Hinckley Rugby BS launches mortgage with a LESS THAN 1% rate
Hinckley Rugby Building Society will launch a new mortgage with an interest rate of 0.99% next week - but the criteria look set to be fairly strict and it's not a fix. Read more...
Britain at its best How fascinating Shropshire provides a joyful plunge into the past
Shropshire is full of historical sights including Boscobel House, where Charles II hid after losing the Battle of Worcester in 1651. It is also home to the first iron bridge in the world. Read more...
Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa compares midfielder Stuart Dallas to Argentina legend Javier Zanetti
Stuart Dallas is known as the Cookstown Cafu in his native Northern Ireland but now Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa has compared the versatile midfielder to Argentina legend Javier Zanetti. Read more...
Lizzo has heard from Chris Evans about her drunken DMs
Lizzo is feeling good as hell after Chris Evans replied to her flirty message. Read more...
Revealed Winners of the 'Oscars of watches'
It's the prize giving ceremony that everyone's on time for. Read more...
Father, 49, who died from hypothermia 'could have been saved if he hadn't been neglected by friends'
The body of Andrew Forrest, 49, from Burnley, Lancashire, was found wedged between the toilet and the bathroom wall. The coroner said Andrew died from hypothermia but negligence played a part. Read more...
Teenage boy is awarded 56,000 after cup of tea spilt on his leg and left him with a scar on flight
Emre Karakaya, 17, was permanently scarred after the July, 22, 2017 incident. He successfully sued Turkish Airlines Inc through his mother, Leeanne. They had visited a plastic surgeon. Read more...
Looted Objects From Afghanistan Are Returned
Thirty-three antiquities were handed over to the Afghan ambassador by the Manhattan district attorneys office and the Department of Homeland Security. Read more...
It was every girl's dream job... but you could be fired for getting fat, married or turning 35
Such was the life of a Pan Am stewardess in the 1960s. Here's the inside story of what it really took to rule the skies Read more...
China admits its Covid jabs are not very effective in major blow to global health battle
The director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Gao Fu, said the CoronaVac did not 'have very high protection rates' against symptomatic illness. Read more...
Hot Hatchbacks Party in the Front, Business in the Back
The hot hatch concept sporty but practical, with plenty of horsepower is being swallowed by (what else?) S.U.V.s. Read more...
My Daughter and I Are Trapped in Brazils Tragedy
We spend our days watching ambulances, as Covid-19 rips through the country. Read more...
Mall Executive Backtracks From Statement on Amazon Retail Stores
A day after saying that Amazon planned to open 300 to 400 brick-and-mortar bookstores, a shopping mall executive stepped back from his comments. Read more...
ATP's revised ranking system makes no sense Zverev
US Open runner-up Alexander Zverev says it is "absurd" he remains behind Roger Federer under the ATP Tour's revised rankings system during the Covid-19 pandemic, given that the Swiss was out injured for more than a year. Read more...
Private Insurance Wins in Democrats First Try at Expanding Health Coverage
Medicare for all and the public option were hot topics during primary season, but the politics of passing those gets tricky really fast. Read more...
Things To Do At Home
This week, tune in to a drag-queen story hour, learn about equity in the cannabis industry with Snoop Dogg or listen to a conversation with the journalist Don Lemon. Read more...
The world's most beautiful buildings according to science and it's St Paul's Cathedral that's No1
Using the golden ratio, researchers drew up a top 50 beautiful buildings list, in which Singapore's Marina Bay Sands is second, Westminster Abbey third and Sydney Opera House 43rd. Read more...
Africa's second coronavirus wave worse than the first, analysis shows
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has hit Africa much harder than the first wave, a new analysis has shown. Read more...