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Savers and pensioners were given a boost after housebuilder Barratt Developments reinstated its dividend. Record sales allowed the group to set aside a half-year payout of 7.5p per share. The housing market rebounded sharply after the first Covid lockdown brought viewings and sales to a standstill for weeks last spring. But estate agents were quick … Read more
The seventh temporary mortuary has been set up in Britain to cope with the ‘significant pressures’ created by the number of coronavirus deaths. An overflow mortuary is being set up in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire to provide extra capacity amid the ongoing pandemic. The new facility will become operational on Thursday to support the four major … Read more
Tom Cruise has reportedly built a COVID-19 secure studio to complete his upcoming blockbuster Mission: Impossible 7. According to The Sun, the actor is spending millions to adapt a former military base for filming to ensure the rest of the production goes off without a hitch. Insiders told how Tom, 58, is ‘hell-bent’ on wrapping … Read more
A Texan man has built his own bionic hand using artificial intelligence (AI) after three years of research. After finding most bionic hands can cost up to $150,000, Ryan Saavedra, 27, set out to create one at a fraction of the cost. The prosthetic he created, called the Globally Available Robotic Arm (GARA), measures electrical … Read more
Satellite images at Iranian nuclear site reveal new building work has been going on since September at underground plant Aerial images show work taking place at the Fordo underground nuclear facility Iran has not acknowledged any work at the site, discovered by the West in 2009 Tehran is already carrying out building at another prominent … Read more
If you’re spending six figures on a supercar, you’d rightfully expect it to have a roof – and a windscreen. However, this one-off special built for a customer by Lamborghini has neither of those luxuries. What it does have, though, is a fire-spitting 759bhp V12 engine, meaning it will be able to hit speeds in … Read more
Bentley has completed the first reborn ‘Bentley Blower’ for 90 years as part of a continuation car project aimed at well-heeled vehicle collectors. The iconic British marque has used Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin’s famed 1929 4½-litre ‘Team Blower’ car as the template to recreate a limited road-going series of the stunning racer. The first model … Read more
China builds a hypersonic jet engine capable of flying at 16 TIMES the speed of sound that could fly to anywhere in the world ‘in two hours’ if ever built, Beijing claims The prototype is called a Soramjet engine and was tested in a Beijing wind tunnel Achieved speeds of Mach nine – the maximum test … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Paving firm Marshalls builds for future By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 Marshalls exemplifies the type of plucky, smart-thinking British company that appeals to Schroders British Opportunities Trust. Founded in the late 1900s, the group specialises in … Read more
Europe’s second wave of coronavirus is gathering pace, with cases spiking even as leaders scramble to introduce new measures to control the spread and prevent more full-scale lockdowns. Germany – widely viewed as having one of the best virus responses in the world – reported more than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, a … Read more