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HSBC has announced a series of rate changes across its mortgages after the Halifax and the Leeds building societies introduced reductions. The high street giant is reducing on fixed rate deals running for two, five and 10 years. The scale of the reductions, which will come into effect from Monday, have not yet been revealed. … Read more

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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during a panel discussion, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) via Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy’s advisory comes as … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said ahead of Friday’s precarious House speaker vote that Republicans are entering the “‘find out’ phase” after claiming they’d received a sweeping “mandate” from voters in November. Crockett said Democrats don’t plan to help them sort it out. “Listen, they have gone around, they have talked about how there … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING One minute, Jeremi Sensky was returning to his hotel on New Orleans’ iconic Bourbon Street. The next, he was flung face-first to the ground with the sound of gunfire around him. “It’s really weird but, because there were so many people in one place, it went through my mind that it could happen,” … Read more

Rita, Sue and Bob Too! (Image: Getty) The notorious pub where one of the most shocking films of the 1980s was penned could be transformed into high-quality flats for the UK’s upcoming City of Culture. The Beacon pub on Bradford’s Buttershaw Estate found national fame thanks to the work of Andrea Dunbar, and features in … Read more

New research claims the UK could have been paying this much to the EU if still in the bloc (Image: Getty ) had to hand over the same amount of money this year to the EU as Labour claim they needed to fix the “black hole” in the economy. Pro- research group say the UK … Read more

The UK will be battered by snow (Image: WXCHARTS) A is set to hit the UK overnight from Saturday to Sunday, sweeping in from the south and spreading northward, according to latest forecasts. While Eastern England and may escape the storm, around 14cm of snow is expected to blanket parts of Wales and Scotland, and … Read more

King Charles II in one of the hugely successful BBC adaptations of Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories (Image: Horrible Histories / Lion TV) Terry Deary is the man who made horrible history horribly entertaining! Since his debut book, The Terrible Tudors – the first of more than 60 non-fiction titles – was published in 1993, the … Read more

Rachel Reeves expensed a council tax bill for a second home. (Image: Getty) has been salmmed for “morally questionable” behaviour after expensing a whopping £10,880 on council tax bills for her second home. New analysis by has revealed 41 Labour ministers have expensed their bills since 2019. Coming out on top was Business Secretary Jonathan … Read more