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The NAO investigation into supply chain finance found that “free” salary advance schemes for NHS employees started to have a cost after Greensill Capital’s collapse. This may have implications for the audits of NHS bodies.
HomeNewsMortgages Is it too late to invest in the UK holiday let market Published: 26/05/2021 Share The demand for holidays in the UK has been high due to the restrictions in place on international travel. The lifting of these remains uncertain and demand for the Summer holidays continues to outstrip supply in the UK’s holiday hotspots. Mortgage lenders have responded to this uptick in demand and there are now 154 holiday let mortgages available, not far off the pre pandemic levels of 162 in March 2020. However, despite having interest rates at histor...
A PHONE used by one of the six people accused of murdering Carlisle man Lee McKnight sent a series of late-night messages to his girlfriend, at one point telling her: “Not my fault.” That message – sent in the early hours of July 24 last year – was from 18-year-old Jamie Lee Roberts, one of the three men accused of beating up Mr McKnight after he was “lured” to a property in Carlisle on the day when he died, jurors heard. The exchange was presented to the court as prosecuting barrister Tim Evans took jurors through some of the phone records and CCTV images which will be evid...
Trial jury hears details of 999 call made by farmer who found Lee McKnight’s body the abandoned Nissan Navara found by police in woodland at Wreay, near Carlisle, which have been seen by the jury: The transcript of a 999 call made by a farmer who discovered the body of Lee McKnight in water on the outskirts of Carlisle has been played to a jury. In the call, made at 5.23am on Friday, July 24 last year, the man told a call handler: “I think I have found a dead body in the River Caldew.” He reported 26-year-old Mr McKnight being face down in the water, only up to three feet from the riv...
Matthew Rees had nearly £1,000 in his jacket pocket, she said. MORE NEWS Nathan Rees had a small amount of cannabis. A search of Matthew Rees' home unearthed several thousand pounds of cash in bundles and a mobile phone with drug-related messages. Both brothers pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of the class B drug. Neither had any relevant previous convictions. Susan Ferrier, representing father-of-two Matthew Rees, said: “The defendant is a family man trying his best to run a burger van.” His barrister told how...