There are several catalysts behind the recent fluctuation in gold prices. The US dollar is one of the driving forces, and it has been extremely strong lately due to an increasingly protectionist economic policy. The Fed is expected to raise rates three times this year, current-dollar GDP rose by 4.3%, and investors are rallying to purchase dollars instead of the currencies of smaller, more vulnerable countries. Gold prices are dipping following the Dollar Index reaching its one-year peak and 10-year...

The M20 could be turned into a giant lorry park under proposals slipped out in a written parliamentary statement on “road haulage”. With customs delayed expected following Britain's exit from the European Union ministers are putting together contingency plans for delays and stoppages of cargo into and from the continent. Operation Stack, which has been used dozens of time when disruption has hit Channel ports, could become a mainstay solution in the South East of England, with a no-deal likely...

Mark Carney, governor of the bank of England has indicated that Brexit has already hit the UK economy and it hasn’t even happened yet. Carney said that Brexit has taken two per cent off the size of the economy in the UK and has left each household £900 worse off. He described this amount as “a lot of money.” The Bank of England boss has compared forecasts from before the referendum, assuming that remain had won the national vote. Carney...

Children are now calling the shots when it comes to choosing family holiday destinations, a study has found. Researchers revealed seven out of 10 mums and dads now consult their kids before deciding where their annual sunshine break will be. But more than 40 per cent admitted to ignoring their children’s advice and opting to go somewhere else, only to later regret it. It also emerged nine out of 10 parents put the holiday happiness of their kids before that...

More US schoolchildren have died this year than members of the country's military, The Washington Post has revealed. Following the deadly shooting in Houston on Friday new figures show that classrooms in the US are more dangerous than battlegrounds as the country comes to grips with a spiralling gun crisis. Ten children were killed at Santa Fe High School last week, bringing the total number of deaths to almost 30. A total of 22 school shootings have occurred so far this...

Cops believe the young feline was going to be used as bait for ferrets and dogs

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Villagers held a May Day dance of defiance around the 50ft-high technicolour maypole before its removal

Jordyn Mavromatis, 22, brought thug Daniel O'Boyle to justice after spotting him attacking a woman