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Housing Market Remains Stable Amid Budget Announcements

Housing Market Remains Stable Amid Budget Announcements

Metro /

UK house price growth slowed in November, rising 1.8 per cent year-on-year compared to 2.4 per cent in October, according to Nationwide. Month-on-month, prices increased by 0.3 per cent, taking the typical property value to £272,998. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said the housing market has remained fairly stable, with mortgage approvals for house purchases […]

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Snow Hits Some Parts of England as 27 Counties Escape Winter Weather

330-Mile ‘Snow Bomb’ to Slam UK as Wales, Scotland Brace for Heavy Falls

News /

A huge “snow bomb” stretching an estimated 330 miles is forecast to strike the UK next week, bringing widespread snowfall across Wales and Scotland on 5 December. New projections suggest parts of the country could be hit by up to five inches of snow as Arctic air sweeps south during the afternoon and intensifies into

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‘Devastating Consequences’: Force Urges Motorists to Stop Drink-Driving

Metro /

West Mercia Police has criticised motorists who continue to drive while over the limit, saying it is “extremely frustrating” that some drivers still take to the road after drinking despite decades of awareness campaigns. New figures show that 13 people have died on the region’s roads in the last three years in crashes where alcohol

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Female Officer Banned for Life Over ‘Unwanted Sexual Approach’ to Senior

Female Officer Banned for Life Over ‘Unwanted Sexual Approach’ to Senior

Crime /

A former North Yorkshire Police officer has been permanently barred from the profession after she attempted to kiss a senior colleague during a night out, behaviour a misconduct panel ruled amounted to gross misconduct. Brogan Canning touched the male officer’s leg, grabbed him by the neck and tried to kiss him while saying, “you know

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Families Face Millions in Charges as Gifts Fail Inheritance Tax Test

Families Face Millions in Charges as Gifts Fail Inheritance Tax Test

News /

More than 14,000 families were hit with unexpected inheritance tax bills last year after falling foul of the seven year gifting rule, newly released figures reveal. Data obtained through a freedom of information request shows that 14,030 gifts became liable for inheritance tax in 2022 to 2023 because the person who made the gift died

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Senior Officer Instructed Me to Use Identities of Deceased Children - Met Whistleblower

Senior Officer Instructed Me to Use Identities of Deceased Children – Met Whistleblower

Investigation /

Peter Francis, a former Metropolitan Police Special Branch officer whose whistleblowing exposed the covert practices of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), told an inquiry he was once advised to search graveyards for the identities of deceased children to use as undercover aliases. Giving evidence to the undercover policing inquiry in London, Francis said the practice

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Man Confirmed Dead After Going Overboard in Newhaven Waters

Man Confirmed Dead After Going Overboard in Newhaven Waters

Resident Stories /

A man has died after falling overboard from a vessel off the coast near Newhaven, police have confirmed. The incident happened late on Sunday morning and triggered an urgent search led by HM Coastguard. Lifeboats from Shoreham and Newhaven were deployed, along with a Coastguard helicopter, a fixed wing aircraft and two nearby vessels. Sussex

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IoD Index Shows Director Optimism Sinks to Near Record Low

IoD Index Shows Director Optimism Sinks to Near Record Low

News /

Directors’ confidence in the UK economy, already close to its lowest recorded level, has fallen even further after last week’s budget, with hiring and investment expectations dropping to figures last seen during the pandemic. The Institute of Directors’ latest economic confidence index, which measures business leaders’ outlook for the UK economy, stood at –73 in

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Review Suggests Laughing Gas May Offer Fast Relief for Severe Depression

Review Suggests Laughing Gas May Offer Fast Relief for Severe Depression

News /

Nitrous oxide, widely recognised as laughing gas, may help ease severe depression, according to a new review of clinical research. The analysis, published in the journal eBioMedicine, examined evidence from a series of studies that tested medically supervised nitrous oxide in adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder and treatment resistant depression. Almost half of patients

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Speaker Stands with Community as Lancashire Reviews Elderly Care Facilities

Speaker Stands with Community as Lancashire Reviews Elderly Care Facilities

Health /

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has offered firm backing to campaigners resisting proposals that could lead to the closure of a care home in his Chorley constituency. Grove House, a residential home with space for forty seven people in Adlington, has become a central point of concern after Lancashire County Council placed it on a

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