I own a lot of exercise mats as I often get sent them for work. I am very grateful; over the past year we have used them for family workouts and they were brilliant for lining the tent when the kids slept in the garden last summer. However, the quality of some isn’t good enough … Read more
Rising inflation continues to ‘erode’ gains on millions of people’s savings accounts up and down the country, new findings reveal. Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics today showed that rising furniture and food prices pushed the Consumer Prices Index up to 0.7 per cent in January, up from 0.6 in the year to … Read more
The door was yesterday left open for Brexit talks to continue until New Year’s Eve as Boris Johnson vowed Britain ‘won’t be walking away’. In a dramatic move, the Prime Minister abandoned his threat to pull the plug on negotiations amid signs of a possible breakthrough. Mr Johnson warned that the two sides remained ‘very … Read more
The door was yesterday left open for Brexit talks to continue until New Year’s Eve as Boris Johnson vowed Britain ‘won’t be walking away’. In a dramatic move, the Prime Minister abandoned his threat to pull the plug on negotiations amid signs of a possible breakthrough. Mr Johnson warned that the two sides remained ‘very … Read more
US politics, as is often the case, is driving markets at the moment as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden go head to head for the White House. The outcome this particular race is less important economically than another stateside political wrangle though. A fiscal stimulus package somewhere in the order of … Read more
AC/DC bass guitarist Paul Matters who quit music after being sacked from the band dies – as friend reveals the musician lives as recluse in his later years Bassist Paul Matters joined AC/DC in 1975 after their High Voltage album He replaced Larry Van Kriedt but was fired after a few weeks by Bon Scott … Read more
Samsung has definitely taken the, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach with the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Samsung has stuck to the now-familiar trend of upsizing every feature of the phone, right from its big screen and big spec sheet to its big price tag. The phone is of course accompanied by the … Read more
The UK economy is in recession. The ONS’s confirmation that we are technically in recession managed to be both important and perhaps the most meaningless piece of news of this year. Often with a recession there is a ‘will we or won’t we moment’ as GDP figures are closely watched to see if the economy … Read more
The official Twitter account of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) UK movement has today been caught up in an antisemitism row after it tweeted in support of Palestine over plans by Israel to annex its West Bank settlements. The verified account claimed mainstream British politics were being ‘gagged of the right to critique Zionism,’ before … Read more
‘If you think I’m a racist, go f*** yourself’: Anthony Joshua hits back at critics of his speech during Black Lives Matters protest where he told people to ‘abstain from spending money in their shops and invest in black-owned businesses’ Anthony Joshua has hit back at critics who have labelled him as a ‘racist’ The … Read more