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The average two-year mortgage rate has fallen below 5% for the first time since the Liz Truss mini-budget. The interest rate charged on a typical two-year fixed mortgage deal is now 4.99%, according to financial information company Moneyfacts. It means there are more expensive and also cheaper two-year mortgage products …

David Lammy has referred himself to the environment watchdog after an “administrative oversight” meant he went fishing with JD Vance without a rod licence. The foreign secretary failed to catch any fish when he hosted the US vice president at his grace-and-favour retreat in Kent on Friday. “The Foreign Secretary …

The fourth heatwave of the summer is set to peak today with some parts of the UK potentially reaching 34C (93.2F). An amber heat alert remains in force until 6pm in the Midlands, London and the South East, and the east of England. Tuesday’s temperatures reached 33.4C in Benson in …

Alfie Davis reflects on one fight in particular when he points out one of the most difficult moments of his career. Fighting Alexander Shabliy in 2021, the Londoner admits he was “outclassed” as the Russian cruised to a unanimous decision win. The 33-year-old says that while his preparations for the …

Paul Hughes will face Usman Nurmagomedov in a highly anticipated Bellator lightweight world title rematch in Dubai on 3 October. The fight will be the co-main event of the PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai with Corey Anderson also taking on Dovlet Yagshimuradov for the PFL light heavyweight world title. …

Gwalia Lightning and Brython Thunder have previously been the Welsh representation in the competition and they will be the two sides involved in this 2025-26 tournament. It was announced in April that Lightning and Thunder were to be replaced by two fresh set-ups. Two months later the WRU postponed the …

National Guard troops have begun arriving on the streets of Washington DC in a controversial move by Donald Trump to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime”. The deployment of some of the planned 800 troops comes despite the Washington mayor revealing crime in the capital was at its “lowest level …

Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as meltwater escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier – raising fears of record-breaking flooding in the US state’s capital city. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau has issued a flood warning as glacial outburst water flows into Mendenhall River, putting …

Nintendo’s next summer title — and one of the few new games for the Switch 2 soon after its June launch — is the multiplayer wheelchair basketball game, Drag x Drive. It uses the console’s new Joy-Con mouse controls to simulate moving the wheels of your chair (or vehicle, as …

Chloe Hughes BBC News, West Midlands PA Media Dale Millar-Evans was working at Bells Farm Primary School in Birmingham, when he contacted the officers, who he believed were 13-year-old girls A primary school teacher has been banned from the profession indefinitely after he sent sexual text messages to undercover police …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Deadliest Catch” Captain Sig Hansen isn’t afraid of the sea, but he’s no longer pretending he’s invincible.  After decades of battling brutal conditions in the Bering Sea, Hansen, 59, is now facing something even more formidable than icy waves — his own …

When Nintendo announced Drag x Drive, a Joy-Con mouse-controlled wheelchair sports game, for the Switch 2 I was tentatively excited. I have a lot of time for developers trying new things, and sports video games are hardly replete with disability representation. Having been hands-on with the game, however, Drag x …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man who used ChatGPT for dietary advice ended up poisoning himself — and wound up in the hospital. The 60-year-old man, who was looking to eliminate table salt from his diet for health reasons, used the large language model (LLM) to …

Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Mother of four, Chrissie Read, said she “quite often” dreads the school holidays Families are struggling to put food on the table during the school holidays, charities have warned. A community kitchen and foodbank in Okehampton in Devon said a dramatic rise in families …

For this week’s Savings Guide, Anna Bowes, personal finance expert from The Private Office, explains what the Help to Save scheme is… The Help to Save Scheme is essentially a programme that incentivises people claiming certain benefits to save money. It gives savers a generous government bonus if they put …

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has called her anti-corruption trial a “farce” which is “driven by a clear political agenda” as proceedings began on Wednesday in Bangladesh. In a statement seen by Sky News, Ms Siddiq has said the case was “built on fabricated accusations”. Ms Siddiq was formerly the UK …

Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Netanyahu has dismissed international criticism of his plans to expand the war Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that Gaza ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal to release all the remaining hostages at once. The plan …

A man has been arrested in connection with an assault on the brother of celebrity TV baker Paul Hollywood. Lee Hollywood, who like his Wirral-born brother is also a baker, was punched and then kicked in the face in what police described as a “nasty, unprovoked assault”. It happened on …

Frank Strang, the driving force behind Shetland’s space port, has died at the age of 67. Mr Strang bought a former RAF radar station on Unst about 17 years ago and considered turning it into an eco-tourism attraction. But the plan changed when the UK government was looking for potential …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Travis Kelce opened up about his “organic” love story with global pop star Taylor Swift. It’s been nearly two years since Swift shocked the world by showing up to a Kansas City Chiefs game decked out in red and gold. Now, Kelce …