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Thousands of skiers heading off to the slopes over the coming weeks should be aware that they risk more than a twisted ankle if they do not have adequate travel insurance. Winter sports – such as skiing, snowboarding and sledging – are often an additional option in travel insurance policies rather than being included as … Read more
Cher’s number one hit Believe snapped up by music investment fund Hipgnosis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 A music investment fund has snapped up the rights to number one Cher hit Believe along with other chart-topping songs. Hipgnosis said it … Read more
Only one hospital trust in England treated its A&E patients within the NHS time target last year, MailOnline can reveal. Yeovil District Hospital was the only place that managed to process 95 per cent of its patients within four hours of their arrival. Its average for the year was 96.3 per cent. Statistics analysed by this … Read more
Prostate deaths hit record high of 12,000 after soaring by more than a quarter in less than 20 years – while the breast cancer toll dropped by 1,600 in the same period Ageing population is main reason older men are more likely to develop disease Delays in diagnosing prostate cancer mean it’s spotted when it’s … Read more
Tesla shares hit record high as rally gathers pace: Electric car maker now worth more than Ford and General Motors combined By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 13 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 January 2020 Shares in Tesla breached $500 (£385) for the first time after it made record … Read more
Equity release rates have plummeted to their lowest ever levels as demand for later life finance grows, research has revealed. But homeowners who are recommended a lifetime mortgage, where interest rolls up into the loan, could actually save tens of thousands of pounds by refusing equity release and taking a retirement interest-only mortgage. Last year … Read more
Morrisons sales slipped in the crucial Christmas run-up but stays on track to hit profit target as it eyes more store conversions Morrisons revealed 1.7% fall in sales excluding fuel for 22 weeks to 5 January Despite this full-year profits remain on track to match forecasts Shares in the supermarket rose 2.9% to 198p following the update … Read more
Ray-Ban maker Essilor Luxottica’s Thailand factory hit by staff’s £160m scam By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 December 2019 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 31 December 2019 Staff at a spectacles factory in Thailand have scammed Essilor Luxottica out of up to £162million. The company behind the Ray-Ban and Michael Kors brands … Read more
Broke, lonely and overwhelmed by a crushing feeling of failure, Catherine Gray hit rock bottom emotionally. But, as she reveals here, it took a surprisingly simple rethink to bring her back from the brink. An edited extract from The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary by Catherine Gray When I was 33 I was suicidal. I … Read more
Oil giant Shell stung by £1.8bn hit to the books as it’s forced to write down the value of some assets Shell also trimmed back its forecast for quarterly oil production Oil and gas companies have had to write down the value of US shale assets Shares in the oil firm fell 1 per cent following the news … Read more