House-to-house conmen raked in MILLIONS during lockdown by targeting vulnerable people at home, consumer group reveals Criminals are knocking on doors and seeking cash for jobs in home or garden Doorstep conmen are raking in millions of pounds from vulnerable people It includes pensioners shielding at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic William Grayson, 81, … Read more
More households have gone online during lockdown, narrowing the digital divide, new research suggests. The proportion of homes without internet access fell from 11 per cent in March 2020, as the UK entered lockdown, to 6 per cent of homes a year later, according to data from Ofcom. Many had to adapt to working and … Read more
Declan Donnelly tried to keep a low profile on Tuesday in West London, following reports that he and Ant McPartlin are set to lose millions after a court ruled they won’t get compensation for a holiday home complex they invested in before developers went bust. The Saturday Night Takeaway duo, both 45, had invested more than … Read more
Tech moguls who made their fortunes from Facebook, Twitter and Netflix have donated at least $7.5 million to groups tied to BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who has in turn publicly backed their policy goals, according to a new report. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, and Patricia Ann Quillin, the wife of Netflix’s … Read more
Tech moguls who made their fortunes from Facebook, Twitter and Netflix have donated at least $7.5 million to groups tied to BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who has in turn publicly backed their policy goals, according to a new report. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, and Patricia Ann Quillin, the wife of Netflix’s … Read more
The compensation bill for postmasters whose lives were ‘irreparably ruined’ in the Post Office’s Horizon IT scandal could run into tens of millions of pounds, MailOnline has been told. Wronged postmasters today shed tears of joy and opened bottles of champagne outside the Royal Courts of Justice, as 39 of them had their convictions for stealing … Read more
Ukraine’s president has warned Vladimir Putin ‘millions of lives are at stake’ if conflict erupts between the countries. Volodymyr Zelensky told the Russian leader he wanted to meet in the centre of the warzone in the Ukrainian Donbass. It comes after Russia insisted it has the right to restrict foreign naval ships’ movement off Crimea, … Read more
Controversial lateral flow tests may have been sent out to millions of schoolchildren with the wrong instructions, it has emerged. Many of the Chinese-made kits contained guidance saying they were to be used by people suffering symptoms of coronavirus — going against official UK guidance. The devices were also sent out with a notice that … Read more
Zopiclone is the so-called ‘safer’ sleeping pill dished out by doctors to millions of Britons each year. When it was launched in the 1990s, it was touted as a user-friendly alternative to older and notoriously addictive tranquillisers. And in the short-term, zopiclone causes few problems. Indeed, it can be a lifeline to those battling the … Read more
Zopiclone is the so-called ‘safer’ sleeping pill dished out by doctors to millions of Britons each year. When it was launched in the 1990s, it was touted as a user-friendly alternative to older and notoriously addictive tranquillisers. And in the short-term, zopiclone causes few problems. Indeed, it can be a lifeline to those battling the … Read more