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Martin Lewis advises on savings accounts and premium bonds Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The financial institution outlined its plans to hike the fund rate from one percent to 1.40 percent. This is set to come into effect as of the June 2022 Premium Bonds draw and will see an extra 1.4 million prizes paid out. As a result, the odds of each £1 bond number winning a Premium Bonds prize will also change from 34,500 to one to 24,500 to one. Related articles Council tax rebate: Full list of councils who STILL haven't paid 'Glimmer of hope' for Premium Bonds holders thanks to NS&I's pledge John Glen, the economic secretary to … [Read more...] about Premium Bonds: NS&I to increase fund rate to 1.40% – extra 1.4 million prizes for savers

Who is to blame for the current economic crisis? As inflation hit 9pc last week, politicians and commentators were frantically trying to find someone at whom to point the finger . The Governor of the Bank of England was an easy target. But is this really all the Bank’s fault? The key to assessing this issue lies with understanding that there is currently not one crisis but two – a sharp contraction in real incomes and a surge in inflation. Of course these two are related but they are not the same thing. And different people are responsible for them. Most people think that these are the same because they imagine that inflation is all about prices in the shops and their utility bills, while being nothing to do with their pay. If only price inflation could be brought down again while pay increases remained at the current level, then real pay and hence living standards could start to rise again. Accordingly, they readily imagine – and some politicians knowingly or … [Read more...] about Recession or not, Bank of England chiefs must lift interest rates now

“I think over 90% of all men love bimbos, so embrace your bimbo love.” These were the sentiments of one woman who has spent a fortune on cosmetic surgeries to look as fake as possible. Jessy Bunny, like many other Botox loving blondes, has plumped her lips and enlarged her boobs in a process known as “bimbofication”. And while the women have splashed out thousands on their extreme look - they are now profiting from their investment by selling X-rated content. A lot of it is being flogged on subscription site OnlyFans - which currently has 170million users. Here, we take a look at the proud self-described bimbos who are earning a living from flaunting their plastic assets. Jessy Bunny Jessy Bunny wants to be the most recognisable bimbo on the planet - by having the biggest boobs, bum and lips in the world . The 20-year-old real-life Barbie has already spent £50,000 trying to achieve her bonkers mission. She used to be a natural-looking brunette until two boob … [Read more...] about Meet rich ‘bimbos’ selling X-rated content after splashing out on plastic bodies

Billionaire and tech visionary Elon Musk sounded the alarm about America’s dwindling birth rate on Tuesday while saying that the solution is, in part, to “celebrate having kids.” Musk has warned about the world’s underpopulation in the past but focused specifically on the United States in his latest comments. The potential new owner of Twitter added that America’s birth rate has been unsustainable for half a century. “USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years,” Musk tweeted. Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have. I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2022 Musk, who has eight children, also added that wealthier people tend not to have as many children. “Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have. I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid,” he claimed. Statista noted that In 2017 “the … [Read more...] about ‘We Just Need To Celebrate Having Kids’: Elon Musk Sounds Off On America’s Dwindling Birthing Rate | The Daily Wire

Heathrow has duped the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) into inflating costs and underestimating revenue to justify steep increases in landing charges, according to a report by a former Treasury official. The findings also allege that Heathrow’s predominantly overseas shareholders are in line for a £5bn payday at the expense of the British passengers. A long-running row between Heathrow and airlines such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic is set to come to a head in the coming weeks as the CAA decides how much the airport can increase its landing charges over the coming years - fees that are typically passed onto passengers. Heathrow said the findings were “so flawed it is embarrassing” and accused airlines of trying to “protect their own profits”. The analysis, authored by former Treasury official Matthew Oakley and commissioned by airlines, says the regulator has made a series of mistakes when assessing Heathrow’s application. It found that operating costs were … [Read more...] about Heathrow ‘duped regulator to justify charging passengers more’

Heathrow Airport has been criticised for forcing disabled passengers to wait "long after" other passengers have left the aircraft for help to disembark. Frank Gardner, the BBC's Security Correspondent, who is a wheelchair user, said disabled people seemed to be the airport's "lowest priority" after he was left on an empty plane yesterday and told there were "no staff" to remove his wheelchair. This is not the first time the West London hub has come under fire for its treatment of disabled passengers, as the aviation regulator judged its service for wheelchair users to be poor in 2017. In a survey of almost 1,200 passengers who have used Heathrow's assistance service, the Civil Aviation Authority found that 62 per cent rated it as poor or very poor. Mr Gardner posted his complaint on social media, with the criticism going viral in a matter of hours as others chimed in to condemn the airport for its treatment of wheelchair users. It’s happened again. Stuck on an empty … [Read more...] about BBC’s Frank Gardner left on empty plane as Heathrow have ‘no staff to remove wheelchair’

Tony Blair thought he had the answer for London’s perennial public transport funding problem. For decades before him, the Greater London Authority was dependent on an annual grant from Westminster to balance the books. As a result, long-term investment was nigh-on impossible meaning passengers on the world’s oldest Underground railway were regularly saddled with typical delays, cancellations and overrunning engineering works. Privatising the Tube was his predecessor John Major’s answer. But Blair had other ideas when he came to power in 1997. Public-private partnerships were the solution. John Prescott, transport secretary at the time, told the Commons that the PPP model would “modernise the Underground” and “guarantee value for money” – neither of these assertions would come true. More than two decades on, and more than 10 years since New Labour’s experiment imploded – funding the capital’s public transport remains a conundrum. While decisions are yet to be made, Westminster … [Read more...] about Sadiq Khan stages last-ditch battle to stop the London Underground going down the tube

It could be Monday. It might take until the end of next week. Or it might even wait until June. But it now looks inevitable that we will soon officially be in a bear market. The S&P 500, still the main global benchmark for investors, is already down 18.7pc this year. One more bad day and it will be officially in bear territory. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index is already there, and so are many other markets around the world. Bear markets come and go. There have been 17 since the end of World War Two, and they typically last close to a year, with share prices falling by 30pc. But this could be a big one. Why? Because bear markets triggered by recessions are always the worst, and we are now heading for a deep downturn; because valuations were already crazily over-stretched at the peak; and because policy-makers are completely out of ammunition to counter the sell-off in equities. Add it all up and the market rout could well turn into one of the worst in post-war history. … [Read more...] about The stock market crash has only just begun

Omicron sub-variant discussed by infectious disease expert Sign up for FREE health tips to live a long and happy life SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Covid is a cruel lottery. For some, it results in a mild cold at most. For others, it can prove life-threatening. In the early days of the pandemic, researchers were groping in the dark as the number of critically ill patients piled up. Fortunately, the world is on a fundamentally different footing now thanks to advances in our understanding of Covid. A new study published in the journal Anaesthesia adds to the existing body of knowledge. Related articles Pancreatic cancer symptoms: The sign that shows up on the loo Dementia symptoms: Craving three … [Read more...] about Covid linked to impaired heart function warns new study – ‘focus on early warning signs’

We live in an era of biometric revolution, a technology that allows the verification of a person's identity through fingerprints or facial recognition. We encounter it when unlocking a phone, safely accessing company premises or a bank account. Skryť Remove ad Article continues after video advertisement Skryť Remove ad Article continues after video advertisement Since 2007 a Slovak company Innovatrics, founded by Ján Lunter Jr., has been involved in biometrics. On a global scale, the company is a strong player that has already verified the identity of more than a billion people. Facial biometrics has significantly expanded the commercial capabilities of the technology, as cameras are cheaper and therefore used by more employees than fingerprint scanners. When Innovatrics started, facial biometrics had a high error rate, but thanks to the development of neural networks and artificial intelligence, its reliability has … [Read more...] about Ukrainians put on masks and try to trick artificial intelligence