Britons resumed borrowing and started saving less last month as the lifting of social restrictions prompted consumers to reach for their wallets. For the first time since August last year, consumers borrowed more than they paid off in May, with unsecured lending rising by a net £280million from April, the latest figures by the Bank … Read more
When you see the blue check on an account on Twitter, chances are you feel a bit more confident that the person or entity you’re talking to is legitimate. It’s been a while since Twitter has allowed accounts to be verified after people called them out for confusing and at times controversial policies. They previously … Read more
Disneyland, California’s world-famous theme park, reopened to excited and emotional visitors Friday after an unprecedented 13-month closure in what tourism officials hope is a sign of the state’s rebound from the pandemic. The reopening came just four months after the nation’s most populous state was struggling to combat a surge in coronavirus hospitalizations that packed … Read more
Wetherspoon will open more of its pubs across the country next week and will close an hour later as the easing of the lockdown continues, the company has announced. A further 44 pubs in England with smaller beer gardens and outdoor areas are set to open for business from April 26, adding to the 394 … Read more
M&G has said it will reopen its property fund on 10 May – nearly 18 months after it was suspended – offering some relief to trapped savers. The investment firm froze its £2.1billion Property Portfolio Fund in December 2019, fearing that Brexit had caused too much uncertainty and that it would not be able to … Read more
Anarchy spilled out onto the streets of Rome tonight as anger at repeated coronavirus shutdowns across Europe grows amid a third wave of cases sweeping the Continent – while Britain finally reopens. Hundreds of Italians chanting ‘we are all workers’ clashed with riot police in a central plaza after they were blocked off from an … Read more
Shoppers have flocked back into stores and stocked up on products including glassware and facial cleansers after being closed three months amid the Covid-19 lockdown. And keen shoppers were clearing the shelves of glassware, crockery and facial cleanser at John Lewis, which revealed its top ten bestsellers in the hours after reopening. As eager customers … Read more
This Eastertide is not yet as joyful as we all hoped it would be even a few weeks ago, and the past year has been joyless indeed. The lockdown may be easing, but achingly slowly. However, Easter is a time for reflection as well as celebration, so that gives us a little more time to … Read more
London’s world-renowned Science Museum reopens as a Covid-19 vaccination centre on Thursday (March 11). The museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, which was founded in 1857, will serve north-west London as part of the NHS’s vaccination programme. Vaccinations will take place in Special Exhibition Gallery 1, a vast temporary exhibition space where thousands of artefacts have … Read more
A mausoleum built two millennia ago for the first Roman emperor, Augustus, has finally reopened to the public after 14 years and a $12.25 million restoration project. The funerary monument took five years to restore and make safe before it could be reopened to the public, including removing rubbish and clearing surrounding trees. Towering above … Read more