Overseas tourists will be able to visit Bali in just eight weeks after the island shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic. International travellers will be able to visit the popular holiday destination from September 11, and domestic tourists from July 31, Bali Governor Wayan Koster announced on Sunday. The island will undergo three phases to recover … Read more
STOCK WATCH: Housebuilders give an idea of how the land lies By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:57 BST, 4 July 2020 Anyone trying to sell up or buy a new home on the cheap should keep a close eye on the housebuilders this … Read more
Turtle-y misjudged that! Painful moment fisherman discovers kissing a 22lb snapping turtle is a BAD idea Mike Ganley, 28, from Massachusetts, saw his friend Matt being bitten by turtle The reptile clamps its jaw around Matt’s lip and leaves him shouting in pain The fisherman has since made a swift recovery without requiring any stitches … Read more
Council leaders in areas threatened by Leicester-style lockdowns have rejected the idea – while claiming figures released by the Government detailing the highest coronavirus infection rates are out-of-date. Bradford, Barnsley and Rochdale were identified as three of the areas of England most at risk of being hit by a ‘local lockdown’ like the one imposed … Read more
A bright idea?: As a nation we’ve used less water, gas and electricity during lockdown Your own energy bills may have been eye-watering during lockdown, but as a nation we’ve used less water, gas and electricity thanks to temporary shutdowns in manufacturing and less use of public and private transport. This all has an effect … Read more
Neighbours of a £200,000 ‘dream’ home that plunged over a cliff edge still have no idea when they can return to their homes three weeks after the collapse. The ground beneath Emma Tullett’s home in Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, started to crumble and her entire house crashed down a 35ft rock face. … Read more
Neighbours of a £200,000 ‘dream’ home that plunged over a cliff edge still have no idea when they can return to their homes three weeks after the collapse. The ground beneath Emma Tullett’s home in Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, started to crumble and her entire house crashed down a 35ft rock face. … Read more
Does the Government have a policy for coronavirus? Indeed it does. In fact, it has several. One for each month of the year, all mutually inconsistent and none of them properly thought through. Sometimes, governments have to change tack. It shows that they are attending closely to a changing situation. But this crisis has exposed … Read more
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called a press conference Wednesday to defend his participation in President Trump’s photo-op at St. John’s church – saying he had no clue what the president was planning until it happened. ‘I did know that following the president’s remarks on Monday evening that many of us were going to join President … Read more
Workers typically undertake a five-year journey to retirement during their mid-60s, research reveals. Pension freedom reforms give older people greater control over when they retire, and on average they begin to tap their savings at 62 and stop work at 64, figures show. That means they must use private savings during the gap before starting … Read more