MARKET REPORT: Costain soars after striking Breacon Beacons road deal

MARKET REPORT: Construction firm Costain soars after striking a deal with the Welsh government over Breacon Beacons road By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 17 February 2021 Relieved investors sent construction contractor Costain higher after it drew a line under a problematic project. The … Read more

Kris Smith and family share photos from road trip around Australia

Kris Smith spends quality time with daughters Mila, two, and Frankie, one, as he enjoys a road trip around Australia with fiancée Sarah Boulazeris By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:20 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 15:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 Kris Smith is loving every bit of fatherhood as he enjoys … Read more

Wood burning stoves produce THREE TIMES more small particle air pollution than road traffic

Fashionable wood burning stoves are the UK’s single biggest source of particulate air pollution and produce three times more of the toxins than road traffic, Government data shows. DEFRA figures reveal domestic combustion created more than 47,000 tonnes of PM2.5 pollution in 2019 — 43 per cent of all PM2.5 particles produced. The vast majority … Read more

Mercedes hits young girl and narrowly misses her brother after it careered off the road

Heartstopping moment out-of-control Mercedes hits young girl and narrowly misses her brother after it careered off the road into fruit and veg stall Mercedes mounted pavement at Aziz Supermarket in Balsall Heath, Birmingham CCTV filmed the car striking the little girl before knocking into her brother Both were taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital as a … Read more

Emerging markets are already on the road to recovery

Talk of a bounce back from the economic devastation wreaked by Covid-19 may feel a little premature in the UK. We are still in the midst of it all. But some countries are enjoying the first signs of recovery.  So-called emerging market economies have started to see strong growth and many investment experts believe they … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: UK takes the open road

ALEX BRUMMER: If Brussels and Frankfurt continue to punish Britain for leaving the EU they will end up hurting themselves By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 February 2021 Data doesn’t lie, but it can mislead. Disclosure that the Euronext-owned Amsterdam stock exchange traded … Read more

Dorset pensioner fined £130 for painting a zebra crossing on road

A pensioner has been fined £130 after he resorted to painting a zebra crossing over a busy road he and his disabled wife struggled to cross. Laurie Phillips was investigated by the police and summoned to an interview at the police station over allegations he had caused criminal damage. The 78-year-old had got fed up … Read more

Dorset pensioner fined £130 for painting a zebra crossing on road

A pensioner has been fined £130 after he resorted to painting a zebra crossing over a busy road he and his disabled wife struggled to cross. Laurie Phillips was investigated by the police and summoned to an interview at the police station over allegations he had caused criminal damage. The 78-year-old had got fed up … Read more

Police ‘close road’ as up to 200 travellers ignore social-distancing at funeral of tree surgeon

Up to 200 mourners ignored the coronavirus lockdown by amassing outside a church to attend a funeral today as families paid their respects to a tree surgeon who was crushed to death by heavy machinery at work. Witnesses described travellers binning social distancing rules and drinking en masse, with even children reportedly seen carrying boxes … Read more

Van knocks e-scooter rider off his bike as he drives it along a main road in the dark 

Shocking moment van knocks e-scooter rider off his bike as he drives it along a main road in the dark Mark Dibley witnessed the incident on the A33 near Chineham, Hampshire White van collides with the e-scooter and sends rider plummeting to the ground Rider complained his arm hurt and his jacket was ripped but … Read more