5 d. ago California's water reservoirs on track as winter storms may boost snowpack

The water in California’s mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, but a winter storm set to hit the Sierra Nevada in the coming days will offer a boost

Events

9 d. ago Mapped: The price of a pint across the UK as £5 set to become average

The price of a pint varies by as much as a pound depending where you are in the country, writes Albert Toth

Economics

9 d. ago Cost of pint of beer in UK set to soar above £5 average in bitter blow for drinkers

Brits are set to pay more for a round as the cost of a pint is due to rise by 21p, making the average pint now £5.01 amid a whole host of cost increases linked to October's budget

Economics

1 week ago Here comes the council tax pain! Average bills are set to soar by an inflation

Average bills are set to soar 5 per cent in the coming year, with the typical Band D cost in England up £109 to £2,280.

Economics

2 w. ago Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled

PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving more than 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse offKeir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts for some of the UK’s most severely disabled people, with an overhaul that could see more than 600,000 benefit claimants lose out on an average of £675 a month.Ministers are set to ditch plans to freeze personal independent payments (Pip) amid a backlash. But they will still tighten eligibility criteria for the benefit under big changes to be set out by the work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Households can beat energy price cap rise with simple money saving step

The energy price cap is set to rise by 6.4% from April 1, with the average dual fuel household paying by direct debit seeing an increase of more than £100

Economics

3 w. ago UK to be hotter than Ibiza this weekend as Brits head for beer gardens and BBQs

Forecasters are predicting a spring heatwave over the weekend with temperatures set to be a staggering 10C more than average March temperatures

Politics

3 w. ago How hot it will get in Greater Manchester as sunny weekend forecast

Temperatures are set to be 'well above the early-March average' from Friday

Politics