35 h. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London muted as Asian markets hit record highs amid easing US

FTSE 100 LIVE: London muted as Asian markets hit record highs amid easing US-China trade tensions  Yahoo

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3 d. ago Crime writer hit with £100 fine for stopping to buy ticket in ‘daylight robbery’

Legendary crime novelist Tony Bassett had been looking to park his car and had gotten out in order to pay for a ticket when he was slapped with a bizarre £100 fine

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5 d. ago UK manufacturers hit by largest drop in orders since 2020; FTSE 100 hits record high – business live

Shares in oil companies jump after US sanctions Russian energy firms, while manufacturers see weak prospects aheadYesterday’s weaker-than-expected UK inflation report has sparked chat that the Bank of England could cut interest rates sooner than expected.Deutsche Bank say there is now an “interesting debate” on whether there may be enough ammunition for the Bank’s monetary policy committee to cut borrowing costs as soon as its next meeting in early November.What’s the case for November? Relative to the Bank’s projections, growth has surprised to the downside, private sector AWE growth has surprised to the downside, unemployment has risen in line with Bank expectations, and inflation now sits a healthy amount below the Bank’s projections. Indeed, one could make the argument that the ingredients for a November rate cut are there.So, why not November? We think three things will be important for the MPC to see before dialling down restrictive policy again. One, the MPC may want to see s...

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5 d. ago UK manufacturers hit by largest drop in orders since 2020; FTSE 100 hits fresh record high – business live

Shares in oil companies jump after US sanctions Russian energy firms, while manufacturers see weak prospects aheadYesterday’s weaker-than-expected UK inflation report has sparked chat that the Bank of England could cut interest rates sooner than expected.Deutsche Bank say there is now an “interesting debate” on whether there may be enough ammunition for the Bank’s monetary policy committee to cut borrowing costs as soon as its next meeting in early November.What’s the case for November? Relative to the Bank’s projections, growth has surprised to the downside, private sector AWE growth has surprised to the downside, unemployment has risen in line with Bank expectations, and inflation now sits a healthy amount below the Bank’s projections. Indeed, one could make the argument that the ingredients for a November rate cut are there.So, why not November? We think three things will be important for the MPC to see before dialling down restrictive policy again. One, the MPC may want to see s...

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8 d. ago Senne Lammens reveals key to impressive start to Man United career after win at Liverpool

The Belgian goalkeeper has impressed early on since his summer move to Old Trafford for £18m, making a fine stop to deny Alexander Isak in the 2-1 win against Liverpool at Anfield

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9 d. ago Emma Corrin shows off their quirky sense of style in a floral apron on the red carpet for 100 Nights of Hero screening at BFI London Film Festival

Emma Corrin showed off their quirky sense of style in a floral apron as they hit the red carpet for their new film 100 Nights of Hero screening in London on Sunday. 

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9 d. ago Drivers could risk hefty fine and points if they stop for ambulance in wrong spot

Drivers have been told not to make the mistake or risk points and a fine

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1 week ago Global government debt on course to hit 100% of GDP by 2029, IMF warns

Ratio would be highest since aftermath of second world war, with UK among G20 countries forecast to peak aboveBusiness live – latest updatesGovernment debt across the world is on course to hit 100% of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2029, according to analysis by the International Monetary Fund, the highest level since the aftermath of the second world war.In its Fiscal Monitor report, the IMF said aggregate government debt had risen more rapidly than expected before the Covid pandemic, when policymakers stepped into protect citizens and bail out hard-hit businesses. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago China warns of retaliation after Trump slapped country with extra tariffs – but US leader insists ‘it will be fine’

CHINA has warned it will retaliate with its own "countermeasures" after Donald Trump hit the country with extra 100 per cent tariffs - in the latest escalation of the tit-for-tat trade war. The US president played down simmering tensions between the two nations - vowing everything "will be fine" in the face of Beijing's latest...

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2 w. ago I rang up the AI travel agent that's so good people have asked it out on dates

Tim Hentschel, CEO of HotelPlanner.com and HotelPlanner.ai, says his virtual travel agents are already taking 50,000 real calls a day and will hit the 100,000 mark before the year is out

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 07 October: House prices weaken, B&M hit by poor trading

Gold and Bitcoin prices are in focus after they traded at record levels earlier today.

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3 w. ago ‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland

With her latest book, the author moves detective Jimmy Perez from Shetland to Orkney, where she was inspired by the deep history, huge skies and warm peopleFifty years ago, I headed north for the first time. I’d dropped out of my university literature course – with the arrogance of youth, I thought I could read books anywhere. After a chance meeting in a Putney pub, I got a job as assistant cook in the Bird Observatory in Fair Isle. At that point, I didn’t even know where Fair Isle was. I came from Devon and hadn’t made it farther north than Durham. Scotland was unknown territory.Of course, Fair Isle is part of the Shetland group and lies halfway between Shetland mainland and Orkney. That summer, I fell in love with the Northern Isles, with the romance of the isolation, the bleak beauty and the stories. Over the summer, I worked in the observatory with Alison, an Orcadian lass, who was there for her college holidays. “When you’ve finished your contract,” she said with the easy hospi...

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3 w. ago Covid fraudsters urged to pay up before December or face ‘hit squad’

The Government has pledged to hit perpetrators with fines of up to 100% of the value of the money they swindled from the taxpayer.

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3 w. ago BBC crime 'masterpiece' hailed as 'best show on TV in years'

The hit detective show has a 100% rating and is based on bestselling novels by Sir Ian Rankin

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3 w. ago Distinguished Mail writer and author Shaun Usher dies at 88 

Former Daily Mail writer Shaun Usher, who later found success as a prolific writer of crime fiction, has died aged 88.

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