Those looking for regular savings accounts to shelter their money from the turbulence of the stock market will likely be settling for any port in a storm. However, the cash savings market has also been hit over the last 12 months, with rates on five-year fixed accounts paying less than what one-year fixed-rate ones did … Read more
Starling Bank slashes the interest rate it pays to in-credit current account customers by up to 90% Starling currently pays 0.5% on balances up to £2,000 and 0.25% above that From 18 May these rates will be cut to 0.05% Starling blamed the Bank of England’s emergency base rate cut Could others like Nationwide and … Read more
Deforestation rates in the Amazon hit a new high in the first two months of 2020 with 181 square miles lost despite heavy seasonal rains, which experts blame on illegal logging operations Satellite data from Brazil’s space agency show deforestation increasing in 2020 The Amazon lost 181 square miles of rain forest in January and … Read more
Scientists have crunched coronavirus statistics to reveal the fatality rate for infected patients with underlying health problems. Data shows patients with pre-existing conditions are more likely to suffer severe illness and die because their immune systems are weaker. Researchers in China, who studied more than 72,000 patients, found 10.5 per cent of heart disease sufferers … Read more