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A material spike in oil and, crucially, natural gas prices this July would make it harder for the Bank of England to avoid hiking rates. We're pencilling in a one-and-done rate rise this summer
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A defect was found on railway tracks in East Sussex at the site where a train derailed leaving 30 injured, a report says.
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The Euro (EUR) edges lower against the British Pound (GBP) on Friday, hitting session lows at 0.8554 following the Eurozone’s preliminary inflation figures from July. The pair has turned negative in the daily chart, but…
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Gold tested $4,900 during Monday's session before rebounding to test the $5,000 psychological barrier on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to do what he can to help Britons through “really hard” times as cost pressures mount after figures showed inflation surging to a four-month high and forecasts for more pain ahead.
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NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 240 points in morning trading Wednesday, May 13, 2026, as hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation data reignited fears of persistent price pressures and del…
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The Harland and Wolff shipyard is to spend £3m refurbishing its famous yellow cranes, Samson and Goliath.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is examining whether the three companies engaged in so-called 'drip pricing', which is an illegal practice where mandatory fees are not included in the headline price shown to…
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The world's biggest humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, with its shares soaring by more than 600% in early trading.
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US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal.
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Consumers are increasingly relying on their mobile phone to make payments rather than carrying bank cards, new data shows.
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Single mum Emma Neil was a huge fan of Vinted, using it most days to sell old things and buy clothes for her children.
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A court has heard claims Meta intentionally hooked a generation of children on Facebook and Instagram, as the biggest legal challenge faced by the social media platform began.
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Disney and ABC have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from launching an early licence renewal process, arguing that the network is being unfairly targeted over its editorial content.
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The price of wool has increased more than 70% in the last year, helped in part by a smaller British flock of sheep and a dwindling of the global stockpile produced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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We've all looked up and seen the white lines trailing behind aircraft in the sky.
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Scotland's state-owned shipyard is to cut nearly a quarter of its total workforce while it waits for confirmation of promised new orders.
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Wetherspoons has banned its customers from playing music out loud or taking calls on speaker, saying the noise from phones and tablets was an increasing problem driving people "nuts".
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Disabled people in England will be able to travel by bus for free at any time of day from April, the government has announced.
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"Intense" trade talks are going down to the wire as Canada seeks to avoid a fresh round of tariffs from the Trump administration due to come into effect in less than 48 hours.
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China now produces nearly one-quarter of global output in the 10 advanced industries that make up ITIF’s Hamilton Index, outpacing all other nations. America and the West must recognize that China’s gains are coming at …
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Fifa's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has been sacked by the governing body, less than three weeks after he strongly criticised its president Gianni Infantino's aborted plan to sell stakes in competitions to priva…
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Reform UK has set out plans it says will save more than £50bn a year from the welfare bill by 2030 if it gets into government.
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