Strictly Come Dancing’s live audience ‘will RETURN next week with fans sitting in household bubbles’

Strictly Come Dancing’s live audience is reportedly set to make a return to the show after the UK’s lockdown ends on Wednesday. It is thought that the contestants will finally get to perform to fans at Elstree Studios next week, although not on the upcoming Musicals Week due to the time frame being too tight for … Read more

Tanya Bardsley has her entire home disinfected after her household all tested positive for COVID-19

Real Housewives of Cheshire’s Tanya Bardsley has her entire home disinfected after her household all tested positive for COVID-19 By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 11:36 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 11:36 GMT, 29 November 2020 Tanya Bardsley has revealed she had her entire home disinfected after her household all tested positive for Covid-19. … Read more

£16,000 for every household… So, asks ALEX BRUMMER, how DO we pay it back? 

With Britain in the throes of its greatest peacetime economic emergency, it’s hard to find reasons to be cheerful. Yet, in the midst of the catastrophic figures published yesterday, let’s not forget barely three days have passed since a great British university (Oxford) and a British pharmaceutical giant (AstraZeneca) delivered on the promise of a … Read more

Household Cavalry pay respects at Cenotaph as Britain marks Armistice Day

The Household Cavalry paid their respects to Britain’s war dead at the Cenotaph this morning as the country prepared to mark Armistice Day with the traditional two-minute silence.   People have been encouraged to pause on their doorsteps or by windows for the traditional two minutes silence at 11am on Wednesday. Covid-19 related-restrictions on gatherings and … Read more

Police fine 12 members of football team in pub after they claimed to be all from same household

‘Why didn’t they tell us to leave or refuse entry?’ Amateur football team slams Wetherspoons pub staff for reporting them to police for breaking lockdown rules as they relaxed outside pub with a pint after their match Josh Robertson said he was among the team at The Wouldhave in South Shields They were mid-pint when … Read more

£5bn cost of the wind turbine fiasco: Botched eco scheme will push up household bills for 20 years

£5bn cost of the wind turbine fiasco: Botched eco scheme will push up household bills for 20 years after blundering officials set high subsidy rate Turbine-owners in Northern Ireland were paid over the odds in energy subsidies  One turbine reaps £375,000 a year yet only produces electricity worth £51,000 Last week, Boris Johnson hailed wind … Read more

Household saving hit an all-time high during the coronavirus lockdown

Britons stashed away more than ever before between April and June this year, official figures revealed, as the coronavirus lockdown kept the country at home and prevented people from spending. The percentage of disposable income which households saved rose to an all-time high of 29.1 per cent, more than double the previous record of 14.4 … Read more

Britain borrows more in August amid worries over worsening household finances

Britons borrowed more on credit cards, loans and overdrafts last month compared to July and saved less, official figures revealed today, amid concerns household finances are increasingly under strain. Some £21.3billion more was borrowed by consumers in August, up from £20.9billion the month before, although repayments increased slightly, as borrowing and spending continued to return … Read more

Five businesses attempting to cut UK household plastic waste

Do you know how much household waste ends up in landfill and in our oceans? According to a report by the National Audit Office in 2019, more than half of the packaging reported as recycled is sent abroad for processing – with little guarantee it won’t be incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped in the … Read more

Emergency measures could allow networks to switch off household power

The Government is considering giving energy networks the power to switch off a household’s energy supply without warning or compensation for those affected.  A series of ‘modifications’ to the Smart Energy Code have been proposed by officials and look set to pass into law by next spring.  These include giving networks the right to decide when they … Read more