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Homebuyers could be able to borrow up to £35,000 more on a mortgage after Santander became the first major UK lender to loosen lending rules. The move followed calls by the government and financial regulators for banks to be more flexible. From Friday, the UK’s fourth-largest mortgage lender will reduce the stress-test rates borrowers are…
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will headline the field for the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open as they continue their preparations for The Masters. With the first major of the year is just around the corner, the PGA Tour heads to Texas this week for another exciting event. 3 McIlroy and Scheffler headline the field…
The UK will be able to see part of the Sun ‘disappear’ A partial solar eclipse as seen over Liverpool(Image: PA Media) On Saturday a partial solar eclipse will be visible from the UK. During a partial solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. The Moon casts a shadow on Earth and…
Sarah Russell said a “significant” number of women are brought to the UK under false pretences before being forced to work in the sex industry. A total of 19,125 potential modern slavery victims in the UK were referred to the Home Office in 2024, a record high since the National Referral Mechanism began in 2009….
Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and coastal waters in England for almost 4m hours last year, with waterways that have the highest environmental protections subjected to days of pollution. Data released by the Environment Agency on Thursday revealed water companies discharged untreated effluent for 3.62m hours, a slight increase on last year. The data…
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) say that Norovirus and Avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, are on the list as well as mosquito-spread illnesses. New tests and vaccines will now be researched by scientists and investors “in the interests of biosecurity”. The list is aimed to be updated once a year, and there is no…
Best known for causing the Black Death scare, the horror bug that previously wiped out half of Europe. On 26 March, The Sun pointed out that HSA officials subsequently stated the report was wrong. The Black Death is set to reprise their role as the Bubonic Plague after 672 years away, in a harrowing new storyline…
Paul Cook is one of the UK’s most respected punk musicians, a founder member of the Sex Pistols, the Professionals and Generation Sex. West London, mostly around Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith. I’ve lived all over but I’ve moved back to Hammersmith. I remember the trolley buses, I must have been very young. We’d go on…
A powerful atmospheric phenomenon miles above the Arctic has driven some of the most fierce winter storms to hit Britain in recent years, scientists have discovered. The findings promise to improve long-range forecasts of extreme events such as Storm Eunice, which produced one of the fastest wind gusts ever recorded in England — 122 miles…
Uttar Pradesh (UP), one of India’s most historically and spiritually rich states, is fast emerging as a global tourism hotspot. Prateek Hira, President & CEO of Tornos and Director of River Rhapsody, recently highlighted the state’s tremendous tourism potential during an exclusive interview. As a member of the Tourism & Medical Value Travel Committee, Hira…