Spark of hope at last for savers as rates have risen from the rock-bottom levels of earlier this year By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 18 May 2021 Atom Bank now pays 0.85 per cent on its one-year fixed-rate bond Savings rates have risen … Read more
Britain’s offices ‘very much alive’, with new starts on central London construction projects jumping in six months despite pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 17 May 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 17 May 2021 Britain’s offices are ‘very much alive’, with new starts on central London construction projects jumping in … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon hands Scottish NHS staff 4% salary rise with ‘immediate’ effect – on top of health workers’ £500 bonus for working during pandemic Pay rise to benefit around 154,000 employees covered by ‘Agenda for Change’ If NHS England maintain current position, Scottish staff will be much better off Nicola Sturgeon offering pay rise as … Read more
Britain’s chief medical officer has inspired thousands more school leavers to apply for careers in medicine during the pandemic, a new report says. A surge dubbed the ‘Chris Whitty effect’ saw a record-breaking number of teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry. Applicant numbers jumped by a fifth compared to the … Read more
Britain’s chief medical officer has inspired thousands more school leavers to apply for careers in medicine during the pandemic, a new report says. A surge dubbed the ‘Chris Whitty effect’ saw a record-breaking number of teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry. Applicant numbers jumped by a fifth compared to the … Read more
After 19 years on the air and more than 3,000 shows, Ellen DeGeneres has announced that her daytime talk show will coming to an end next season — following over a year of unflattering headlines, damning accusations, and declining viewership. Ellen, 63, no doubt broke boundaries when she became the host of her own show … Read more
Real name: B.1.617 — now divided into B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.3 When and where was it discovered? The variant was first reported by the Indian government in February 2021 but the first cases appear to date back to October 2020. Its presence in the UK was first announced by Public Health England on April 15. There … Read more
The BRIT Awards returned on Tuesday night for a music extravaganza following three months of delays amid the coronavirus pandemic. And while The O2 seated a 4,000 strong audience for the ceremony, ITV ratings released on Wednesday have revealed viewing figures have plummeted for the fourth year in a row, with 2.9million tuning in – … Read more
Cabinet minister George Eustice dismisses Dua Lipa’s Brit Awards demand for a ‘fair pay rise’ for NHS workers as he defends proposed one per cent increase and says ‘there’s been a pay freeze for most of the public sector’ Dua Lipa used a speech at the Brit Awards to call for a ‘fair pay rise’ … Read more
A Government minister today refused to rule out tiered lockdowns returning when England’s national measures are planned to end next month. Environment Secretary George Eustice revealed No10 was ‘closely monitoring’ several localised coronavirus outbreaks that have cropped up in recent weeks. Analysis shows that while national infections have continued to plunge, there are 12 boroughs where … Read more