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Hard-pressed households have been hit with a record interest rate hike to 1.75% as the Bank of England warned of a year-long recession to hit this winter. Today has been dubbed Black Thursday as Britons are hit with a triple whammy of rates, inflation and energy bills. 4 Families today face a Black Thursday of …
The family of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee have made a court application to move him to die “with dignity” in a hospice rather than a hospital. The family have exhausted all legal avenues to delay the withdrawal of Archie’s life support, after the European Court of Human Rights said it would not interfere with the UK …
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Key events BETA filters Key events (1) Bank of England (4) UK (3) Andrew Bailey (3) BoE (2) MPC (2) Since last December, the Bank has already increased its basic interest rate, Bank Rate, from 0.1% to 1.25%, as a response to the increase in the cost of living. UK interest rate rises But the …
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Nancy Pelosi sends ‘unequivocal message’ that ‘America stands with Taiwan’ China began its biggest military exercises around Taiwan today following Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the island nation. US House Speaker Pelosi left Taiwan yesterday evening on a US Air Force jet, concluding a historic and high-stakes visit that sparked a flurry of angry responses …
China will begin an unprecedented series of live-fire drills that would effectively blockade the island of Taiwan, just hours after the departure of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose controversial visit this week has sparked fears of a crisis in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan has called the drills, which will last until Sunday afternoon and …
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Key events Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Drones were reported over the Kinmen Islands overnight Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Thursday that unidentified aircraft, likely drones, had flown over the area of its Kinmen Islands, which lie off China’s southeast coast, on Wednesday night, and who had fired flares …
A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman who disappeared a decade ago. Darren Osment will appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Thursday accused of murdering 32-year-old Claire Holland. Mrs Holland, from the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol, was last seen leaving Seamus O’Donnell’s pub in the city center at 11.15pm …
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Lord Howard urges party members to wait for the next election and think about “who will be best placed” to beat Sir Keir Starmer: “a man who stood with Jeremy Corbyn, who tried to persuade us all there . years ago to make Jeremy Corbyn our Prime Minister.” “And I’m asking you to keep that …
Liz Truss’ humiliating U-turn on her proposal to cut regional public sector pay proved the ultimate example of how big policy deals can quickly unravel on contact. As part of a package to cut civil service spending dubbed the “war on waste”, Mr Truss claimed up to £8.8bn could be saved by creating regional pay …
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