Islington in north London has seen the fastest house price growth in 2020, with the average property up by 13.4% to £727,922. The figures from Halifax also show that, at the other end of the table, the average house price in Paisley, west of Glasgow, fell by 1.7% to £138,036. Outside London, the biggest movers
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has hit Croatia, with reports of injuries and damaged buildings near Zagreb. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the tremor hit 28 miles southeast of the capital city. The same area was struck by a 5.2 magnitude quake on Monday. Croatia’s PM Andrej Plenkovic tweeted to say he was on his
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been denied bail. The British socialite is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York. In a bail application filed with the US District Court in Manhattan, Maxwell said she and her husband would post a $22.5m (£16.5m) bond towards bail,
Kaitlyn Bristowe announced just days ago that she and her boyfriend had tested positive for COVID-19. The Dancing With the Stars chap took to her Instagram Story on Sunday to announce that she had lost her taste and smell. “So I’ve officially lost my taste and smell,” Bristowe said. “I don’t know why I think
Breaking News ‘Real Housewives of Dallas’ star D’Andra Simmons is bedridden in a hospital due to COVID-19 — the first cast member from the Bravo shows who’s gotten this ill. Simmons’ condition was first announced by podcast host Kate Casey, who says … “Just heard from D’Andra and she is asking for your prayers. She’s
The military is being called in to help secondary schools and colleges with coronavirus testing at the start of the spring term. Some 1,500 personnel will give planning support, training and phone advice to English schools needing help with the testing process and setting up facilities. The government is pressing ahead with plans for primary
Ryan Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Qualtrics peaks on stage during the 2015 Web Summit on in Dublin, Ireland. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Getty Images Qualtrics is about to go public, for real this time. The cloud software vendor, which SAP acquired two years ago on the eve of a planned IPO, filed its paperwork with
The owner of Uswitch is close to unveiling a takeover of Confused.com in a deal that would unite two of Britain’s biggest online price comparison sites. Sky News has learnt that a division of ZPG – which also owns the property portal Zoopla – could announce the purchase of Confused.com from Admiral Group, the London-listed
Thailand has brought in a range of new restrictions after the country’s first coronavirus death in nearly two months. Bangkok betting businesses will be shut, while bars, nightclubs and music venues in the capital will be forced to close at midnight until 4 January. It comes as the government tries to contain an outbreak that
US President-elect Joe Biden has said the lack of information provided to his team by the Trump administration is “nothing short of irresponsible”. The Democrat said those working on the transition ahead of his inauguration next month were still not getting the defence and national security details it needed – more than a month after
The countdown to the new year will be a little different this year, and not just because Times Square will be empty and New Year’s Eve parties will be people in their pajamas sitting in their living rooms by themselves. Flipping the page to 2021 will be a relief after the eternal darkness that was
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Eagle-eyed hardcore fans had some beef with the historical accuracy of a Cro-Mags T-shirt in the new movie Wonder Woman 1984, but the band’s legendary singer quickly put those questions to rest. In fact, it was John Joseph who sent the shirt to director Patty Jenkins for use in the film. The scene in question
A new breakthrough could help reduced the carbon footprint of air travel, with the aim to bring emissions by jets to net zero. A team of researchers from Oxford University has successfully managed to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into jet fuel, though as of now the experiment was performed at a very small scale. As
The government is pushing ahead with plans for primary school and older secondary school children to return to classrooms next week – although a senior minister admitted “we always keep things under review”. There have been calls for the return of pupils after the Christmas holidays to be delayed until later in January, in a
The shift to remote learning sparked a surge in business for Chegg in 2020, and CEO Dan Rosensweig doesn’t see that exponential growth easing up much in the new year. “When the pandemic is over, we don’t expect growth to significantly slow because this is not just the trend, this is what it’s going to