Lenders hand out most first-time buyer mortgages for nearly 20 years

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensIt plans to have 1,000 supermarkets in the UK by the end of 2023.The list of desirable locations for new stores is aimed at landowners and freeholders with suitable sites who are interested in exploring opportunities with Lidl.The discounter is seeking prominent sites, which are easily accessible, and have a strong pedestrian or traffic flow, whilst it is also interested in mixed-use sites.One is planned for Paisley's southside and the other in the

Discovery+ has greenlit its first series with Richard Hammond, in which The Grand Tour star will set up a classic car restoration workshop near his home in Herefordshire, UK.

Ann-Marie Corvin In Marvel’s character universe, what if British secret agent Peggy Carter was injected with super soldier serum, rather than her boyfriend, Steve Rogers?During Women in Animation’s virtual fireside chat on Monday at Annecy, with Marvel Studios’ EVP Victoria Alonso, the exec explained how the firm’s new ten part series “What If” – Marvel’s first foray into animation since becoming its own production company – is enabling creatives to explore a more inclusive universe.Dropping on

drug dealer who went by the name of 'Normalair' on EncroChat and bragged about selling three to five kilograms of cocaine in one week as well as having contacts in Dubai. Daniel Wilson supplied cocaine, heroin and cannabis across the UK while he was helping to deliver medication and food for the elderly and vulnerable during lockdown.

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We’ve watched Bear Grylls put a whole host of famous faces through their paces over the years, as he takes them on an adventure to remember. And in ITV’s special one-off, Bear & Nicola Adams’ Wild Adventure, it’s time for double Olympic Gold winning British boxer Nicola Adams to step up to the challenge.

Electric Vehicles (EV) are taking motorists back in time, with drivers now able to travel a mile by car on just one penny of fuel for the first time since the early 1970s. EDF’s GoElectric 35 EV tariff offers an off-peak charging rate of just 4.5p / kwh - the lowest in the UK and equivalent to just 1.3p per mile f or a typical EV.

Is Harry Styles taking his love for gender neutral clothing a notch higher? According to a latest report in Page Six, the 27-year-old singer has been named as the director of a newly registered company which plans on offering fragrance and cosmetics.