59 minutes ago Halifax and Barclays increase their mortgage rates amid Budget jitters

Move means best priced sub 4% deals are fast disappearing from the market

Economics

67 minutes ago European Central Bank cuts interest rates after inflation falls below 2%

ECB cuts key rate by a quarter of a point to 3.25% after annual price growth in the eurozone fell to 1.7%The European Central Bank has cut its headline interest rate by a quarter of a point to 3.25% after inflation in the eurozone fell below its 2% target.ECB policymakers were under pressure to reduce the deposit rate after inflation figures out earlier on Thursday showed annual prices growth in the single-currency bloc had eased in September to 1.7%, down from 2.2% the previous month. Continue reading...

Economics

76 minutes ago Labour backtracks on push for genocide ruling on China’s treatment of Uyghurs

Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing on FridayUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as genocide in the run-up to David Lammy’s trip to the country this weekend.The foreign secretary is expected to arrive in Beijing on Friday for high-level meetings before travelling to Shanghai on Saturday. Continue reading...

Politics

79 minutes ago Location, Location, Location viewers in disbelief at £450,000 flat in leafy London borough that comes with a major catch

Toby and Simone, both 26, were looking to buy their first home in London - with a £45k deposit and £450,000 maximum budget due to using the government's Lifetime ISA.

Economics

81 minutes ago Magistrates’ sentencing powers to be increased again amid prison overcrowding

The Justice Secretary hopes the move will also help clear the court backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with.

Events

83 minutes ago Lawsuits aim to prevent ‘illegal’ hiding of toxic chemicals by US regulators

Companies often claim ‘confidential business information’ to not disclose key information about dangerous chemicalsTwo lawsuits aim to stop US federal regulators and industry from “illegally” hiding basic information about toxic chemicals that are potentially polluting the environment, used in consumer products and endangering public health.Companies often claim that toxic chemicals’ health and safety data, and even their names, are “confidential business information” (CBI) because making the data public could damage their bottom line. Continue reading...

Events

83 minutes ago Carrie review – Brian De Palma’s horror masterpiece is a death metal spectacle of carnage

Sissy Spacek unforgettably evolves from ugly duckling to swan to something else entirely in the groundbreaking film adaptation of Stephen King’s novelBrian De Palma’s insouciantly horrible masterpiece from 1976, adapted from the novel by Stephen King, and mixing in tropes and tricks from Hitchcock’s Psycho, is now rereleased. This is the extraordinary exploitation shocker that also conveyed – or anyway fabricated – an impassioned sympathy for a bullied teenage girl with learning disabilities and telekinetic powers. It was a horror classic that didn’t conform to the narrative beats of the genre; it was a scary movie in which the terrifying demon was also the final girl.Sissy Spacek gives an amazing performance as Carrie, a shy high school student and put-upon daughter of Margaret (Piper ...

Events

83 minutes ago Manchester United managerial target could face final audition in front of Ineos chiefs

Thomas Frank has long been considered a potential candidate for the Man Utd job if Erik ten Hag departs and he has had some good days against his opposite number.

Sport

1 hour ago United Utilities accused of illegally dumping sewage into Windermere for years

United Utilities did not report at least 102 million litres of illegal sewage pollution to regulators, a BBC analysis found.

Events

1 hour ago Thomas Tuchel unveiled and a Premier League preview: Football Weekly Extra

Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Will Unwin discuss Thomas Tuchel’s first press conference as England manager, before looking ahead to this weekend’s Premier League gamesRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today: Thomas Tuchel addresses the media for the first time. He answered everything well and seemed very relaxed despite the inevitable questions about the anthem. We’ll talk about what to expect from him as a manager and, more broadly, the state of English coaching. Continue reading...

Politics