Eurostar ramping up services as London-Europe bookings jump by 98 per cent August 19, 2021 Eurostar has announced it is expanding its timetable due to growing demand for cross-Channel travel. The rail operator will run eight daily return services from 6 September until 1 November. Five trains will run in each direction between London and Paris. Three return services will operate on the London-Brussels route, one of which will be [...]
Covid research suggests Coronavirus antibody levels fall rapidly in older people August 19, 2021 While most adults in the UK are likely to have Covid-19 antibodies, levels are dropping rapidly among older age groups, new figures suggest. The presence of coronavirus antibodies suggests someone has had the infection in the past or has been vaccinated. It takes between two and three weeks after infection or vaccination for the body [...]
Veolia lures HGV drivers with £1,500 sign-on bonus as shortage swells to 100,000 August 19, 2021 French multinational Veolia told City A.M. this afternoon it is offering a £1,500 bonus for HGV drivers to join its waste collection operations across London. The move comes as businesses across the country are experiencing a drop in trained HGV drivers due to a combination of factors from Brexit, Covid-19 and a testing backlog. The [...]
Watch him explain: Afghan President Ghani defends decision to flee August 19, 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, said that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed. His comments come as US President Joe Biden says US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond the 31 August deadline. Watch the full report.
British sales rep a LinkedIn sensation after leaving £100k job to become postman August 18, 2021 A Briton who went viral on LinkedIn after swapping a high-paying career to become a postman has said “Covid has made people value the simple things in life”. Phil Goddard, 56, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, left behind decades in sales and account management after going through furlough and redundancy in 2020. In September last year [...]
Analysis: Does Google’s ad clampdown leave Brits at risk of fraud? August 18, 2021 In what Google described as a “significant additional measure” to protect both its users and legitimate advertisers, and to prevent scammers exploiting its various platforms, the multinational tech giant recently announced its intention to clamp down on financial fraud by forcing all financial services advertisers to demonstrate that they are authorised by the Financial Conduct [...]
Fastest annual increase since 2004: House prices climb by 13.2 per cent August 18, 2021 House prices rose by 13.2 per cent over the year to June, the fastest annual increase since 2004, according to official figures. Across the UK, the average house price in June was a record £266,000. It increased from £255,000 in May and beat the former £256,000 record which was set in March, the Office for [...]
Rail passengers to be hit with largest fare hike in a decade August 18, 2021 UK train passengers can expect the largest fare rise in a decade. Increases are usually linked to the previous July’s Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation, which was confirmed as 3.8 per cent for July 2021 by the Office for National Statistics today. No announcement has been made on what will happen to fares [...]
Triple-lock: How Boris and Rishi can both have their cake and eat it August 18, 2021 Is the triple-lock on its last legs? That question seems increasingly relevant in Whitehall. Average earnings rose by 8.8 per cent last month, including bonuses, according to figures published by the ONS yesterday. Moreover, earnings figures released next month are expected to set next year’s increase in the State Pension. So why is this relevant? The [...]
Afghanistan evacuation flight lands in UK as troops race to get remaining Britons out August 18, 2021 A flight carrying evacuated UK nationals and Afghans has landed in England as British troops race to get remaining Britons and eligible locals out of Afghanistan. The Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at about 11pm on Tuesday night. It is one of a number of flights out of [...]