Average Briton is now worth around £172,000, ONS reveals

Average Briton is now worth around £172,000 as net wealth of UK households climbs to £11.4trillion, ONS reveals Net wealth of UK households has climbed to £11.4trillion, up £950billion in 2020  Increase driven by booming house prices and rises in value of workers’ pensions  Comes at a time of increasing divide in the UK as … Read more

Average Briton is now worth around £172,000, ONS reveals

Average Briton is now worth around £172,000 as net wealth of UK households climbs to £11.4trillion, ONS reveals Net wealth of UK households has climbed to £11.4trillion, up £950billion in 2020  Increase driven by booming house prices and rises in value of workers’ pensions  Comes at a time of increasing divide in the UK as … Read more

Moment police kick down door to grab Briton returning from Bahrain

Dramatic footage shows the moment police bust down the door of a British man who came back from Bahrain and ‘refused to quarantine in a hotel’. Football coach Mathew Owens, 30, left Bahrain on April 9, having worked for one of the country’s premier league clubs. He made two transfers on his return journey – the first to … Read more

Moment police kick down door to grab Briton returning from Bahrain

Dramatic footage shows the moment police bust down the door of a British man who came back from Bahrain and ‘refused to quarantine in a hotel’. Football coach Mathew Owens, 30, left Bahrain on April 9, having worked for one of the country’s premier league clubs. He made two transfers on his return journey – the first to … Read more

Body matching description of missing Briton Philip Mawer is found in Mozambique

A body matching the description of missing Briton Philip Mawer has been found in Mozambique, according to his employers. In a statement on behalf of Philip’s family, RA International today said: ‘It appears that Philip died while trying to escape from the siege by ISIS-linked insurgents of the Amarula Hotel.’ Mawer, a contractor from Somerset, had … Read more

British SAS troops arrive in Mozambique to lead hunt for missing Briton

Three members of the Special Air Service (SAS) have joined the search for a British man missing after a terror attack in Mozambique.  The officers were deployed to the country on Monday night to help search for Briton Philip Mawer, who has not been heard from since attempting to flee the town of Palma last week.   ISIS … Read more

Boyfriend of missing Briton Sarm Heslop was charged with obstructing law enforcement

The boyfriend of missing Briton Sarm Heslop was charged with obstructing law enforcement agents who boarded his yacht hours after she vanished in the US Virgin Islands, it has been revealed. Ryan Bane, 44, was handed a citation – not a criminal record – for refusing to allow the US Coast Guard onto his yacht, … Read more

‘We should have stayed in WUHAN’: Briton says he wishes he stayed in China during Covid pandemic

The World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan say they have been given data ‘no-one has seen before’ and have not ruled out that Covid escaped from a lab.  Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist on the WHO team, said last night that China was being open with them and allowing them to explore wherever the evidence leads. But … Read more

‘We should have stayed in WUHAN’: Briton says he wishes he stayed in China during Covid pandemic

The World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan say they have been given data ‘no-one has seen before’ and have not ruled out that Covid escaped from a lab.  Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist on the WHO team, said last night that China was being open with them and allowing them to explore wherever the evidence leads. But … Read more

Briton who drowned in Barbados is named as millionaire businessman

Briton who drowned swimming off Barbados is named as millionaire businessman, 61, who moved to the island after split from his wife A British millionaire businessman has drowned in waters off coast of Barbados Mark Smith, 61, had recently moved to the Caribbean from his home in Sheffield Locals had warned Smith not to go … Read more