First-time buyer price inflation nears 10 per cent as London house prices shoot past £500k November 6, 2021 First-time buyer annual house price inflation is now at a five-month high, at 9.2 per cent, and has pushed ahead of the equivalent measure for home movers, at 8.1 per cent, according to property experts. In London, the average house prices have shot passed £500k. The average UK house price hit a record high of [...]
Russian spy found dead at embassy in Berlin after mystery fall, German media report November 6, 2021 German media are reporting that a man recently found dead in the street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin was an undercover agent of Moscow’s intelligence services, and had fallen from an upper floor of the building.
Watch as the world’s baking champions struggle with energy prices November 6, 2021 A Spaniard crowned world baking champion this year has appealed to his government to lower taxes on electricity or risk putting artisans such as himself out of business amid a global energy crunch that is wiping out their margins.
Watch as Amazon tribes first hear of Covid-19 as first vaccines for mysterious virus arrive November 6, 2021 Some residents of remote communities in Peru’s northern Amazon rainforest say they haven’t heard of the global Covid-19 pandemic, until health workers arrived by boat to their village with vaccines in October.
Mysterious freak paddleboarding incident in Wales: Woman arrested as fourth person confirmed dead November 6, 2021 A Welsh woman was arrested this afternoon on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after a paddleboarding incident on a river in Wales in which four people died. The suspect, who police said comes from South Wales, has been released under investigation. The arrest comes as police confirm the fourth death, 41-year-old Andrea Powell, from Bridgend, [...]
92 people killed and hundreds injured after oil tanker explodes November 6, 2021 At least 92 people have been killed and hundreds severely injured after an oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, officials and witnesses said today. The explosion took place late on Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown. The mortuary at Connaught Hospital reported 92 [...]
John Major does not hold back as he labels Boris Johnson ‘corrupt’ in unprecedented attack November 6, 2021 Former Prime Minister Sir John Major suggested the Johnson administration was “politically corrupt” over the way it treats Parliament. “I’m afraid that the Government, with their over-large majority, do tend to treat Parliament with contempt. And if that continues, it will end badly,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today. “They bypass Parliament at will and [...]
‘System out of the dark ages’: HMRC overcharges people taking money from pensions by more than £44m October 29, 2021 Between July and September of this year HMRC refunded £44,659,174 to people who were over-taxed when accessing their pension, according to new figures released today. People accessing lump sums from their pensions will initially be taxed as if they will take the same sum every month for the rest of the tax year., so those taking a [...]
Brexit fishing fight: British fishermen held on board by French as UK warns ‘two can play at that game’ October 29, 2021 The UK has hit back at the French government, warning “two can play at that game” in a warning Britain could retaliate if Paris goes ahead with “inflammatory” threats made in a post-Brexit row over fishing rights. The development comes as The crew of the British trawler detained by French authorities have been advised to [...]
BREAKING: COP26 climate protesters storm the City, Greta Thunberg on her way to Square Mile October 29, 2021 Several streets across the City have been taken over by protestors this afternoon as they demand that financial institutions no longer finance or invest in fossil fuels. Activists chanted “Ensure our future, not pollution” as they made their way from Lloyd’s of London to Macquarie Capital. They want the banks stop their support of fossil [...]
