Binge drinking soared during the coronavirus lockdown – with women’s alcohol consumption increasing 41 PER CENT over the previous year Researchers surveyed 1,540 US-based adults on their alcohol consumption They looked at habits in Spring 2019 and again in Spring 2020 during shutdown There was a 41 per cent spike in women binge drinking during … Read more
INVESTING SHOW: Why has the US stock market soared while UK shares have fallen behind? By This Is Money Published: 19:10 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 19:10 BST, 20 August 2020 The coronavirus crash has proved short lived for the US stock market, as its global tech giant members have driven a strong rebound … Read more
Plastic waste soared during lockdown as British households generated 25 per cent more food packaging, parcel bags and PPE, a survey has revealed. The ‘Everyday Plastic Survey’ saw some 483 people across the UK store up and record the extent of their household’s plastic waste for a week during lockdown. The households got through 128 … Read more
Two dogs were left in a car for over two hours as temperatures soared at a Cornwall beach town today Devon and Cornwall Police were called to a locked vehicle near Looe beach Two dogs were reportedly left inside the car for as much as two hours on Sunday It is thought that police smashed … Read more
Two dogs were left in a car for over two hours as temperatures soared at a Cornwall beach town today Devon and Cornwall Police were called to a locked vehicle near Looe beach Two dogs were reportedly left inside the car for as much as two hours on Sunday It is thought that police smashed … Read more
The price of premium mobile phones have risen 490 per cent in the last two decades, new research shows. It means the outlay for a top of the range model is close to heading back to the early 1990s, when huge mobile phones were only used by the rich and famous, and a Motorola 3200 … Read more