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For nearly 250 years, building societies have played an important part in maintaining the financial fabric of communities up and down the country. Providing loans for home buyers and a safe place for savers to squirrel away their hard-earned cash. Although their numbers have shrunk dramatically over the years, the stoic 43 that remain continue … Read more
Modern society is ‘so afraid of death’ no one asks if lockdown measures to battle coronavirus are the right approach, says former Supreme Court judge Former Justice Jonathon Sumption, 71, said public have ‘irrational’ fear of death He listed historical epidemics with higher mortality rates and lesser ‘hysteria’ Suggests that government measures will lead to … Read more
Lockdown, what lockdown? London’s social scene might have been put on the backburner, but its movers and shakers are refusing to let the fun come to an end. Everyone from the Duchess of Cornwall to Health Secretary Matt Hancock and, reportedly, David Cameron is now socialising via Houseparty, the social network which allows group video … Read more
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: High society fraudster who conned polo player Jack Kidd and Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford is released early from jail on grounds of ill health By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 27 March 2020 When society fraudster Simon Welsh was sentenced to 30 … Read more
Oxford university officials ban society that no-platformed former Home Secretary Amber Rudd over her role in the Windrush scandal Amber Rudd’s Oxford University talk was cancelled with just 30 minutes notice The former Home Secretary was no-platformed over role in Windrush scandal She was due to deliver speech encouraging more women to get into politics By … Read more
Half of Uruguay’s coronavirus cases are traced to a single guest at a society wedding who had returned from Spain that day with a fever – leading to the infection of 44 people Fashion designer Carmela Hontou, 57, attended the wedding in Montevideo She went to the party attended by 500 people after travelling from … Read more
An incredible picture of a fox foraging for food on a car bonnet has scooped the top prize in the Mammal Society’s annual photography contest. Other breathtaking images from the competition include a mountain hare rolling in snow, a bat in flight and a squirrel peeking out from behind a tree. The winning photo of … Read more
Savers looking for monthly pocket money have been dealt a blow by the news one of the nation’s largest building societies will no longer pay monthly interest on its fixed-rate bonds. Yorkshire Building Society previously offered monthly interest payments to savers who held its one, two and three-year fixed-rate bonds and Isas, but now only … Read more
Charles King’s engaging The Reinvention Of Humanity reveals how the sex life of American Samoans helped shape modern society By Julia Llewellyn Smith Published: 22:01 GMT, 21 December 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 December 2019 The Reinvention Of Humanity Charles King … Read more
Regional building society Newcastle hopes to get the go-ahead to open another community-style branch The branch will be incorporated into a new library development in Tynemouth It will be the fourth such community-branch launched by the society The new branch will offer a range of financial services By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: … Read more