Bank of England makes emergency cut in interest rate from 0.75% to 0.25% ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget to battle coronavirus today By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 07:11 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 07:22 GMT, 11 March 2020 The Bank of England has cut the main interest rate to 0.25 per cent … Read more
Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have been given the go-ahead to demolish an Essex farmhouse and replace it with a Georgian-style mansion – on condition they put in ‘bat boxes’, consider any potential land contamination and explain how they intend to get rid of foul sewage. Former Towie star Mark, 33, and ex-Coronation Street actress … Read more
An incredible picture of a fox foraging for food on a car bonnet has scooped the top prize in the Mammal Society’s annual photography contest. Other breathtaking images from the competition include a mountain hare rolling in snow, a bat in flight and a squirrel peeking out from behind a tree. The winning photo of … Read more
Wuhan residents are set to receive lessons in ‘gratitude’ so they can thank government for coronavirus fight The city in central China was the epicentre of the virus outbreak in December It has been on lockdown since January but President Xi Jinping visited this week The move prompted hopes quarantine will lifted – but now … Read more
Actress Kate O’Donnell pulls out of West End musical after it cast a male actor in transgender lead role, as she says the stereotype could lead to ‘violence, even death’ O’Donnell was cast as the mother of the lead character in the West End show The actress turned the role down in protest over casting … Read more
A top U.S. commander has voiced his disappointment at the level of violence being used by the Taliban, claiming that attacks are higher than the February 29 peace deal allows, as the military begins to pull out of two Afghan bases. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command (CENTOM) and the top U.S. commander … Read more
Joe Biden won the Michigan primary Tuesday night, dealing Bernie Sanders a crushing blow in the democratic socialist’s pursuit of the White House. All eyes had been on Michigan, which gave Sanders a surprise boost four years ago when he was in the Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton. Biden also won the Mississippi and Missouri Democratic … Read more
‘I feel betrayed’: Former British Army sergeant is stuck in Fiji and being prevented from returning to his cancer-stricken wife in UK over immigration law Ilaitia Cokanasiga, 48, from Fiji, has been blocked from entering the UK He served in the British army for 14 years and felt immense pride at his role He has … Read more
Family of man, 60, who became the third British coronavirus victim to die claim they were barred from saying goodbye because he was in isolation, as the death toll hits six Patient in coronavirus quarantine died on Sunday to become Britain’s third death The 60-year-old’s family claimed they were not able to say goodbye to him … Read more
Prince Harry has blasted Donald Trump in a secretly recorded phone conversation, claiming the US President ‘has blood on his hands’ and is one of the ‘sick people’ running the world. Russian hoaxers telephoned the prince at his luxury hideaway in Canada on two separate occasions earlier this year and duped him into believing he … Read more
The Queen has decided to stop shaking hands with members of the public for the foreseeable future as a matter of ‘personal preference’. Yesterday she was pictured meeting the Sri Lankan High Commissioner Saroja Sirisena and her husband, Dr Sudath Talpahewa, at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, 93, was not wearing gloves but, unlike her audiences … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
A multi-million-pound mansion on London‘s ‘Billionaires’ Row’ is at the centre of the latest High Court challenge to new powers introduced under so-called ‘McMafia laws’. Three properties in London – which are said to be worth around £80 million in total – were made subject to unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) last May following an application by the … Read more