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Shop price inflation fell in April on the back of heavy discounting by retailers amid warnings consumers are yet to see the “full force” of the Middle East conflict. Shop prices overall are now 1% higher than last April, down from 1.2% in March and below the three-month average of 1.1%, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NIQ. Non-food prices are 0.1% cheaper […]

While the UK and US have not always agreed on everything, the nations’ shared traditions mean that “time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together”, the King is set to tell Congress. The monarch’s remarks in a speech to both houses on Tuesday will be seen as a tacit acknowledgement of recent transatlantic strains over the Iran war, which have put Donald Trump […]

39.8 million were recorded between January and March Post Office branches handled nearly 40 million cash transactions in the first three months of 2026, in what it said was the highest first quarter on record as households and businesses continued to rely on coins and banknotes. Some 39.8 million cash transactions were made during the first quarter of 2026, including withdrawals and deposits, according to the Post Office’s […]

Issues were reported on March 12th Lloyds Banking Group has paid out more than £200,000 after nearly half a million people were impacted by an IT glitch and revealed more than another 80,500 may have had their financial details exposed in the incident. The lender said the additional customers impacted were joint account holders with some of 446,915 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers who saw other […]

Nat Sciver-Brunt will captain the side England have named uncapped spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman in their 15-strong squad for this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup on home soil. The 18-year-old slow left-armer, who was snapped up in The Hundred last month on a six-figure deal, has been drafted into the side owing to leg-spinner Sarah Glenn missing out because of a broken finger. All-rounder Dani Gibson, the most expensive […]

She beat three former world champions on the way to securing the Players Championship 11 Beau Greaves has made darts history by becoming the first woman to win a PDC ranking title. The 22-year-old beat three former world champions at the Players Championship 11 in Milton Keynes, seeing off Rob Cross, Gary Anderson and Michael Smith. Greaves completed a nail-biting 8-7 victory over Smith in the final with […]

They made 3.2 billion dollars in the first quarter BP has come under fire after revealing profits more than doubled in the first three months of the year thanks to the soaring cost of crude caused by the Iran war. The FTSE 100 firm revealed its preferred profit measure – underlying replacement cost profit – surged by over 130% to a better-than-expected 3.2 billion US dollars (£2.4 billion) […]

Sir Keir Starmer’s assertion that “full due process” was followed in Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US has not been backed by the former top official at the Foreign Office. The Prime Minister faces a possible parliamentary sleaze inquiry over claims he misled MPs over the process which led to Lord Mandelson taking the Washington job. Former Foreign Office mandarin Sir Philip Barton declined to […]

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A memorial wall in Golders Green, north London, has been targeted in a suspected arson attack. The Metropolitan Police said it received reports of a fire at the site in Limes Avenue on Monday but the wall itself was not damaged. While counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation, the incident is not being treated as terrorism, the force said. It follows another alleged arson attack that saw four […]