The great savings squeeze continues: Average one-year fixed rate now pays less than 1% as banks axe deals – will short-term accounts head even lower? The average one-year fixed-rate bond pays 0.99% and Isa 0.91% This is a fall of 0.16 and 0.23 percentage points since March respectively Savings rates have been falling this year … Read more
Line of Duty’s sixth series may have to be rewritten due to coronavirus, says show’s creator Jed Mercurio By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 11:07 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 11:41 BST, 18 May 2020 Jed Mercurio says the sixth series of hit BBC cop drama Line of Duty may have to be rewritten … Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge urged people to speak out about their mental health in a radio broadcast this morning. As part of a minute-long message, Kate Middleton, 38, told listeners that it is ‘okay to ask’ how a loved one is coping while Prince William urged people to ‘reach out’ to someone who … Read more
‘It’s 100 per cent tough’: MasterChef’s Reynold Poernomo reveals he hasn’t been able to visit his girlfriend in Bali because of the coronavirus pandemic By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:19 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 11:19 BST, 18 May 2020 MasterChef’s Reynold Poernomo has revealed the coronavirus pandemic has made his … Read more
Losing your sense of smell or taste IS a symptom of coronavirus, UK officials finally admit as they urge Brits to self-isolate if it happens to them By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:00 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 11:00 BST, 18 May 2020 People should self-isolate if they lose their … Read more
Apple reopens nearly 100 of its stores worldwide but customers are required to wear facemasks and submit to temperature checks and health questionnaires at the door Apple will implement deep cleaning throughout the day and allow more space The company says it plans to reopen 25 stores in seven US states next week They are … Read more
Hundreds of NHS staff beg the Government not to freeze public sector wages to help pay for coronavirus crisis NHS workers beg Chancellor Rishi Sunak to rule out public sector freeze pay It comes after a leaked Treasury report a two-pay halt on public wage rises The report warned of a £337bn Budget deficit following … Read more
Daughters of care home resident, 68, who died from coronavirus insist she wasn’t ‘frail or ill’ and say ‘shameful’ government policy is to blame for her death Susan Marsten, 68, died this month in Manchester care home with lack of PPE Daughters Ruth and Sarah appeared on GMB and told of their ‘utter heartbreak’ Said … Read more
Ryanair chief vents fury at ‘idiotic’ government plans for legally-enforced 14-day coronavirus quarantine on arrivals to the UK as ministers deal fresh body blow to holiday hopes Airlines have warned strict quarantine will kill off aviation and tourism industries Culture Secretary says exemptions to 14-day quarantine will be ‘very limited’ Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary says … Read more
Piers Morgan said Kate Garraway is ‘going through a living hell’ on Good Morning Brtiain on Monday morning as her husband Derek Draper fights for his life. Derek, 52, has been in intensive care for seven weeks as he continues to battle coronavirus and remains in a critical and unresponsive condition. Piers, 55, said: ‘We … Read more