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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep rates unchanged at 4.25%.

The corporation tax gap jumped to 15.8% – its highest for more than a decade – in the year to April 2024.

More than 450 items of memorabilia linked to the American director were sold in Los Angeles at auction.

He died this week after ‘a long and valiant’ battle with cancer, his family said.

The Police Federation for Northern Ireland has launched the ‘Let Them Protect’ public campaign.

The Government has faced backlash from some Labour MPs over the ‘damaging disability benefit cuts’, which it said could save up to £5 billion a year.

The alert issued by the UK Health Security Agency is in force from 12pm on Thursday until 9am on Monday.

It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.

The Ministry of Justice said this is the first time a direct link has been drawn between increased violence behind bars and the overcrowding crisis.

The animals are a key draw for people embarking on sailings to Norwegian-ruled archipelago Svalbard, as they can be observed in their natural habit.

Farmers can apply for up to £20,000 from the Future Farming Investment Scheme from July 14.

Concerns had been raised the cash from fines on water companies would not be ringfenced for schemes such as river restoration.

The former prime minister set out a code of conduct which all public servants and officials must abide by to address a series of sleaze scandals.

The five kits have been captured on camera at two separate sites within the park.

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index rose two points but remains firmly in negative territory at minus 18.

Led by the Poverty Alliance, the campaign seeks better working conditions, investment in public services, and improved social security.

Jon Waring, 57, has already handed in his notice at Devon and Cornwall Police where he has worked as a radio operator for 16 years.

The Scottish Government previously abandoned the interim target of reducing emissions by 75% by the end of the decade.

Macmillan said it had seen a noticeable increase in calls to its free support line on taking the drugs during treatment.

They are due to appear before Londonderry Magistrates’ Court later.