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A total of around 1,575 hours of sunshine have been measured across the UK so far in 2018 - only behind the record 1,587 clocked up in 2003, according to the Met Office

Jeremy Corbyn has put pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to recall parliament early to allow a vote on her Brexit deal to take place "as soon as possible". The Labour leader reiterated that he wants MPs to have a vote as soon as possible in an interview with The Independent.  ...

This Christmas a collective truce seems to have been put in place by friends and family across the country. Like the troops around the Western Front of World War I it was agreed that for one day only we would put our weapons down and not mention the B word. ...

In 2018, Georgia and Sri Lanka were the buzzworthy places to be, and my, weren’t hotels clamouring to upgrade their restaurant experiences. In London, we also noticed a weakening of the ‘Trump slump’ – meaning we began to creep back to the States again – and activity holidays were more ...

A few weeks ago we all witnessed Donald Trump using the US army as part of a shameless political stunt as the mid-term elections loomed. He sent thousands of troops to border areas claiming they were there to prevent a marauding ‘caravan’ of migrants breaching the US border. Most people ...

A Conservative MP has been reminded of a "stupid woman" tweet he sent without reprimand after an outburst of criticism was directed towards Jeremy Corbyn for his muttered words in parliament yesterday. MP for Bournemouth West Conor Burns reacted to a tweet just a few years ago saying "this stupid woman is making ...

Stocks are falling in London, as traders rush to sell following last night’s hike in US interest rates. It is the worst performance since Sept 2016. When the markets opened for trading the FTSE 100 shed 119 points (1.6%), which is a new 28-month low of 6646 points. Over in ...

A homeless man who was discovered close to death near to Parliament has died in hospital. Gyula Remes, a 43-year-old Hungarian national, was found by a friend near revolving doors used by politicians and staff in the House of Commons. David Lammy MP tweeted: "There is something rotten in Westminster when MP’s ...

QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of November 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Read more Extract from ‘winners and losers’ The Californian wildfires took ...