From 6m ago 07.00 EDT Bank of England holds rates unchanged at 3.75% The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 3.75%. The central bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) vot

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The golden coffin of “El Mencho”, the late leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), had barely been lowered into the ground when the Mexican military dealt a second blow to the very top of

It has been an election buildup dominated by the rise of Reform UK and the Greens, and the contrasting woes of Labour and the Tories. But there is a chance that on 8 May the Liberal Democrats, largely

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Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production and use of fossil fuels, after a landmark climate meeting involving nearly 60 countries. The vo

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Craig Bellamy has been diagnosed with an unspecified neurodegenerative disorder but will remain as coach of Melbourne Storm in the immediate future, the club has said. The club issued a statement 24

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Inflation across the eurozone has soared to 3% this month as the Iran war drove up energy prices, and growth stumbles. Consumer prices rose by 3% a year across the single currency bloc in April, new

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The turning point for Moreangels Mbizah came in 2014. The conservation biologist was in Hwange national park in Zimbabwe, scanning the savannah to monitor the movements of lions for her zoology PhD re

Former England defender Ashley Young has announced he is retiring from playing at the age of 40. Young started out at Watford before going on to play for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Inter Milan,

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If there’s one thing that’s clear from the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion’s 155-page interim report, it’s how much about the Bondi massacre remains unknown – and how little of wh

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'Serious buyer' for council's £3.1m marble bust 12 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Andrew Thomson and Jennifer Bowey , BBC Scotland News Highland Council The bust of Sir John Gordon

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