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The typical home increased in value by around £12,000 last year, according to Nationwide Building Society.It said the average house price rose by 4.7 per cent over the course of 2024, increasing from £257,443 to £269,426.However, Nationwide says prices remain just below the all-time high recorded in summer 2022, before mortgage rates spiked.Prices have risen consecutively for the past four months. December saw a 0.7 per cent per cent monthly rise, after taking account of seasonal effects, following a 1.2 per cent increase in November.The recent spike in prices is linked to buyers trying to beat the stamp duty changes…
By SARAH SOTOODEH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 15:41 EST, 2 January 2025 | Updated: 16:11 EST, 2 January 2025 Jennifer Aniston showcased her incredible age-defying body while sporting a tiny string bikini for her annual trip to Cabo, Mexico with her pals.The 55-year-old flaunted her flat midriff in her coral triangle bikini top, paired with blue swimsuit bottoms.Her celeb pal Jason Bateman was also on hand for the yearly trip.He was seen lounging nearby, basking in the sunshine. The star was wearing the same swimsuit she wore 13 years prior – while on holiday in the same resort city with her then-fiance…
Just a few hundred metres from the roaring traffic of the M40, scientists have uncovered a very different kind of road.Around 166 million years ago Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ was teaming with lumbering giants and fierce predators making their way across the country. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints.Scientists found five of the UK’s most extensive dinosaur trackways, with the longest measuring 150m in length.Four of these belong to long-necked herbivores – most likely Cetiosaurus, an 18-metre-long cousin of the Diplodocus.The fifth track was made…
Health officials are warning about a little-known deadly fungus that caused the biggest fungal outbreak in US history.Last February, 162 workers at Billerud Paper in Michigan were sickened with blastomycosis, an infection caught by inhaling spores from the fungus Blastomyces.Of those, 18 workers were hospitalized with scarring on their lungs that made it difficult to breathe. One patient died. The outbreak made headlines at the time, but the CDC has published its full report on this week. All of the patients worked at or visited the factory, and most reported seemingly benign symptoms like coughing and fatigue. Blastomyces is believed to be found in…
Travelers are ready to ditch their friends and head out by themselves – according to new surveys. As per tourism market research firm Future Partners, nearly 40 percent of female travelers expressed interest in embarking on a solo trip in 2025, up eight percent from last year.The survey noted that men are more likely to travel alone for fun, but there has been an increased demand for women, which hasn’t been seen before.Travel organizations have reported concentrated female focused travel has catapulted in popularity over the last 12 months.Of these female travelers, 40 percent admitted they were seeking a ‘sense of…
By WILL POTTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 08:18 EST, 2 January 2025 | Updated: 13:48 EST, 2 January 2025 Advertisement Authorities are probing possible links between the terrorist who killed 15 and injured dozens more in New Orleans and the man who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Both terrorist Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, and bomber Matthew Livelsberger, 37, were killed on Wednesday in the chilling attacks across the country. Within hours of the attack in New Orleans, officials said that they believe Jabbar may have had accomplices and that he was not ‘solely responsible.’ Late in the evening, the…
The world’s number one chess player has caused an uproar and is facing match-fixing allegations after sharing his world title with his Russian rival.Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen, 34, was drawing against Ian Nepomniachtchi, also known as Nepo, at the World Blitz Championships on Wednesday when he leaned over the board and offered his opponent a deal. ‘Would you agree to maybe share first [place]?’, Carlsen asked Nepo, in a video shared on X. In the blitz format, chess players have three minutes and two seconds per move added to the clock to complete a game. But instead of playing on until one player won,…
Sugar Bowl officials and local authorities are cautiously proceeding with the rescheduled college football game in the aftermath of Wednesday’s terror attack that killed 14 and left more than 30 injured in the French Quarter.Teams of bomb-sniffing dogs and their handlers are out in force around the Superdome, where hundreds more police officers are now expected ahead of Thursday’s matchup between seventh-seeded Notre Dame and second-seeded Georgia. Dogs were seen sniffing vehicles entering the Superdome garage, as well as the personal belongings of anyone entering the stadium. The Superdome was on lockdown for security sweeps on Wednesday morning, but the doors were…
However, the group was boosted by a £2.5million insurance payout By HARRY WISE Updated: 09:02 EST, 2 January 2025 The owner of Wildwood restaurants said sales were ‘disappointing’ in the lead-up to Christmas after it underwent a restructure in the hope of reviving its fortunes. Hospitality group Tasty, which also owns the dim sum chain Dim T, said it continued to uphold a ‘cautious outlook’ while the casual dining sector endures ‘several adverse factors.’These include food cost inflation and declining consumer confidence and discretionary spending, as well as national insurance and living wage changes unveiled in the Government’s October Budget.Tasty shut 14…
Andrew Garfield has shared how he felt he was ‘living and dying by external validation’ after being hit by an identity crisis in his mid-20s.The actor, 41, has received critical acclaim for a string of roles in his career, and even landed an Oscar nomination for his performance in Hacksaw Ridge in 2016.But in a new interview with GQ Hype, Andrew has shared that he began to re-examine his life after noticing how external success, particularly during awards season, began to affect his mood, and he sought help from a therapist.He explained: ‘I was living and dying by external validation,…