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Train passenger died after being stabbed to death aboard London-bound train from home counties
The man was knifed on the Guildford and Waterloo service just before 1am today.
Pre-Brexit hit as house price growth slowest since 2013
The Nationwide building society has reported that compared with a year earlier there was a house price rise of only 0.5 per cent in December, the lowest level since February 2013. The lender believes that uncertainty over the economic outlook is hampering confidence in the housing market. London and surrounding areas saw a small fall in house prices in 2018. The average house price in the UK in December 2018 was £212,281 compared to £211,156 in December 2017. Northern Ireland...
Fat cat Friday: Business bosses’ 2019 pay hits total average annual salary
As if you weren’t feeling rubbish enough after going back to work, the news that top bosses have already made more than the average salary for the year already, is unlikely to fill you with joy..Unless of course you are a CEO. Chief executives of FTSE 100 firms have average pay packets £3.9 million, around £1,000 per hour and are now paid 133 times more than the average worker. So when the clock strikes 1pm they have made the money most...
Jeremy Vine caller breaks down saying “we’re being ruined by Brexit”
A woman broke down on live television yesterday after describing the emotional impact that Brexit has had on her life. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine show the caller said her family is going to suffer because of Britain's exit from the European Union, which she says has "ruined the country". "We're going to struggle to put food on our table because a few of you don't like foreigners", she added, saying her husband’s construction business was now in trouble because of a...
Former boyfriend jailed for murder after stabbing ex-girlfriend more than 20 times
Gediminas Jasinskas, 30, was sentenced today at Norwich Crown Court
Firefighters at the scene of a blaze at empty NHS hospital
Around 60 firefighters have been tackling the blaze which adjoins to Bedford hospital
The FTSE has lost more value in last 12 months than the UK has paid into the EU in decades
Economic worries, Brexit uncertainty and the trade war between the US and China saw the FTSE 100 tumble by 12.5 per cent during 2018, wiping out more than £240 billion off shareholder value. The blue-chip index of top UK shares ended the year at 6,728 points, down from 7,687 on the last trading day of 2017. The sell-off has inflicted significant losses on pension funds, major fund managers and small investors alike. Shares in major house builders fell sharply amid...
Broken Britain: Nine rough sleeper’s tents on one of London’s richest streets as weather freezes
The average price of a flat in William IV Street is over £1.3million
Grayling looks to EU to dig him out as ferry fiasco continues
A dredger from the Netherlands was put to work in Ramsgate yesterday as preparations for the ferry company with no ferries were put in place. The Dutch dredger was spotted clearing rubbish, weeds and excess mud at the Kent site to prepare for potential extra freight trade crossings. Seaborne Freight is seeking to reopen Ramsgate-Ostend service, although it is yet to operate a scheduled ferry service. In fact, the firm is so small it qualifies as a small enterprise so...