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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This Budget must stop us falling in to recession By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 I would put money on the Chancellor’s Budget this Wednesday being radically different to the one Rishi Sunak envisaged just over three weeks … Read more
The health of British children is falling behind other wealthy countries and is even going into reverse in the poorest areas, a major report has warned. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health fear the Government are in danger of ‘failing a generation’ if changes aren’t made. Death rates for babies under the age … Read more
A kindly gold prospector has saved a kangaroo and her joey after she fell down an abandoned mine. The prospector spotted the kangaroo when he heard a sound coming from the 11metre deep mine shaft outside Vaughn, Victoria, 120km north-west of Melbourne on Sunday. When he looked down the hole, he spotted the kangaroo at the … Read more
Spanish car manufacturer Seat is working on technology to track a driver’s eyes and spot signs of drowsiness. The firm has partnered with an Israeli firm that has built an algorithm than scrutinises a driver’s eye openness, angle of vision, blink rate and head position. Eyesight Technologies uses cameras and sensors and combines this with … Read more
We have heard the mantra so many times over the years that it must be true: ‘Tory austerity’ is killing off the poor. Listeners to Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday will have heard this same old narrative trotted out by Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology at University College London, whose review into ‘health inequalities’, … Read more
British boy, three, drowns at Thai waterpark after falling into the flume slide ‘landing area’ Bobby Watson slipped into the water at the Blue Tree Waterpark in Phuket Lifeguards dragged him to the poolside but he was pronounced dead in hospital He had been at the park with his older brother Billy, seven, and his … Read more
Savers hammered by double whammy of surging inflation and falling interest rates By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 GMT, 21 February 2020 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 21 February 2020 Millions of savers have been hit by a double whammy of surging inflation and falling interest rates. The number of accounts which pay … Read more
Harry Styles took to the stage and performed a emotional rendition of his ballad Falling, after paying tribute to his ex-girlfriend Caroline Flack on the red carpet at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday night. The Adore You singer, 25, who dated Caroline 2011, sported a black ribbon on his lapel when he arrived at the ceremony … Read more
Isa season set to disappoint this year with many big banks already slashing their rates None of the UK’s biggest banks are planning on offering new Isa deals Co-op Bank, NatWest and RBS are also cutting their rates The best Isa rate you can currently earn with big banks is 0.75%… and some pay as … Read more
Those born in the 1980s are financially worse off than the generation before: are they really facing a state pension age of 75? The This is Money podcast By This Is Money Published: 14:38 GMT, 30 August 2019 | Updated: 14:38 GMT, 30 August 2019 This week, This is Money takes a look at a … Read more