Growing fruit and vegetables on roadside verges and in urban parks could feed thousands of city dwellers and help to reduce the UK’s reliance on foreign exports Growing fruit and veg on unused green land could help improve UK food security Green urban spaces could give 15 per cent of a city’s population with ‘five … Read more
Roger phoned me in a foul mood. ‘How dare they!’ he said. ‘What a nerve!’ ‘What’s happened?’ I asked, knowing he’d been awaiting a script from the BBC and it was all very hush-hush. ‘They’ve sent the scene. They want me to play an old fart in a club. With one line. One line!’ He … Read more
The FTSE fell again this morning despite early morning rises as the markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. It comes the day after the pound slumped to a 35-year low against the US dollar as the Chancellor’s £350billion coronavirus bailout failed to calm the markets. Europe’s stock markets initially rebounded today, as … Read more
Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t agree with his Treasury secretary that unemployment rates could reach levels as high as 20 per cent. ‘No, well I don’t agree with that. No, I don’t agree,’ he insisted during a White House press briefing on coronavirus Wednesday afternoon. ‘That’s an absolute, total, worst case scenario,’ he … Read more
Donald Trump promised Wednesday morning that ‘money will soon be coming’ to relieve those who are unable to work due to the coronavirus crisis. ‘For the people that are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, for instance the shutting down of hotels, bars and restaurants, money will soon be … Read more