Treasury loses more than £2.5billion in fuel duty payments due to dramatic drop in car use during lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 The Treasury has lost £2.5bn in fuel duty under lockdown The lockdown has cost the Treasury more … Read more
The fashion craze for trendy quartz kitchen and bathroom counter tops is putting workmen at risk of a ‘new asbestos’ disease that can lead to chest infections, heart failure and lung cancer. Almost 40 per cent of masons who worked on the stone developed lung problems nine years afterwards, even if they had moved jobs, … Read more
Official fuel economy figures quoted by car makers are still being exaggerated despite the introduction of a new official test in 2017 to provide more realistic miles per gallon (mpg) claims, new data shows. Analysis of real-world fuel efficiency measurements of a batch of the latest petrol, diesel and hybrid cars found that – on … Read more
E10 arrival in 2021: Owners of older cars build before 2002 are being warned of the risks posed by newer greener petrol that will be sold at UK filling stations from next year Filling stations across the UK will switch from E5 to E10 petrol in 2021. While it might seem like a case of … Read more
Switching from general to regional anaesthetics may help cut greenhouse emissions and ultimately help reduce global warming, a new study claims. While regional anaesthetics numb a certain part of the body, general anaesthetics make patients totally unconscious for what tend to be more serious procedures. But unlike regional anaesthetics, generals use volatile and environmentally-unfriendly halogenated agents, … Read more
Housing market has its best ever week outside London as buyers flood back after lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 00:05 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 15 June 2020 The housing market had its best ever week outside London when buyers flooded back after lockdown, according to figures out … Read more
An abundance of spring flowers, such as daffodils, crocuses and tulips, could be fuelling summer droughts, scientists claim, based on new computer simulations. The unusually warm and sunny conditions experienced in Spring 2018 boosted flower growth, and therefore depleted moisture in the soil just before summer hit. This plant-driven transfer of water to the atmosphere … Read more
Easyjet shares took off after it became the latest airline to unveil savage job cuts. In an effort to survive the coronavirus crisis, the budget carrier will axe as many as 4,500 staff – or 30 per cent of its 15,000-strong workforce. It also confirmed it will restart flights across the UK and France in … Read more
The revelation that Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief adviser, drove from Islington in London to County Durham during lockdown restrictions with his wife suffering from coronavirus has been headline-grabbing news since Friday. Some have questioned if the 264-mile journey was feasible in his diesel Land Rover Discovery Sport without having to stop for fuel after … Read more
President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his conspiracy theory hinting that Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough is responsible for the death of Lori Klausutis who worked for him when he was in Congress. ‘A lot of interest in this story about Psycho Joe Scarborough. So a young marathon runner just happened to faint in his office, … Read more