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Demand for gold is soaring as investors seek a safe haven from market chaos Demand this month is heaviest since early 2009, says BullionVault Number of investors opening new accounts is nearly three times that of last year Over the past year, the price of gold in pounds has increased by nearly 30% By Jeff Prestridge … Read more
As a clinician for the NHS 111 medical helpline, I have had to talk a mother through an unplanned home birth, diagnose a heart attack and decide whether to send the only available ambulance to a baby with breathing difficulties or a man with chest pain – while fending off abusive callers, some of whom … Read more
Mortgage meltdown: Bank chaos as families rush to freeze payments as homeowners tell of 10-hour wait on helplines Chancellor Rishi Sunak offered homeowners a three-month mortgage break Lenders now asking borrowers to submit applications online to free up phones Borrowers who do take a break will still be charged interest on their mortgage By Samantha … Read more
Under normal circumstances, it might have been an opportunity for a bit of boasting about the ‘Boris Bounce’. The public finances in February were robust with a small surplus of £0.4billion based upon a sharp uptick in taxes by 3 per cent in response to a recovering economy. Instead, the economy now finds itself on … Read more
Twenty thousand British soldiers have been placed in readiness today to help civilian authorities deal with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the nation. Members of the Army Reserve are among those being put on high readiness to help the police and other emergency services as the full brunt of the pandemic hits. But Downing Street moved … Read more
NHS left vulnerable to hackers as its annual cyber security checks on systems across hospitals are delayed due to coronavirus chaos Digital transformation group NHSX announced the six month delay in checks Each NHS Trust and group has to return the annual cyber security checklists They are designed to ensure systems are not being left vulnerable … Read more
Shocking moment Iceland staff shove and manhandle an elderly customer out of the store while waiting shoppers pile toilet roll onto the conveyor belt as panic buying grips country Incredible video shows argument breaking out at shop in Ilford, east London Store workers can be heard repeatedly telling the older shopper to ‘get out’ A … Read more
British tourists are being stranded abroad and face a battle to return home as airlines lock down and limit flights due to global coronavirus quarantines. From Morocco to Peru, reports have surfaced of British travellers stranded at airports, waiting for the chance to return home. One traveller stranded in Marrakesh, Beth Marletta, said that British … Read more
Huge lines formed at the 13 American ‘funnel’ airports on Saturday night as American’s returned from Europe were forced to wait in lines for as long as six hours. The scenes were similar across the country – from Boston to Chicago, Atlanta to Dallas. Lines were particularly bad at JFK Terminal 4, Chicago O’Hare Terminal … Read more
This may seem counter-intuitive amid all the doom and gloom, but 2020 could be a rewarding time to travel for bargain hunters. Unsurprisingly, as people are taking stock of the spread of the coronavirus, there has been a downturn in holiday bookings. The result is that package tour operators, villa companies and airlines have plenty … Read more