Shoppers are paying up to 180% more for vegan food than for the equivalent meat-based product, research finds A study found that four in five vegan goods cost more than meat counterparts M&S’ vegan sausage rolls were £1.45 more expensive than meat alternative Meanwhile, Waitrose’s 400g vegan chilli cost £1 more than 450g meat version … Read more
In October a car drove into my garden wall, demolishing a section. I eventually found out the car responsible was actually knocked into my wall by another coming out of a side street. The cost of repairs is about £400. After tiresome research and many phone calls and emails, I found the name of the … Read more
A Labour-run council has ramped up the price of parking permits to up a whopping £690 in the latest escalation of the capital’s war on motorists. Merton Council in south-west London wants to boost the amount people have to pay to park outside their own homes in a bid to cut air pollution. It is believed … Read more
Workplace testing will need to become commonplace and the Government must continue paying for free Covid kits for companies, says CBI BOSS By Karan Bilimoria For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 Lord Bilimoria is president of the CBI and the founder of Cobra … Read more
One balloon bursts and another rises into the sky. Yes, Boris’s ‘red list’ of quarantine countries has put a halt to many families’ hopes of an Easter getaway, but that opens the door wide for holidays within the UK once the shackles are off. With tens of thousands of gorgeous cottages, country boltholes and seaside … Read more
One of the attractive aspects of the Dutch character is an insistence on plain speaking. Even so, it was quite something when, after we voted to leave the EU, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, declared that, as a result, ‘England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally and economically’. Let’s bring things up to … Read more
One of the attractive aspects of the Dutch character is an insistence on plain speaking. Even so, it was quite something when, after we voted to leave the EU, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, declared that, as a result, ‘England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally and economically’. Let’s bring things up to … Read more
Many who quit online dating websites find payments taken from debit or credit cards long after they’ve wanted to leave By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 13:16 GMT, 31 January 2021 Dating websites have been extremely popular during lockdown with many lonely hearts intent on looking … Read more
At a time of record low savings rates, any bank actually improving the rates they pay to savers is bound to raise an eyebrow or two. But this is especially the case when it comes to Al Rayan Bank and Gatehouse Bank, two Sharia lenders which have upped their savings rates in recent weeks and … Read more
Reese Witherspoon calls Cloris Leachman ‘larger than life’ as Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Hamill, and Viola Davis lead stars paying tribute to the late comedy icon on social media By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 01:33 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 01:33 GMT, 28 January 2021 Hollywood is currently in mourning over the sudden passing … Read more