Hotels forced to close, empty car parks, and deserted beaches – locals in holiday hotspots have described how their bustling tourist destinations turn into ghost towns in the winter.
In January in the Victorian resort of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to quote former Smiths frontman Morrissey, every day is like Sunday.
Shops and cafes which in the height of summer are rammed, are now closed. And the colourful huts offering mackerel fishing trips are boarded up.
In Wells-next-the-Sea, around 35 per cent
Everyone knows banks have been giving savers a rotten deal. New research shows they are ripping off their customers in a host of other ways, too, and it just gets worse and worse.
Last month, MPs accused the big banks of “profiteering” by failing to increase interest rates on savings accounts at the same speed as they have been hiking mortgages.
City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged to crack down unless banks pay loyal savers more.
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Sinead O’Connor, who has tragically passed away at the age of 56, was embroiled in multiple controversies throughout her lifetime, but at the root of many of her most memorable public moments was her difficult relationship with religion.
The legendary Irish singer, who spoke of her personal connection to the holy spirit, was raised a Catholic, but caused outrage by ripping up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live in October 1992, as a statement against sexual abuse
