Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson says he’s ‘very angry’ small boat arrivals numbers may have passed 100,000 Lee Anderson, the Conservative party deputy chairman, has said he is “very angry” about the PA Media report saying that the small boat arrivals picked up in the Channel today may take the total number of people who…
Introduction: UK house price gauge falls to lowest since 2009 as interest rates rise Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Britain’s housing sector continues to weaken, as rising interest rates hit demand for property, the country’s surveyors are warning today. The Royal Institution of…
Name: Walking. Age: Presumably since our ancestors replaced fins and gills with legs (so, 300m to 400m years, give or take). Appearance: One foot in front of the other, rinse and repeat. Walking? Boring. It gets you from A to B, it’s good for you, 10,000 steps, blah, what’s left to say? Hey, if there…
Güneydoğu Ekspres- Dünya Sağlık Örgütü (DSÖ) Genel Direktörü Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, vaka ve ölümlerde ani bir artışa neden olabilecek daha tehlikeli bir Covid-19 varyantının ortaya çıkma riskinin devam ettiği uyarısında bulundu. Ghebreyesus, DSÖ’nün haftalık basın toplantısında yaptığı açıklamada, 3 ay önce Covid-19’un uluslararası öneme sahip bir halk sağlığı acil durumu olarak sona erdiğini ancak küresel…
Bayern Munich’s pursuit of Harry Ka– nah, sorry, we just can’t do it, it’s triggering. But we can regale you with a freshish rumour involving Bayern Munich. According to tonight’s digital chip paper, Manchester United would like to spend their Harry Maguire winnings on Bayern’s Benjamin Pavard, whose ability to play centre-back and right-back –…
Covid-19 caught the world unprepared; the scramble it prompted for treatments, tests, protective equipment and vaccines favoured the world’s richest nations. To avoid the same thing happening in future pandemics, a group of world leaders has proposed a pandemic treaty, which is being negotiated in a series of international meetings hosted by the World Health…
I’ve spent my working life as bookseller, book marketer, publisher and now author, so it was probably inevitable that I would lean heavily on literature for my book Real Dorset. Luckily for me, writers have frequently turned to Dorset for their inspiration. Chief of these of course is Thomas Hardy. He stamped his personality over…
US politician reports ‘sobering’ briefing on Ukrainian counteroffensive Senior US and western officials describe increasingly “sobering” assessments about Ukrainian forces’ ability to retake significant territory in their counteroffensive, according to CNN. A senior western diplomat told CNN: They’re still going to see, for the next couple of weeks, if there is a chance of making…
Italy approves 40% windfall tax on banks The Italian government is hitting the country’s banks with a new windfall tax, to help families through the cost of living squeeze. Italy’s cabinet yesterday approved a 40% “windfall tax” on bank profits this year, with the proceeds earmarked to help mortgage holders and cut taxes. Deputy prime…
When we moved into our new home in January 2020, the existing electricity supplier was British Gas. We were with the company for about a month before switching to Bulb. To cover this short period, we paid British Gas £76, and have been making regular monthly payments to Bulb ever since. However, in December 2020,…