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Savers have put aside £1,000 since the start of Covid-19 lockdowns after being unable to splash out on holidays and nights out, survey shows More than 41 per cent made savings after cancelling plans such as holidays More than three-quarters said they had to cancel plans because of the pandemic The research found that exactly … Read more
Savers have put aside £1,000 since the start of Covid-19 lockdowns after being unable to splash out on holidays and nights out, survey shows More than 41 per cent made savings after cancelling plans such as holidays More than three-quarters said they had to cancel plans because of the pandemic The research found that exactly … Read more
Almost half of all New York Times employees say they don’t believe they can express their views freely at the newspaper, according to a company survey. A poll conducted among staff in December revealed negative responses to questions regarding company culture, the New York Post reported. According to the report, only 51 per cent of … Read more
Does UK need to overhaul its Covid symptom list? Cough, fatigue and headache are most common signs of illness, study claims – but they aren’t all eligible for swab tests ONS report found fewer than half get symptoms before testing positive Cough is the most common, but fever and anosmia further down the list Headache … Read more
School staff are NOT more likely to die of Covid-19 than the general population, ONS survey reveals after 139 were killed by the disease in all of 2020 – and it found working-age men are nearly TWICE as likely to die as women Office of National Statistics (ONS) says 139 teachers aged between 20 and … Read more
Small energy supplier Outfox the Market has claimed the top spot in Which?’s annual customer satisfaction survey, rising from a lowly 19th position last year. The provider, which frequently offers some of the cheapest deals on the market but but has not always been renowned for its customer service, received an impressive customer score of … Read more
Mothers are more likely to be asked for financial advice from their offspring than fathers, survey reveals About one in 12 people would seek money tips from their mum but only one in 14 would turn to their dad, according to a new survey by Hargreaves Lansdown Yorkshire and the Humber residents are most likely to … Read more
Nail in the coffin for Jack the Ripper tour: Ordnance Survey drops its ‘Guts and Garters’ route through Whitechapel following complaints about glorification of the unnamed killer Britain’s mapping body had a ‘Guts and Garters in the Ripper’s East End’ route Ripper walking tours have been dropped by the Ordnance Survey map library The map for … Read more
Drug survey at British universities reveals 40% of students smoke cannabis, 12% snort cocaine and 11% admit to taking Ketamine Some 33 per cent of 16,000 students quizzed had used more drugs during crisis Cannabis most heavily used, followed by cocaine, nitrous oxide and Ketamine Around 44 per cent of students said they had used the … Read more
Anguish of families in EIGHT-MONTH probate wait: A fifth of bereaved relatives face long delays to take control of loved ones’ finances, survey suggests Bereaved families are being forced to wait months to take control of loved ones’ finances, with one in 20 facing delays of more than 32 weeks The delay means some are … Read more