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Time and hope fading for five people missing on Titanic submersible
Those on board Titan, which lost communication with tour operators during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck, may have just hours of oxygen left.
Ben Wallace’s bid to be next Nato leader BLOCKED by Joe Biden
“It’s not going to happen", the defence secretary said.
‘Bittersweet’ Windrush 75th anniversary marked
Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.
Bank of England set to raise interest rates again as high inflation sticks
Economists agree that the Bank is likely to raise interest rates on Thursday, and that more hikes are on the horizon.
Zahawi gets paid second job at right-wing think tank
Nadhim Zahawi's appointment comes with conditions applied by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
Average UK household ‘paying £1,045 a year more for food than in 2020/21’
The UK has seen food prices rise at the fastest rate of any G7 country, including 23.5 per cent faster than in France and 26.9 per cent faster than in Germany.
Rise in mortgage rates on Thursday ‘looks inescapable’
“With the average two-year fixed mortgage rate surpassing 6 per cent this week, the fear is that the situation could deteriorate from here."
Thousands of mental health patients travel more than 60 miles for treatment
Thousands of mentally ill people are being forced to have inpatient treatment miles from home despite a Government pledge to end the practice
Lords appointments system set to be focus of new MP-led inquiry
The launch of the inquiry comes amid an ongoing row over Boris Johnson’s much-criticised resignation honours list.