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The UK now has the highest coronavirus death rate in the world, shocking data has revealed. Britain was averaging 935 daily fatalities in the week up to January 17, or the equivalent of 16.5 people in every million. Statistics compiled by the Oxford University-based research platform Our World in Data shows no other country currently … Read more
Santander makes THIRD interest rate cut to its 123 current account in a year with customers soon receiving just 0.3% on balances up to £20,000 This time last year the account paid 1.5% on up to £20,000 and cashback on bills Cashback was capped at £15 a month in May and the rate has been … Read more
Britain is in for a ‘pretty grim period’ for Covid deaths which won’t fall for ‘some weeks’, the Government’s top scientist warned today – after the UK recorded its deadliest day yet with 1,564 confirmed fatalities. Department of Health figures show the daily laboratory-confirmed death toll has risen 50 per cent week-on-week, with data suggesting the … Read more
Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey says the UK’s unemployment rate is WORSE than official figures suggest – as he warns the depth of the second wave of coronavirus will delay the economic recovery UK’s jobless toll is officially 4.9% but he believes the true level is around 6.5% Bank governor addressed the Scottish Chambers … Read more
Israel has vaccinated more than 20 percent of its population against COVID-19, leaving the rest of the world – including the US and the UK – in its dust. The small nation has deployed its military to help run mass vaccination sites 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a result, it has … Read more
House prices soared at a rate of £275 a week to hit a record high by the end of last year, figures reveal Despite the pandemic, house prices soared by 6 per cent according to Halifax Mortgage approvals are at 13-year high but estate agents warn prices could fall Property prices rose by £275 a … Read more
Ireland’s coronavirus cases soar to a record high and the R rate could be THREE amid fears mutated super infectious strain is ripping through country Professor Philip Nolan reported the R rate could be between 2.4 and 3 in Ireland He warned the country is experiencing the fastest rate of virus growth to date In … Read more
MARCH Kate revealed she and Prince Charles had got ‘relatively close’ at the Prince’s Trust Awards on March 11 – Charles was diagnosed with coronavirus in mid-March. She said: ‘Around the 29/30 March, I came home came in and said [to Derek] ‘god you look ill.’ ‘He said he had a headache, numbness in his right hand, … Read more
UK economy will rebound at fastest rate since WW2 to rise 8% in 2021 as Britons spend billions saved during lockdown, experts forecast National income is set to rise by 8 per cent in 2021 – fuelled by billions in savings The upbeat forecast comes on the day Britain leaves the European Union Economy will … Read more
An astonishing £215bn sits in bank accounts earning zero interest after a bumper year of saving… and the markets estimate a 30% chance of a rate CUT in 2021 Markets pricing in 70% chance of no change in base rate / 30% chance of a cut Talks of negative rates partly placated by vaccine news … Read more