The nightmare before Christmas! Kansas parents accidentally COOK their three Elf on the Shelf dolls after hiding them in the oven – leaving the toys a charred, melted mess Chelsea and Matt Hightower from Overland Park, Kansas left their three Elf on the Shelf toys in the oven overnight — and forgot about them Matt … Read more
We redeemed our mortgage with Lloyds in 2013, but recently discovered that the bank did not remove its legal charge. My wife and I took the mortgage with TSB in 1985. This became a Lloyds TSB mortgage when the banks merged. Following Money Mail’s advice, whenever the interest rate decreased we kept our repayments at … Read more
Pregnant women will be allowed to have their partner present ‘at all times during their maternity journey’ under updated NHS rules Expectant mothers will be able to have a ‘support person’ with them in hospital Partner, friend or relative can also attend ‘all appointments’ under the NHS rules Thousands of mothers gave birth alone during … Read more
He is a boy from the back streets of Lancashire, raised in a two-up, two-down terraced house with an outside loo, who became a self-made billionaire. The story of Matt Moulding, 48, reads like a classic rags-to-riches fairy tale. He created a City sensation when he brought his company, online health and beauty seller The … Read more
Advertising agency WPP has admitted to understating its losses by hundreds of millions of pounds after an embarrassing accounting debacle. In a highly unusual error, it said its statutory losses were mis-stated by £301million for the first six months of this year. It means the record half-year loss of £2.6billion that the world’s largest advertising … Read more
Perhaps it’s because we knew we had one of the very last golden tickets before Covid finally crushes the Christmas spirit. Or maybe it could just be that panto is so silly, sequined and smutty that I can’t help but grin like an idiot — even from behind a mask and sitting next to two … Read more
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on Britain’s air transport industry, hospitality and London’s role as one of the world’s great entrepot cities. Traffic at Heathrow plunged 88 per cent year-on-year in November to 747,000. Last year, 81m passengers went through the airport. The owners – Spain’s Ferrovial, the Qatar Investment Authority et al – have … Read more
MPs attack oversight of Bounce Back loans: Fears taxpayer could be on the hook for £26bn of bad debt By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:22 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 22:41 GMT, 15 December 2020 An influential group of MPs has accused the Treasury of having a ‘woefully under-developed’ system for … Read more
Virus drives up redundancies to record high ahead of scheduled end to the furlough scheme By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:21 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 22:41 GMT, 15 December 2020 Record numbers of staff were axed ahead of the expected end of the furlough scheme, as the coronavirus jobs bloodbath … Read more
Not moving: Colin Myler in front of the car a bailiff tried to tow away Are you expecting a delivery?’ I asked my wife as I heard a vehicle pulling on to our drive. ‘Maybe,’ she replied, bearing in mind she’s always ordering from Amazon. I was cutting logs in the back garden and headed … Read more