What went wrong for a £425m fund designed to fund a new wave of business banks

Attempts to use taxpayer money to fund a new wave of business challenger banks were dealt another blow a fortnight ago as Nationwide Building Society announced it was scrapping a move into SME lending. Britain’s largest mutual is the latest to hand back money it was given to expand its business proposition after Metro Bank … Read more

What are your rights if you booked your holiday through a third party booking site?

Thousands of Britons have had holidays cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and many of those are now hoping for a cash refund. While this is possible, albeit reasonably time consuming, for travellers who booked directly with airlines, those who had made a booking with a third party operator will find they are unlikely to … Read more

Donations to the NHS and fake coronavirus quizzes among 2,650 reports of phishing

Requests for donations towards the NHS, offers of tax refunds and coronavirus quizzes designed to harvest personal details are just some examples of the thousands of phishing attempts bombarding Britons at the moment, police revealed. Action Fraud, the UK’s fraud reporting service, said last week it had received almost 2,650 reports of coronavirus-related phishing since … Read more

Cardi B tells Bernie Sanders she doesn’t ‘feel like it’s safe to go outside’ amid COVID-19

Cardi B is taking no chances when it comes to the coronavirus. The Grammy-winning artist, 27, chat with former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in a long-form interview on Instagram Live Tuesday, as the hip-hop superstar chat with the political about the virus and related political issues. The singer, whose full name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, … Read more

MAFS star KC Osborne is caught reading about herself in a magazine

She was a breakout star on Married At First Sight this year, after going into the show as an intruder bride.  And on Monday, KC Osborne just couldn’t resist reading an article about herself in a women’s magazine.  The 31-year-old dancer was caught checking out a titbit in a tabloid, as she shopped at a … Read more

Bill and Melinda Gates say Trump halting WHO funding ‘just doesn’t make any sense’

Bill and Melinda Gates say Trump’s halting of WHO funding is dangerous and ‘does not make any sense’ as the philanthropists pledge an extra $150 million to fight coronavirus pandemic Trump announced halt in US funding to World Health Organization on Tuesday   Bill and Melinda Gates slammed his decision as one that ‘doesn’t make sense’ … Read more

Germany sees its highest number of coronavirus deaths for the second day in a row at 315

Germany has suffered the deadliest day of its coronavirus crisis so far as the rate of new infections also accelerated.  The country announced 315 new deaths from the virus Thursday, bringing its total from 3,254 to 3,569. The figure is higher than the 285 reported Wednesday, which was the previous highest total.  The number of … Read more

Gordon Ramsay continues to anger Cornwall residents amid coronavirus lockdown

Cornwall residents have continued to express their fury that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for moving to his £4.4million mansion in Cornwall amid the coronavirus outbreak. The TV personality, 53, has once again been targeted on social media by residents, who have accusing him of ‘flouting government rules’ by leaving London in a bid to self-isolate. … Read more

Michael Bublé rep says controversy over singer and his wife is ‘a failed effort of cyber bullying’

Michael Bublé and his wife are being cyberbullied, according to his rep. The Canadian entertainer, 44, and his wife, actress Luisana Lopilato, 32, were targeted in ‘a failed effort of cyber bullying’ by people after footage appeared to show him roughly elbowing her in a recent Instagram Live stream, his rep told E! Wednesday evening. … Read more

Married At First Sight star Melissa Walsh shares touching tribute after granddaughters cancer

‘You have shown us what is truly important’: Married At First Sight star shares a touching tribute to her cancer stricken granddaughter By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:07 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 07:07 BST, 16 April 2020 Married At First Sight star Melissa Walsh was dealt a devastating blow when … Read more

Sarah Silverman continues daily cheer for essential workers on her balcony amid coronavirus pandemic

Sarah Silverman continues daily cheer for essential workers on her balcony amid coronavirus pandemic By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 06:51 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 06:51 BST, 16 April 2020 Sarah Silverman continued her daily ritual of cheering on essential workers from her balcony amid the coronavirus pandemic in New York City on Wednesday. … Read more