EE to bring back Europe roaming charges after Brexit June 24, 2021 EE will reintroduce additional roaming charges for customers who use their phones in Europe from next year, despite promises not to hike fees after Brexit. Users will be charged a new flat fee of £2 a day when roaming across 47 European destinations, which will cover their plan’s data, minutes and texts allowance. The changes [...]
Twerk from home: OnlyFans helps users onto the housing ladder June 24, 2021 Forget the bank of mum and dad, OnlyFans, a social media site popular with sex workers, has helped thousands onto the housing ladder this year. The team at Online Mortgage Advisor has received just over 1,500 enquiries in the past 12 months where one or more parties per enquiry declare themselves as self-employed, citing OnlyFans [...]
Deliver us from Evel: Whitehall is gearing up to fight Scottish Independence June 24, 2021 Six weeks on from the Scottish election defined by a campaign for a second independence referendum and the Nationalist camp has been eerily quiet about indyref2 since the ballots were cast. Nicola Sturgeon and her party’s commitment to a second independence vote remain undimmed, but they know Scots are wary of rushing into another campaign [...]
UK researchers identify level of antibodies needed to prevent symptomatic Covid-19 June 24, 2021 Scientists at the University of Oxford said the results of their research could help speed up new vaccine development. Oxford-based medical researchers have today released a new study indentifying the level of antibodies required to prevent symptomatic Covid – referred to as the “correlates of protection”. Their findings could serve as a huge breakthrough in [...]
Dogtanian and The Three Muskehounds: Nostalgia nightmare June 24, 2021 The announcement of a movie adaptation of Dogtanian and The Three Muskehounds was met with nostalgic approval from movie fans of a certain age. Originally a Japanese cartoon series, the canine interpretation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers was re-dubbed into English in the mid-80s and is affectionately remembered by those for whom post-school cartoons [...]
Russia warns UK to respect borders, or it may ‘drop bombs’ on intruding ships June 24, 2021 Russia has warned the UK that if it fails to respect ‘Russian borders’ then it may bomb intruding ships, while the UK continues to deny any shots or bombs were fired. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said: “The inviolability of the Russian borders is an absolute imperative”, adding that they will be protected “by [...]
ITV to move all London staff to White City in cost-cutting plan June 24, 2021 ITV today said it will move all its London staff to one headquarters at the BBC’s former White City campus as part of plans to slash costs. The broadcaster currently has three locations in the capital, with staff split between offices in Holborn, Gray’s Inn Road and Westworks in White City. But around 2,000 employees [...]
Slick: Saudi oil exports more than doubled to $13.8bn in April June 24, 2021 Saudi Arabia’s oil exports rocketed 109 per cent year-on-year in April, worth an eyewatering $13.7bn, according to official data today. Oil exports made up 72.5 per cent of total exports from Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter – up from 64.8 per cent in April 2020 and 70 per cent in March. The country [...]
Travel green list: Will Ibiza, Malta and Madeira be added even as Merkel urges EU to shut the gates June 24, 2021 Travel green list: Will Ibiza, Malta and Madeira be added even as Merkel urges EU to shut the gates
EU ambassador to UK ‘encouraged’ by Northern Ireland developments June 24, 2021 Brussels’ ambassador to the UK has said he is “encouraged” by recent developments in UK-EU Northern Ireland talks as tensions begin to cool between the two sides. João Vale de Almeida told peers today that the EU had shown “a great deal of understanding and flexibility” in negotiations with the UK over the implementation of [...]
