Most economists think the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will opt to keep rates on hold when it meets on Thursday.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that if the Israeli strikes on Iran stop, then ‘our responses will also stop’.

According to Goliath’s official record, he hatched on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos on June 15 between 1885 and 1890.

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The duo were honoured at the Libraries Connected National Awards 2025, with Mr Tilling receiving the award at a ceremony in Warwickshire. Their efforts have transformed the Oxfordshire library service ...

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The daughter of a World War Two hero is preparing to complete a gruelling bike ride in his memory. Francie Cain, who lives in Chipping Norton, is preparing for the Help for Heroes Big Battlefield Bike ...

The US and Iran had been scheduled to hold their sixth round of indirect talks over Iran’s nuclear programme on Sunday.

Attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described the move as a ‘welcome U-turn’ while Kemi Badenoch called on him to apologise for ‘six ...