Bitcoin records its worst week since March last year

Bitcoin records its worst week since March last year amid fresh doubts over its legitimacy By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 22 January 2021 Bitcoin has recorded its worst week since March last year amid fresh doubts over its legitimacy.  Prices for the crypto-currency … Read more

Priti Patel claims she ‘wanted to close UK borders in MARCH’

Priti Patel claims she ‘wanted to close UK borders in MARCH’ at start of Covid-19 pandemic in leaked recording of Zoom meeting with Conservative Party supporters Priti Patel said in leaked recording the UK should have closed borders earlier She said she was ‘advocate of closing them last March’ when pandemic started Remarks will put … Read more

Thousands of freight firms face £550 daily fines in London’s blind spot scheme which starts in March

Thousands of freight firms face £550 daily fines for each lorry because they have not yet applied for new London blind spot safety permits that HGVs will need from March 1 Permits aimed at reducing blind spots and subsequent deaths and serious injury Lorries given rating based on how much driver can see and the … Read more

Number of buy-to-let mortgages is highest since March – but interest rates are still on the rise

More choice for landlords as number of buy-to-let mortgage deals on offer increases – but rates are also nudging higher There are nearly 2,000 buy-to-let mortgages on the market right now  Although more than last month, this is still far fewer than before the pandemic  Lenders are bringing back 20 per cent deposit products for … Read more

Rishi Sunak faces fresh backlash over ‘plan to hike corporation tax in March Budget’

Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory backlash amid claims he wants to hike corporation tax in the March Budget. The Chancellor is desperately seeking ways to restore the public finances after they were hammered by coronavirus, with fears borrowing will top £400billion this year. Grim forecasts suggest the economy is on track for a double-dip … Read more

Millions more to be offered jabs as minister offers hope of easing in March

The brutal lockdown is on track to be loosened in England from the beginning of March amid rising hopes that target of vaccinating all adults by September could be beaten by months. Another five million people will be invited to receive a  jab from today, with some in Whitehall suggesting the rollout is going so well … Read more

Dominic Raab says national lockdown could start to be eased in March

The 10 new coronavirus vaccine centres opening from Monday  Bournemouth International Centre, Dorset Taunton Racecourse, Somerset Blackburn Cathedral, Lancashire Salt Hill Activity Centre, Berkshire Norwich Food Court, Norfolk The Lodge in Wickford, Essex Princess Royal Sports Arena, Lincolnshire St Helens Rugby Ground, Merseyside The park-and-ride at Askham Bar, York Olympic Office Centre in Wembley, north … Read more

Tory rebels demand ‘clear road map’ to ease lockdown from March 8

Tory MPs have urged Boris Johnson to publish a ‘clear road map’ to start easing the national lockdown from March 8 as they warned the Prime Minister there ‘cannot be any more excuses’.  Mark Harper, the Tory chairman of the lockdown-sceptic Covid Recovery Group, said the Government needs to give people ‘hope’ while ‘businesses need … Read more

Haiti: Protestors march through Port-au-Prince to demand the removal of President Jovenel Moise

Protestors marched through Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince demanding the removal of President Jovenel Moise amid fears he is amassing too much power in his second year of rule by decree. Hundreds of people in the capital, Cap-Haitien, Jacmel, Saint-Marc and Gonaives took to the streets in support of the opposition, while dozens of demonstrators clashed with police. Andre Michel, … Read more

Zac Hanson reveals wife Kate is pregnant with their FIFTH child and due in March

Zac Hanson reveals wife Kate is pregnant with their FIFTH child and due in March: ‘Here’s to fresh starts and new beginnings’ By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 19:42 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 19:42 GMT, 15 January 2021 Zac Hanson is about to be a father again. The 35-year-old musician announced to People that … Read more