Through the roof
The average house price has jumped by nearly £2500 this month. Rightmove said the average UK asking price rose by 0.8 per cent to £321,064.
NINE in 10 shoppers will carry on shopping mainly online even after high street stores reopen.
A study of 2000 adults found almost half find net shopping less stressful.
One in 10 even said they had bought a car online sight unseen, the study for Vauxhall Motors found.
Vauxhall’s James Taylor said: “Just as with a pair of jeans... grace periods, returns and refunds are perfectly common.”
BAKE Off star Manon Lagreve has revealed she is pregnant with her first child.
She told Hello! magazine she is planning to marry partner Luke Bennett next year in her home country of France.
Manon said: “I grew up knowing I wanted to be a mum, so I’m very happy and relaxed with being pregnant.
“The baby will be with me in the kitchen from the day it’s born.
“We are so happy to be having a summer baby and the due date is on Luke’s birthday – it feels like it’s meant to be.”
Manon, who starred in Bake Off in 2018, said she wants to raise her child to be bilingual.
She added: “That is one of the best gifts we can give them.”
BT STAFF are threatening the first national strike at the communications giant in more than 30 years in a row over jobs.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said 45,000 of its members in BT, Openreach and EE will be balloted, warning a yes vote would have a “massive impact” on the network.
The dispute over compulsory redundancies and the closure of sites has been running for more than a year.
CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: “They have kept the country connected, held together the home working revolution and enabled the wheels of the economy to keep moving – all while dealing with the realities of the pandemic themselves. Their reward from BT Group has been the threat of compulsory redundancy or the closure of their workplace.
A BT spokesman said: “We’re disappointed that CWU is contemplating industrial action, though the union has not started the formal industrial action process.
“We remain committed to discussing the concerns they have raised.”
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