line streets to pay tribute to NHS porter who died from coronavirus

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Hundreds of doctors and nurses line the streets outside hospital to pay tribute at funeral for NHS porter, 61, after he died from coronavirus Mike Brown died at Southampton General Hospital Hants, whose trust he’d been employed by for 20 years Devastated colleagues said the 61-year-old porter always went ‘above and beyond’ to help others … Read more

Indian priest beheads man as a sacrifice to a goddess in order to end coronavirus

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Priest decapitates human sacrifice, 52, with an axe in Indian temple in bid to end coronavirus epidemic Sansari Ojha decapitated Saroj Kumar Pradhan, 52, in Cuttack on Wednesday He had a long-standing feud with Pradhan and had been drinking on the night The priest surrendered to police the following day and the axe was seized … Read more

Inside Gogglebox’s The Michael family’s Sussex home

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They’re regulars on Channel 4’s popular reality TV show Gogglebox, entertaining the nation with their take on the week’s TV. And away from the cameras, The Michael family live an idyllic life in their home in Brighton, Sussex, with siblings Louis and Alex often sharing a snapshot into their home on social media. The cosy … Read more

James Stunt’s former bodyguard stole 16-carat yellow diamond worth £515,000 from tycoon, court hears

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James Stunt’s former bodyguard stole a 16-carat yellow diamond worth £515,000 from a safe during a £20million raid on the tycoon’s Belgravia mansion, a court heard. Justinas Ivaskevicius, 34, allegedly swiped the rock at some point between 12 and 15 December 2017. Police attended the address to find no forced entry and interviewed Mr Stunt’s … Read more