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Front gardens bloom again! Green-fingered Britons are ditching gravel and paving in the yard in favour of plants and shrubs, survey finds Front gardens are getting greener as plant-loving Britons break with the trend Almost 40 square miles of plants, trees and grass has been created since 2015 The RHS says greener front gardens can … Read more
Marco Longhi (Dudley North) asked the Government to review allocations by the Culture Recovery Fund Cultural projects run by people who ‘hate our history and seek to rewrite it’ should be barred from receiving taxpayers’ support, a Tory MP said today. Marco Longhi, MP for Dudley North, asked the Government to review allocations by the … Read more
Taxes ‘will rise in next five years’: Bills are likely to soar after pandemic as Britons will demand increased spending, leading economist warns Paul Johnson, director of Institute for Fiscal Studies, warned of the future He said economy will be smaller in 5 years than it would’ve been without Covid This means there will be … Read more
Communities in parts of Britain could be cut off ‘for several days’ by blizzards with a ‘whiteout weekend’ in prospect for most of Scotland after multiple warnings for snow were issued culminating in a 60-hour alert. The Met Office said ‘some higher rural communities could become cut off’ for days, with no gas, electricity, water … Read more
Britons have saved £150bn during Covid-19 pandemic… now experts urge us to splash out when the economy reopens to breathe life back into the country Britain’s ‘involuntary’ savers squirreled away more than £150billion last year Families built up their bank deposits from £1.48trillion to £1.63trillion in 2020 Bank economist Andy Haldane hopes war chest will … Read more
Matt Hancock reveals more than NINE MILLION Britons have now been vaccinated after more than 930,000 people get their jab over the weekend – and half of the over-70s have received their first dose Some 322,000 Covid jabs on Sunday, taking total to 9.3million people in UK Those who had received a first dose included … Read more
Britain has been hit by puzzle mania with more than £100million spent on jigsaws across 2020. Bored Britons looking for a new hobby in lockdown have turned to puzzles – skyrocketing sales by 38 per cent. The huge increase has left some manufacturers struggling to keep up with the soaring demand, according to the Guardian. … Read more
Britons will be able to enjoy a ‘great British summer’ this year thanks to the coronavirus vaccination programme, Matt Hancock claimed today. The Health Secretary said he was confident that a high percentage of the UK population would have had their jab within the next six months, enabling a roll-back of restrictions that have been in … Read more
Britons are being targeted by scammers with fraudulent calls and text messages claiming that they must pay a fine for breaching lockdown rules, Ofcom warned. The racketeering messages purport to come from the UK Government, the NHS, people’s local GP surgeries and even the World Health Organisation (WHO). They aim to trick unsuspecting members of … Read more
Models and social media influencers are among thousands of British travellers facing a race home today to avoid being stranded in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The scramble to get a flight comes after ministers added the United Arab Emirates to the so-called red list of countries from where travel to the UK is prohibited. Some … Read more