Covid UK: Symptom-tracking app raises fears cases are on the RISE

Britain today confirmed 12,718 new coronavirus cases and 738 deaths amid signs that the country’s outbreak may have stopped shrinking, with the symptom-tracking study suggesting infections are now rising in parts of the UK.  The unofficial ZOE and King’s College app suggests the number of people reporting symptoms of Covid-19 has started rising again in … Read more

Hard partying in your 20s raises your risk of heart problems later in life, research suggests 

Hard partying in your 20s raises your risk of heart problems later in life by NINE times, research suggests Study of more than million people fired warning of the dangers of hard partying  Young adults up to nine times more likely to develop premature heart disease  Found higher number of substances used recreationally the greater … Read more

Alcohol-free beer Lucky Saint raises a glass to £3.5m

Alcohol-free beer Lucky Saint pulls in £3.5m from investors to fund ambition to get drinkers to buy more on draught in pubs By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 Lucky Saint, the alcohol-free beer, has pulled in £3.5million from investors to fund … Read more

Jet2 raises £422m from investors after extending flight cancellations

Budget airline Jet2 taps up investors for £422m finance lifeline days after it cancelled all flights until 14 April More than 35m placing shares and about 600,000 retail shares were offered   Jet2 flights were stopped last March before restarting gradually from mid-July   The firm made a pre-tax loss of £68.7million in its most recent half-year … Read more

The Umbrella Academy cast members ‘score large pay raises’

The Umbrella Academy cast members ‘band together for salary renegotiations and score large pay raises for season three’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 00:16 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 00:27 GMT, 12 February 2021 Some of the core cast members for the superhero series The Umbrella Academy showed their strength in solidarity when … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon raises vaccine supply fears despite No10 voicing ‘confidence’

Nicola Sturgeon warned of vaccine shortages due to Pfizer issues today despite No10 insisting it is ‘confident’ the UK has enough. The First Minister said that the number of appointments being offered north of the border could be scaled back, blaming high uptake and Pfizer manufacturing problems. Ms Sturgeon told her daily briefing that the … Read more

Intricate 1,600-year-old Roman mosaic is SAVED after a museum raises £150,000 to buy it

Intricate 1,600-year-old Roman mosaic depicting a leopard attacking an antelope will STAY in the UK after museum raises £150,000 to buy it 8ftx6.5ft panel was unearthed in 1974 on the grounds of Dewlish House in Dorset Was one of three panels and two were donated to the Dorset County Museum Third was sold by owners of … Read more

Energy bills set to go up almost £100 for 15m households after Ofgem raises cap

Energy bills could rise by almost £100 for 15million UK households after Ofgem said suppliers could pass on the cost of rising gas and electricity prices to consumers. The London-based regulator said that its price cap for 11 million homes across Britain that are on their supplier’s default tariff could rise by £96 to £1,138 … Read more

Made In Chelsea star raises £7m for low-alcohol drinks start-up 

Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews raises £7m for low-alcohol drinks start-up CleanCo By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 Reality TV star Spencer Matthews has bagged £7million of investment for his low-alcohol spirits business CleanCo. Matthews, who appeared in Made In … Read more

Boy, 11, raises over £130,000 by sleeping in a tent for nearly 300 days in memory of late neighbour 

Boy, 11, praised by This Morning viewers for raising over £130,000 by sleeping in a tent in back garden for nearly 300 days in memory of his late neighbour Max Woosey, 11, from Devon, raising money by camping out in his back garden Fundraising for North Devon Hospice who looked after late family friend Rick  Started … Read more