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The coronavirus has triggered the worst global economic crisis for nearly a century. But that has not prevented some entrepreneurs, tycoons and investors from making spectacular multi-million pound jackpots through floats, bids and deals. In the thick of the pandemic, tech companies have made blockbuster stock market debuts and private equity has swooped on British … Read more
A miracle baby who was born 15 weeks prematurely and weighed just 1lb 11oz has defied the odds to beat E. coli, sepsis and Covid-19. Archie Edwards left his parents Sheree Murray and Robert Edwards, both 21, fearing he was going to die after he was born without a heartbeat at Burnley General Hospital in … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: How retail has defied the odds with some firms doing splendidly By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 22:22 GMT, 12 January 2021 The pandemic is throwing up the unexpected when it comes to the economy. Ben Broadbent notes that 2020 may be the weakest … Read more
Bookies have slashed odds on this winter being the coldest since records began as the same weather conditions behind the Beast from the East make a comeback. Tonight temperatures could drop to -12C (10F) overnight in Scotland as Britian is engulfed in wintry conditions during the first week of 2021. Leading bookmaker Coral cut the … Read more
How the pandemic is driving Americans to drink: Binge-drinkers are nearly 20% more likely to overdo it each week a coronavirus lockdown drags on, study finds Researchers surveyed nearly 2,000 US adults between mid-March and mid-April They found that 34% of participants reported binge drinking during coronavirus pandemic lockdowns About 60% of binge drinkers increased … Read more
Home workers paying over the odds for insurance with unnecessary ‘business use’ cover By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 24 November 2020 The number of people adding ‘business use’ to home insurance policies has jumped since the start of the year Thousands of home … Read more
A mother is beaming as her daughter masters the art of walking despite being told by doctors that she’d be paralysed. Bethan Simpson, 27, from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, says she could have fallen over with shock when she saw that her daughter, Elouise, now one, taking her first steps. After Eloise was diagnosed with spina bifida, … Read more
How gloriously autumnal the Stone Age capsule wardrobe is. A bit beige, thanks to all the buckskin, but the layers of taupe and moss and tawny brown work so well in a woodland setting. Naomi Walmsley, 38, runs through her mix ‘n’ match items. There’s a skirt and a pair of trousers, a bikini of … Read more
A girl who suffered brain damage after being accidentally given nitrous oxide in hospital has overcome doctors expectations to become a happy and thriving child. Amelia Khan was administered the pain relief gas instead of oxygen after her birth in Bankstown-Lidcombe in June 2016. A subcontractor mixed up two gas pipelines in the delivery ward, leaving … Read more
STOCK MARKET WATCHLIST: Odds shortening over £6bn each-way bet on William Hill By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 September 2020 So it turns out two companies are having a flutter on William Hill. It emerged on Friday that private equity firm Apollo and … Read more