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Home-movers are being warned to watch out for scams which could involve their identity and large sums of money – such as their deposit – being stolen. The stamp duty holiday, which ends on March 31 2021, has fuelled a housing market “mini boom”, with buyers rushing to beat the …

My haven, Ian Rankin: The bestselling crime writer, 60, in the music room of his Edinburgh flat Ian Rankin, 60, shared items of significance inside his home in Edinburgh Bestselling crime writer cherishes pictures of his family placed around the room He also treasures props from the ITV adaptation of his …

An urgent plea for people to follow the Coronavirus rules has been issued after Middlesbrough reported the highest number of positive test results in the town since the pandemic began. Case numbers reached their highest on Tuesday, December 29 with 143 positive cases returned – nearly double the previous high …

Some weeks ago I thought it might be helpful to paint a picture in these pages of what this country could look like in a few years’ time. Think Back To The Future if you like.  My imaginary hero was not a mad professor creating a time-travelling DeLorean car, but …

Heavily-pregnant university graduate, 22, who was battling Covid woke from nine-day coma to find she had given birth to a baby daughter Mehpara Naqvi was seven months pregnant when she was rushed to hospital 22-year-old developed Covid symptoms in October before struggling to breathe  Medics performed a C-section, during which …

Two of Britain’s busiest hospitals were in crisis on Thursday – with one warning it is on the brink of being able to treat Covid patients only and the other saying it was in ‘disaster medicine mode’.  As the UK declared a record-high 55,892 coronavirus cases and almost 1,000 more deaths, …

A Hermes delivery driver quit his job after just two days because he had to spend 45 minutes a day sorting through parcels without pay, he claims. Matt Solomons worked two shifts at Deliveries247, a company based in Greenford, North London, which is contracted by Hermes. Sharing pictures of the …

As 2020 draws to a close, so too will the Brexit transition period as major changes will kick in as the United Kingdom leave the EU.  Although the UK officially left the EU in January 2020 the post Brexit transition period has meant most existing have remained in place thoughout …

P olice have shut down a large illegal New Year rave in London’s Royal Docks, with organisers facing a £10,000 fine for breaching coronavirus rules. Pictures from the scene in the riverside industrial district showed officers clearing the venue, which was left littered with bottles and N20 canisters. Officers said …

The New Forest and South Downs are featured in this year’s first issue of stamps by the Royal Mail. The national parks were among a handful selected to celebrate 70 years since the country’s national parks were founded. The areas account for 10% of land in England, Scotland and Wales. …