Unemployment will hit 2.6MILLION people in the spring as the furlough scheme ends

Unemployment will surge to 7.5 per cent, putting 2.6million people out of work, when the furlough scheme ends in the spring, Rishi Sunak was warned today. The Office for Budget Responsibility said that the tens of billions spent on the job retention scheme and billions more spent on business loans and grants had fended off … Read more

Britain’s economy will shrink by 11% and unemployment will rise to 2.6million, bank of England warns

Britain’s economy will shrink by 11% and unemployment will rise to 2.6million amid Boris Johnson’s latest lockdown, bank of England warns Governor Andrew Bailey said the Bank expects the economy to shrink again   He said economic output would be 11% lower at end of the year than at the start  Added that unemployment would rise … Read more

Lawrence of Arabia’s nine-bedroom Victorian childhood home in Oxford up for sale for £2.6million

A lavish nine-bedroom Victorian house in Oxford which was once Lawrence of Arabia’s childhood home, with a bungalow specially built for the adventurer, is up for sale for £2.6million.  Renowned archaeologist and military officer T.E. Lawrence, who is better known as Lawrence of Arabia, moved into 2 Polstead Road with his family in 1896 when … Read more

Rafael Nadal and his wife Xisca Perello take their luxury €2.6million catamaran yacht out in Spain

Rafael Nadal and his wife Xisca Perello take their luxury €2.6million catamaran yacht out for a day trip in Mallorca as Spain eases lockdown By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 00:32 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 00:32 BST, 6 June 2020 He married his childhood sweetheart girlfriend of 14 years Xisca Perello last year.  … Read more

Air traffic control in the UK had its busiest year ever in 2019 handling almost 2.6million flights

Last year and last decade busiest ever for air traffic in the UK: Almost 2.6million flights in 2019 and 13% growth since 2009 Nats, the UK’s air traffic control provider, saw an 0.9% increase in flights in 2019   Its busiest day on record was July 5, 2019, when it handled 8,863 flights in the UK Two … Read more