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Pot Noodle pizza and Liz Truss joining Nasa were among the best April fools this year
The media ecosystem may have changed since the BBC’s spaghetti harvest report in 1957 or the Guardian’s 1977 travel supplement about the island of San Serriffe, but April fool...
Apple at 50: How a garage startup became a $3.5-trillion titan
Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldn’t convince his employer, Hewlett-Packard, to buy into the big idea. “Five times...
TV tonight: Martin Lewis on how the new tax year will affect you
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live: Tax Year End Special9pm, ITV1Martin Lewis has been dishing up savings tips for more than two decades, from energy prices to mortgages and...
Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid...
UK mortgage interest rates will rise four times this year, markets predict
The Bank of England will raise the cost of borrowing four times this year, pushing UK interest rates from 3.75% to 4.75% amid the conflict in the Middle East,...
Student debt eats away home deposit savings to tune of £2,000 a year, says Barclays
People with student loans who are working towards a home deposit save almost £2,000 less per year than those without the debt, according to a new report by Barclays.The...
Household energy bills in Great Britain ‘could rise to almost £2,000 a year’ amid Iran war shock
Household energy bills in Great Britain could soar by more than £330 a year to almost £2,000 from this summer after the war in Iran pushed the UK’s gas...
New mortgages up by £800 a year amid ‘Trumpflation’ from Iran war
Britons taking out a new home loan face paying nearly £800 a year more on average than before the Iran war as “Trumpflation” pushes up UK mortgage rates, according...
