Plastic bag tax is set to DOUBLE: Price of a single-use carrier will rise to 10p

Ministers will today land a major new blow in the war on plastic by doubling the price of single-use bags.  The bag tax will be increased to 10p and extended to all small shops, markets and takeaways.  The initial 5p tax resulted in the number of single-use carriers issued by the major supermarkets falling by … Read more

Landlords are in crisis: Rental arrears double

Landlords and renters are facing a looming meltdown, experts warn, after the Government extended its ban on tenant evictions until 20 September.  In a last minute U-turn over plans for repossession cases to be heard in the courts from 23 August, the Government last week also introduced a minimum six-month notice period for landlords seeking … Read more

Skin cancer deaths more than DOUBLE in 50 years as British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays

Deaths from skin cancer have more than doubled in the past fifty years as more and more British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays. Official figures analysed by Cancer Research UK reveal that people are dying from melanoma skin cancer at 2.5 times the rate they were in the 1970s. Almost nine in ten cases … Read more

Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank insists she’s very maternal… even though she’s not a mum 

‘I am not a mother but I am very maternal. there are so many different ways to procreate!’ She made her name in Hollywood while living out of a car and has always refused to play the fame game. Elizabeth Day meets HILARY SWANK, the double Oscar-winner who lives and loves according to her own … Read more

Tiny Channel Island of Sark tries to DOUBLE its 492 population

The idyllic car-free Channel Island of Sark is now trying to double its falling population which now stands at just 492.   German entrepreneur Swen Lorenz, who has been based on the island of Sark since 2004, has now launched Sark Society in a bid to rescue the island’s dwindling population, which stood at around 650 ten … Read more

Tiny Channel Island of Sark tries to DOUBLE its 492 population

The idyllic car-free Channel Island of Sark is now trying to double its falling population which now stands at just 492.   German entrepreneur Swen Lorenz, who has been based on the island of Sark since 2004, has now launched Sark Society in a bid to rescue the island’s dwindling population, which stood at around 650 ten … Read more

True death toll of coronavirus in New York nursing homes could be DOUBLE the official figure

New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes – already among the highest in the nation – could actually be a significant undercount, a new analysis finds. Unlike every other state, the Empire State only counts residents who died on nursing home property and not those who were transported to hospitals and died there, according … Read more

Casualty star Jason Durr devastated by double tragedy as sister-in-law dies and mum die within days

Casualty star Jason Durr devastated by double tragedy as sister-in-law dies of cancer while his mother passes away from coronavirus just four days later By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 00:15 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 02:48 BST, 8 August 2020 Casualty star Jason Durr has been left devastated by a double tragedy after … Read more

Casualty star Jason Durr devastated by double tragedy as sister-in-law dies and mum die within days

Casualty star Jason Durr devastated by double tragedy as sister-in-law dies of cancer while his mother passes away from coronavirus just four days later By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 00:15 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 02:48 BST, 8 August 2020 Casualty star Jason Durr has been left devastated by a double tragedy after … Read more