They are the all-too familiar symptoms for millions at this time of year – swollen, itchy eyes, a runny nose and a throat raw from sneezing.
As temperatures start to rise, it’s a sign that the hay fever season is in full swing. And experts say this year is set to be more miserable than most owing to record levels of pollen.
Hay fever symptoms normally appear when the pollen count exceeds 50, according to the Met Office
Forecasters predict
Markets are pricing in two more interest rate hikes this year in yet more misery for struggling mortgage borrowers.
The Bank of England raised rates by a widely expected 0.25 percentage points yesterday, with some observers thinking there might be another ‘shock and awe’ 0.5 per cent
A critic has hit out at the Bank of England for raising interest rates again today as inflation falls.
Samuel Mather-Holgate, from Mather & Murray Financial, said: “Increasing rates, knowing the last rises haven’t been felt yet, and whilst inflation is falling, is absolute lunacy.
“Only one member of the Monetary Policy Committee wanted to maintain its previous level and they should be applauded.
“This further rise will add misery to homeowners and those with business finance. An already lifeless
British homeowners are braced for more mortgage misery today (Thursday, August 3). The Bank of England is expected to rise UK interest rates to a fresh 15-year high as its long-running fight to control the rising cost-of-living continues.
Most economists expect the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to lift the base rate by 0.25 percentage points today, taking it to 5.25%. The last time it stood at 5.25% was in March 2008.
It would mark a smaller increase than the
Experts are forecasting “more misery” for homeowners as the Bank of England is set to raise interest rates once again.
In the past year, mortgage repayments have risen substantially due to a wave of constant base rate hikes from the central bank.
These have been carried out by the Bank to mitigate the damage caused by inflation on the economy.
While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate remains high in the UK, last month it eased to 7.9 percent.
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Mr. Julius Bennett, 86, stately in a long coat and fedora, walked dutifully into a courtroom on the third floor of the Bronx County Housing Court. He and a knot of stubborn neighbors had repeated this ritual several times in a snail-like series of hearings, attempting to use the court to compel their landlord to make repairs. Their case file was thick with notices of housing code violations and affidavits attesting to everything from roach and
Spaniens Versuch, britische „Budget“-Touristen auf der Suche nach „gehobenen“ Urlaubern zu brüskieren, verursacht Elend für die Bewohner von Mallorca und Ibiza, die nun gezwungen sind, in Vans zu leben, weil sie sich die steigenden Mietpreise nicht mehr leisten können.
Einheimische von den Balearen sagten, sie hätten sich gefragt, wie sie „überleben“ und es sich leisten würden, Immobilien inmitten steigender Preise zu mieten oder zu kaufen, die durch eine Verlagerung hin zu gehobenen Touristen getrieben wurden, die sich teurere Immobilien leisten
Die Kommentare des Verkehrsministers kommen, als Passagiere in ganz Großbritannien vier Tage lang Chaos erleben, da am Donnerstag über 45.000 Bahnmitarbeiter ausstiegen und nur ein Fünftel der Züge fährt.
Herr Shapps sagte, die Gewerkschaften „ruinieren die Sommerpläne von Millionen hart arbeitender Menschen“.
Er fuhr fort: „Auch Unternehmen werden darunter leiden, da die Freizeit- und Tourismusbranche der Hauptstadt, die auf diesen Sommerhandel gesetzt haben, Millionen verlieren werden – ein besonders grausamer Schlag, wenn man bedenkt, wie hart viele gearbeitet haben, um
„Mit großer Trauer teilen wir Ihnen mit, dass Jimmy am Abend des 6. Juli verstorben ist“, heißt es in der Erklärung. „Die Familie weiß die Ausgießung von Liebe und tief empfundenem Beileid zu schätzen und bittet Sie, ihre Privatsphäre in dieser schwierigen Zeit weiterhin zu respektieren.“
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Caan wurde zum ersten Mal berühmt, als er den Chicago Bears-Halfback Brian Piccolo in „Brian’s Song“ spielte, einem weithin gesehenen Fernsehfilm von 1971. Der zu Tränen rührende Film zeichnete … Read more
Rising Covid cases will hit ‘all sectors’ in the UK with staff absences to cause even more disruption to Britons this summer, experts warned today on the eve of the biggest rail strike in decades.
Latest surveillance data shows cases rose by 40 per cent last week with one in 50 people infected in England — the largest weekly rise seen since Christmas. It is already piling pressure on busy hospitals.
The latest surge is being driven by Platinum Jubilee
