Daniel Craig reveals he wasn’t allowed to drive James Bond’s iconic Aston Martin during chase scenes

Daniel Craig reveals he wasn’t allowed to drive James Bond’s iconic Aston Martin DB5 during high-speed chase scenes over safety fears The actor, 51, told Top Gear Magazine on Thursday that he couldn’t drive and act at the same time as it was seen to be too dangerous Daniel’s stunt driver Mark Higgins would take his … Read more

Yorkshire Building Society axes monthly income fixed-rate bonds

Savers looking for monthly pocket money have been dealt a blow by the news one of the nation’s largest building societies will no longer pay monthly interest on its fixed-rate bonds. Yorkshire Building Society previously offered monthly interest payments to savers who held its one, two and three-year fixed-rate bonds and Isas, but now only … Read more

A broken bond: Odds of winning on Premium Bonds are slashed

Millions of savers are in dire straits after National Savings and Investments (NS&I) announced sweeping rate cuts. The Treasury-backed savings giant is to slash rates on more than a dozen products – including Britain’s most popular savings product Premium Bonds. Experts say the Government needs to act urgently to reignite the nation’s savings habit, as … Read more

James Bond’s £78K Land Rover defies harsh conditions in behind-the-scenes clip from No Time To Die

The iconic spy character is famed for taking on his death-defying adventures in a range of snazzy cars, including his signature BMW, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce models. And James Bond is set to get behind the wheel of the new Land Rover Defender 110 X – which retails at £78,800 ($102,000) – in the film’s 25th installment No … Read more

Are Premium Bonds a good gift for hard to buy young family members?

Tea and crumpets. Cricket. Constantly talking about the weather. Premium Bonds. All of these are unequivocally British and the last has captured the imagination like no other financial product since launching in the 1950s. When I interviewed Agent Million some seven years ago – the person whose job it is to deliver £1million jackpot news … Read more

Marketing boss who sold toxic bonds for LCF provides same service for another firm

Marketing boss who sold toxic bonds for London Capital & Finance provides same service for another firm By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 11 April 2019 36 shares 9 View comments Paul Careless marketed LCF’s mini-bonds online and by phone The marketing … Read more

MDMA reopens a ‘window in the brain’ that lets PTSD victims form new bonds

The popular party drug MDMA – or ecstasy – may ‘reopen’ narrow windows in the brain that allows us to re-learn better social behaviors, new research suggests.  MDMA has been given breakthrough therapy status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has shown such promise for treating PTSD.  Scientists have observed the way … Read more