21 h. ago Average price of a home jumps by more than £1,500 in September

Despite the increase, the average asking price for a home in Britain is 0.1 per cent or £502 lower than a year ago, with London and the South driving the dip

Economics

24 h. ago Average price tag on a home jumps by more than £1,500 in September

Despite the increase, the average asking price for a home in Britain is 0.1% or £502 lower than a year ago, with London and the South driving the dip.

Economics

33 h. ago Average price tag on a home jumps by more than £1,500 in September – Rightmove

Despite the increase, the average asking price for a home in Britain is 0.1% or £502 lower than a year ago, with London and the South driving the dip.

Economics

3 d. ago UK's own 'billionaires' row' where average house price is £21m

The UK's most expensive street has been revealed, and it's no surprise that it's in London. The average house price on the street is more than 60 times the national average

Economics

3 d. ago UK's own 'billionaires' row' where the average house price is £21m

The UK's most expensive street has been revealed, and it's no surprise that it's in London. The average house price on the street is more than 60 times the national average

Economics

6 d. ago Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit? | Helen Massy

This summer, locals and tourists enjoyed new river-bathing sites. As global heating escalates, we need more of these ‘cool islands’Sign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreAfter la rentrée, when adults and children alike across France head back to work and school after the seemingly endless summer holidays, you would be forgiven for thinking autumn is upon us. But, weather permitting, enthusiastic swimmers in Paris will be able to prolong that holiday feeling into September – by taking a dip in the River Seine.For nearly 100,000 swimmers, one of the highlights of this summer in the city has been being able to take a splash in the cool river waters at one of the three free public bathing spots, made available this year for the first time in over a century.Helen Massy-Beresford is a journalist based in Paris Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Aldi stores in North Lanarkshire donated almost 8,000 meals to families in need throughout summer holidays

All North Lanarkshire stores aided local charities and foodbanks during the period of increased demand by redistributing surplus food through community giving platform Neighbourly.

Politics

7 d. ago Aldi stores in Edinburgh and The Lothians donated over 43,000 meals to families in need throughout recent summer holidays

All Edinburgh and Lothian stores aided local charities and foodbanks during the period of increased demand by redistributing surplus food through community giving platform Neighbourly.

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1 week ago Tesla proposes $1tn pay package for Elon Musk; markets brace for US jobs report – business live

Musk would need to hit a series of market value, profit and operational milestones to earn mega-payoutFull story: Retail sales rise but ONS apologises as statistics crisis deepensFull story: Average UK house price reaches record £299,331, says HalifaxBarbara Teixeira Araujo, economist at Moody’s Analytics, says today’s retail sales report shows that the first quarter of the year was not as strong as previously thought:“That U.K. retail sales rose by a strong 0.6% month over month in July—building on a 0.3% increase in June—was definitely good news, especially given the bad vibes coming from the labour market. But we caution against reading too much into the headline.Not only did the underlying pace of growth remain lacklustre, with growth still falling by 0.6% q/q in the three months to July, but there are now significant questions around the reliability of those figures. Issues found with seasonal adjustment led to a thorough overhaul of the methodology this month, resulting in a c...

Economics

1 week ago Average UK house price hits new record high of £299,331 in August, says Halifax

The bank said house prices recorded the third month-on-month rise in a row.

Economics

1 week ago Rent price reaches record high as cheapest area in UK revealed

The number of available homes to rent across Britain is 8% higher than a year earlier

Politics

1 week ago Worst wildfire year on record as crews respond to nearly 1,000 after hottest summer

Meanwhile the number of firefighters is down 25% since 2008, the equivalent of around 11,000 wholetime crew members, the NFCC said

Events

1 week ago 5 of the UK's best value property hotspots, including 'absolute bargain', with houses from £97,000

The average house price in the UK has soared by an incredible 227% since 2000, from £82,197 to £269,079.

Economics

1 week ago Asylum hotel protests and Palestine Action arrests putting police under ‘chronic’ pressure

More than 3,000 protests this summer - the highest number in three years - have put forces under ‘chronic pressure’, with up to 40 more planned for this weekend

Events

1 week ago Police had to deal with more than 3,000 protests this summer

Police say the events have been 'infiltrated by people who are just intent on criminal behaviour'

Events

1 week ago Police dealt with more than 3,000 protests in three months over the summer

Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said public figures should avoid sowing division amid a climate of increased tension.

Events

1 week ago Under strain police dealt with record number of protests this summer as tensions flared over migrant crisis

More than 3,000 protests this summer - the highest number in three years - have put forces under ‘chronic pressure’, with up to 40 more planned for this weekend

Events

1 week ago Defiant Angela Rayner throws shade at Britain in a VERY striking outfit on first outing since being accused of failing to pay enough stamp duty on £800k third home

The deputy prime minister paid £30,000 instead of the full £70,000 rate levied on second homes when she purchased an £800,000 flat in Hove this summer by saying it was her only property.

Economics

1 week ago Throwing shades: Defiant Angela Rayner breaks cover in Downing Street amid furious row over tax discount for her lavish new £800,000 seaside flat

The deputy prime minister paid £30,000 instead of the full £70,000 rate levied on second homes when she purchased an £800,000 flat in Hove this summer by saying it was her only property.

Economics

2 w. ago Average UK house price suffers monthly fall of 0.1%, figures show

The affordability of a home remains ‘stretched’ compared with the longer term, Nationwide Building Society said.

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