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We moved into our current home, a new-build at the time, 15 years ago. Our end-of-terrace is next door to a block of flats that is part of the same development.Just inside the block’s car park there is an electricity...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Major insurers face billions of dollars in losses from the Los Angeles wildfires, they said this week, despite dropping clients in California...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Drax power station, which has dominated the North Yorkshire countryside near Selby for more than half a century, was given another lease...

California’s home-insurance safety net does not have enough money to pay all of the claims from damage caused by the Los Angeles wildfires and has asked private insurers to contribute $1bn toward those claims.All private insurers operating in California are...

Catherine EllisBusiness reporterReporting fromMedellín, ColombiaGonzalo RojasA young Gonzalo Rojas and his father, who was killed by Pablo EscobarA proposed law in Colombia's Congress seeks to ban the sale of merchandise that celebrates former drug lord Pablo Escobar. But opinions are...

Everton manager David Moyes reflects after his side secure a dramatic draw thanks to James Tarkowski's 98th-minute volley in the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. READ SOURCE...

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureDoes another MBM count as half-time reading?Share“There’s something of the Angeball about Kompany’s Bavarians, with constant overloads in attack and one-on-on defending,” says Kári Tulinius. “On the one hand,...

A high court judge has found that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts as it faced scrutiny over its handling of a neo-Nazi agent alleged to have attacked his partner.The government has ordered an inquiry to determine whether the...

'A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer, causing an imbalance in the system,' was the terse message on Monday the Sri Lankan energy minister Kumara Jayakody shared with reporters. This, after a nationwide blackout that started on...

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailA bitcoin money launderer, who prosecutors connected to the 2016 Russian interference in...

TIKTOK star Bailey Hutchins has tragically died aged 26 after battling cancer for two years. Hutchins' devasted husband Caden confirmed her death in an Instagram post saying she is "no longer in pain". 4Bailey Hutchins has tragically died aged 26Credit: Instagram/baileyyhutchins4Hutchins...

Rasmus Hojlund has struggled to justify the fee Manchester United paid for him 18 months ago (Picture: Getty) Paul Parker has ripped into Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund and fears the club’s No.9 isn’t showing any signs of progressing. Hojlund...

By JANE DENTON Updated: 13:07 GMT, 12 February 2025

For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of their home as a huge storm raged around them. With the wind battering her village of Rizal, about 10 miles east of Manila...

Good news for customers who wish to apply for a new Kotak Mahindra Bank credit card or open a bank account with them through online or mobile banking channel. “The Reserve Bank has decided to lift the aforementioned restrictions placed...

ISA customers are being urged to think carefully about their cash balances in March, April - and even beyond into May.Savers are being warned not to delay in topping up their savings, with only a few weeks remaining to maximise...

Mark Lenhard, CEO of U.K.-based remittances platform Zepz.Lukas Schulze | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty ImagesLONDON — British digital remittances company Zepz is laying off dozens of IT workers and is in the process of closing down business units...

India's LNG import needs to double by 2030, IEA reports READ SOURCE...

Good morning. On Monday MPs debated, and passed, the second reading of the border security, asylum and immigration bill. It is a signficant piece of legislation that repeals a lot of the Rwanda-policy law passed by the Tories and gives...

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureEuropean shares extended gains to hit a fresh record high, buoyed by strong results from brewer Heineken.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose by 0.2% after hitting a record close...

The newly launched strategy is Jupiter's first ETF, which seeks to outperform traditional sovereign bond investments by providing investors with access to a diversified portfolio of developed and emerging market government debt, with a low correlation to equities and other...

“Magdeburg were top of the 2.Bundesliga on Friday night after 19 games of the season … despite not having won a single home game,” wrote James Plain a couple of weeks ago. “It should have been hung in the Louvre...

India's palm oil imports in January fell to their lowest in nearly 14 years as refiners turned to cheaper soyoil, driven by negative refining margins for palm oil, a leading trade body said on Wednesday. Lower palm oil imports by...

Donald Trump’s trade adviser claims Australia is “crushing” and “killing” America’s manufacturing sector with its imports of aluminium, as the Albanese government scrambles to try to secure exemptions to the president’s 25% tariffs on metal.A voluntary commitment from the Morrison...

Britain’s biggest building society has waded into a row over whether the government should cut tax breaks on cash Isas, arguing such a move would reduce the availability of mortgages for first-time buyers.In recent days it has emerged that the...

Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright and colourful plumage, but it turns out they are even more dazzling than previously thought.Researchers have found 37 of the 45 species show biofluorescence – in other words, patches of their plumage or other...

Manchester City defender John Stones revealed that Citizens boss Pep Guardiola told his players to look at themselves and take accountability after they twice threw away a lead against Real Madrid in the Champions League play-offs.Erling Haaland put the hosts...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces the prospect of having to cut public spending or raise taxes after the UK fiscal watchdog privately warned...

DRIVERS are paying the price for Britain’s crumbling roads as skinflint councils reject up to 96 per cent of pothole compensation claims.Nearly half of the 1,552 who lodged a claim for damage to their vehicles suffered on England’s major roads...

Manchester United starlet Dan Gore joined League One side Rotherham United in the January transfer window but his spell with the Yorkshire club has started with a nightmare READ SOURCE...