Lord Peter Mandelson’s political career appears to be over after fresh releases from the Epstein files revealed the depth of his friendship with the paedophile financier. The Labour veteran, 72, was sacked from his US ambassadorial role in September last year due to his ties with Epstein. Lord Mandelson’s name has appeared in some of […]
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The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now “likely” later in the year as inflation falls back to the Bank’s 2% target faster than expected. In a narrow decision, five members of the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to maintain rates at the level set
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The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates was short on action but strong on signals that a rate cut this spring is now more likely than not. While markets expected the nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) to leave the base rate unchanged at 3.75%, the 5-4 vote in favour of the status quo
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A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl playing outside her mother’s embroidery shop has been found guilty of murder. Deividas Skebas, 26, knifed Lilia Valutyte in the heart as she played with a hula hoop in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 28 July 2022. Skebas, a Lithuanian who has schizophrenia and moved back to the UK just
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Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie. The 84-year-old went missing from her home in Arizona under suspicious circumstances. She was last seen at her home near Tucson on the evening of 31 January and was reported missing the following morning. A notice circulated by the Pima
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Our Money team helps a reader every week with their consumer issue or financial dispute… Today, the problem comes from a reader called Ruth… A few days before Christmas, a 7.5-tonne John Lewis lorry that had just delivered a bed to me reversed too far off my drive and became stuck in my garden. The
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Autism rates are ‘more or less equal for men and women’, according to a study which challenges previous assumptions about its prevalence. While the neurological and developmental condition is known to be more common in young boys, Swedish researchers found there was a big rise in diagnoses among adolescent girls. And by the age of
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A wealth platform which targets professionals whose finances are becoming increasingly complex is raising nearly £8m from a syndicate of investors. Sky News understands that Sidekick, which was founded in 2022, will announce on Friday that it has secured the backing in a Series A round led by Eos Ventures and the Development Bank of
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US TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded for the return of her mother and said the family is “ready to talk” to her captor – but asked them to provide proof she is alive. In an emotional video message posted on social media, the NBC anchor, flanked by her siblings, said: “We are ready to
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Sky’s coverage of the downfall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has won best news programme at the Broadcast Awards. The hour-long special, fronted by lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim, aired in December 2024 following the sudden ousting of the dictator. Featuring on-the-ground reporting and interviews from chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and international affairs editor
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