6 h. ago Bank of England vote split hits hopes for faster interest rate cuts

Debate highlights uncertain outlook for UK growth and ‘plethora of risks’ facing economy

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9 h. ago New interest rate cut could see people with tracker mortgage save nearly £350 a year

People with savings are set for a further slump after the Bank of England cut the base rate to 4.25% on Thursday.

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10 h. ago Interest rates live updates: Bank of England slashes interest rates to 4.25% in boost to homeowners

It marks lowest level for two years as central bank warns escalating global trade war will drag on growth over next three years

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10 h. ago Tracker mortgage holders could save nearly £350 a year following rate cut

Thursday’s base rate reduction by the Bank of England would help boost housing market activity, property experts said.

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11 h. ago What the Bank of England's interest rate cut to 4.25% means for you

The Bank of England has voted to cut interest rates by 0.25 basis points, which will be welcome news to those with a mortgage.

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11 h. ago What the Bank of England's interest rate cut means for your mortgage

The UK base rate has been reduced from 4.5 percent down to 4.25

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11 h. ago Interest rates live updates: Bank of England slashes interest rates to 4.25% in boost to home owners

Comes as the US and UK are poised to announce a major trade deal

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13 h. ago Interest rates LIVE: Bank of England updates as base rate announcement delayed today

The Bank of England's base rate dictates how much interest you pay when you borrow money, so mortgages and credit card rates usually get more expensive when it goes up

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15 h. ago South Lanarkshire councillors united over future of Hamilton Accies

The club, who were relegated to League One last week, announced they were planning to move to Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld.

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16 h. ago Buyers wait for more interest rate cuts as London house prices rise just 1.3%

Latest figures from Halifax come ahead of the Bank of England’s decision on rate cuts today

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16 h. ago Interest rates live updates: Bank of England poised to cut interest rates in boost to mortgage holders

Economists expect Bank of England to cut rates to 4.25 per cent – with some anticipating push for even larger reduction

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17 h. ago What time is the British and Irish Lions squad announced? How to watch on TV and online

Andy Farrell announces his squad for the Lions tour to Australia this week

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32 h. ago Bank of England to make interest rate announcement this week

Announcements are watched closely by savers, borrowers and financial markets in the UK and worldwide

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33 h. ago When video games journalism eats itself, we all lose out | Keith Stuart

As industry giants trade beloved brands like commodities and AI offers easy content, independent games outlets are rising up. Here’s why they’re sorely neededLast week was a bad one for video games journalism. Two key contributors to the veteran site Giant Bomb, Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti, have announced their departure after a recent podcast was taken down. The 888th episode of the Giant Bombcast reportedly featured a section lampooning new brand guidelines issued to staff and is no longer available online. Later this week, it was announced that major US site Polygon was being sold to Valnet, owner of the ScreenRant and GameRant brands, resulting in a swathe of job losses. This follows ReedPop’s sale, in 2024, of four high-profile UK-based sites – Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, Rock Paper Shotgun and VG247 – to IGN Entertainment, owned by Ziff Davis, which also resulted in redundancies.It’s sad how these long-standing sites, each with vast audiences and sturdy reputations, have bee...

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33 h. ago UK savers told to ‘move fast’ ahead of expected interest rate change

Savings rates are ‘firmly in retreat mode’ says one expert

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37 h. ago When is the British and Irish Lions squad announced? How to watch on TV and online

Andy Farrell announces his squad for the Lions tour to Australia this week

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55 h. ago Bank of England confirms change to interest rates announcement this week

The rare divergence from the Bank's traditional announcement was last seen in 2022 when the Queen died

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58 h. ago Bank of England set to make next interest rates decision on Thursday

The base rate is what the Bank of England uses to charge other banks and lenders money - this then influences how much you're charged as a customer to borrow money

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62 h. ago Barclays makes major change to savings account in huge blow to customers

It comes ahead of the Bank of England announcing its next interest rate decision on Thursday, where it is widely expected that the base rate will be cut from 4.5% to 4.25%

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3 d. ago ‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr’s national autism database

US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuseAutism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study – and pointing to the ways such databases could be misused.While the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denies it’s a registry, the agency did confirm a sweeping database of autistic people will power a $50m study on autism. Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said last week that he plans to announce results from the study within months. Continue reading...

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