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The mortgage lender said soaring interest rates are offsetting the benefits of falling house prices and strong wage growth.

The US bank had been unable to hand over communications that took place between 2018 and 2020, the regulator said.

Olena Chekryzhova has been voluntarily teaching the Ukrainian military English for more than a year.

Researchers said that parents should encourage teenagers to be more physically active.

Researchers analysed data from 282,421 people enrolled in the UK Biobank study.

Historic womb transplant and questions over Lucy Letby case dominate Wednesday’s newspaper front pages.

Temperatures are expected to be lower after Wednesday, but tropical storms could push warmer and drier weather to our shores before autumn.

Jack Clothier, the 41-year-old founder of Alcopop Records, said Nike ‘have missed a massive PR open goal’.

Ofsted inspectors found rotting infrastructure and a poorly fitting clothing at some armed forces sites.

Greenpeace analysed the annual reports of the British fossil fuel giants for 2022, alongside 10 other European companies.

Specialists, who said the man was in a ‘persistent vegetative state’ and would not recover, thought treatment should end – relatives disagreed.

Adam Provan was found guilty of eight rapes against two women and jailed for 16 years with a further eight years on extended licence.

Craig Crouch was given a life sentence at Derby Crown Court earlier in August.

Raymond Parry acted with a ‘significant degree of planning’ to groom a child while volunteering at an activity centre.

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry is taking place before Lady Smith in Edinburgh.

Healthcare company Change Grow Live went against national guidance and prescribed medicines long term, a report found.

The money will go towards improving habitats and bringing back important species for the wider natural environment.

Around half of the written responses to complaints scrutinised by a watchdog were found to be ‘inadequate’.

A study showed some 13% of new students have missed vital vaccinations.

People were more likely to acknowledge the driver on buses which had signs encouraging them to, a pilot project found.