A single mum whose squabbling sons drove her to booze during lockdown has avoided jail for a drunken tirade at police. Jaimie Lewis, 43, said she was not normally a drinker but had found her boys ‘too much’ to cope with when they were all stuck at home together. After drinking cider during the day, … Read more
Rapper Akon has revealed plans for a futuristic $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland modelled on Black Panther’s Wakanda. The R&B star, who boasts two multi-platinum albums, told a news conference on Monday he had laid the first stone for the city in the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene, around 60 miles south of … Read more
UK house prices have hit an all-time high following a post-lockdown boom, with the average home now worth £224,123. House-buyers have shrugged off continued uncertainty in the economy and social distancing with August seeing a 2% rise in prices, the biggest monthly jump since February 2004. Prices are now 3.7% higher than they were last … Read more
Britain’s roads and railways were still almost empty today as the drive to get workers back to offices following the summer holidays stalled again. While some London Underground trains were beginning to look busier during rush hour this morning, hardly anyone was to be seen arriving at major terminals in the capital including Waterloo and … Read more
Google will ramp up advertising fees on firms from the UK, Austria and Turkey by up to 5% from November as US tech giant passes on cost of new digital services taxes to customers It follows in the footsteps of Amazon which last month stopped absorbing cost Price increases have been met with dismay from … Read more
Britain is not entering a second wave of coronavirus infections and rising numbers of cases are a result of increased, more accurate testing picking up infections among younger people, experts say. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday warned that the UK ‘must do everything in our power’ to stop a second surge of people going into … Read more
Storm SUNSHINE! Welsh ridicule the Met Office for choosing Heulwen as name for storm which translates literally as ‘sun blessed’ Heulwen is a common name in Wales and translates to ‘sun blessed’ or ‘sunshine’ Inclusion in the list of storm names for the upcoming season has amused many The UK has reached the eighth name … Read more
Millions of children returned to school today and the classrooms of old – as new coronavirus safety rules mean they have to now sit in rows again and face their teacher. Part of the covid-secure measures mean modern arrangements, which used to see pupils opposite each other around desks, have been axed to prevent any … Read more
The BIGGER Apple! US tech firm is now worth more than the combined market value of Britain’s FTSE 100 businesses after rising above $2trillion milestone Apple’s share price has surged during coronavirus crisis amid economic freefall California tech giant has seen its price rise by more than 75% since start of 2020 Apple is now … Read more
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny could have had poison sprinkled in his underwear, according to the scientist who invented the nerve agent Novichok. Navalny remains in a coma in a Berlin hospital nearly two weeks after collapsing on a plane in Siberia in what German medics suspect was a poisoning. Friends of the Putin critic have … Read more