5 h. ago Major UK bank to ‘double the salary’ of customers in new monthly payday draw

A select few account holders will see their salary matched

Economics

6 h. ago Monzo will double the salary of 10 customers a month with new double payday draw

Monzo, the digital bank with 14m customers, has announced it is launching a double payday feature, where it will pay the equivalent of your net salary into your account.

Economics

17 h. ago Monzo launches new 'double payday' feature and you can get up to £10,000

To be eligible for Double Payday, you need to have your salary paid into Monzo - then, every month, Monzo will randomly pick ten customers to have their salary doubled

Economics

28 h. ago Savvy savers say they're being 'bankrupted' by Monzo's '1p a day' saving challenge: 'No one is getting Christmas presents at this rate'

At the start of 2025, UK-based digital bank Monzo launched its 1p savings challenge for the second year running, with more than a million people joining the programme by the end of January.

Economics

4 d. ago Spirit of Walt but no Mickey Mouse in Disney’s planned desert community

The entertainment giant is building almost 2,000 homes in California’s Palm Springs area so beloved by its founderThe Coachella valley typically brings a few things to mind: hot desert sun, the most Instagrammable music festival in the country, and even more sun. What it doesn’t bring to mind, however, is the family-friendly, Mickey Mouse-eared nostalgia associated with all things Disney. But that may be changing.In 2022, Disney announced plans to build a first-of-its-kind branded residential community, which they have named “Storyliving by Disney”. The first of the Storyliving communities, Cotino, is officially welcoming residents into model homes in Rancho Mirage, a city nestled in Coachella valley. When all plans are finished, the 618-acre community will feature almost 2,000 residential units, including single-family homes and condos. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Cuddling capybaras and ogling otters: the problem with animal cafes in Asia

A boom in places offering petting sessions is linked to a rise in the illegal movement of exotic and endangered species, say expertsThe second floor of an unassuming office building in central Bangkok is a strange place to encounter the world’s largest rodent. Yet here, inside a small enclosure with a shallow pool, three capybaras are at the disposal of dozens of paying customers – all clamouring for a selfie. As people eagerly thrust leafy snacks toward the nonchalant-looking animals, few seem to consider the underlying peculiarity: how, exactly, did this South American rodent end up more than 10,000 miles from home, in a bustling Asian metropolis?Capybara cafes have been cropping up across the continent in recent years, driven by the animal’s growing internet fame. The semi-aquatic animals feature in more than 600,000 TikTok posts. In Bangkok, cafe customers pay 400 baht (£9.40) for a 30-minute petting session with them, along with a few meerkats and Chinese bamboo rats. Doors are...

Politics

1 week ago Residents fear plans to build 12 luxury lodges worth £725,000 each on clifftop holiday park that featured in Broadchurch will destroy Jurassic coast

Work is already underway on the 12 holiday lodges that will be worth up to £725,000 each at Eype Cliff near West Bay, Dorset, which was the scene of the murder in series one of Broadchurch.

Economics

2 w. ago Is your car telling you to SPEED? Electric and hybrid owners say onboard tech is instructing them to do 80mph in school areas

But online forums are full of owners complaining that the feature - which is standard on the £55,000 Mazda CX-60 and £37,000 Volvo XC40 (pictured) - has been misreading signs and setting off alarms

Science

2 w. ago Rory McIlroy in line for staggering DOUBLE payday with huge £2.2m bonus

Rory McIlroy is set to compete at the DP World Tour Championship, which will also decide the season-long Race to Dubai standings

Economics

3 w. ago 'At risk' historic structure see key seaside town road closing for five weeks

Urgent repairs costing around £800,000 need to be made to Grade II listed feature that was officially opened in 1932

Events