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UK house prices post third straight monthly fall in May

The figures were in line with data from rival lender Nationwide, which in May reported the first monthly decline since the start of the Iran war.

Andrew
UK

Andrew received income from sublet cottages at Royal Lodge: Auditor

The report also said Andrew’s daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, have apartments at royal palaces with rent paid from the privy purse, King Charles’s private income, despite not being working royals.

Henry Nowak

‘I can’t breathe’: Outrage over police handling of Southampton murder

Footage shown during the trial showed officers accepting Digwa’s account and handcuffing Nowak despite his repeated pleas that he had been stabbed and could not breathe.

Vickrum Digwa
UK

British Sikh man jailed for life for killing student in Southampton

Prime minister Keir Starmer described it as an “awful, shocking case” on X and said it was “right that the IOPC is investigating the police's response to (Nowak's) senseless murder”.

UK houses
Business

UK house prices record first fall of 2026

Moneyfacts data showed the average two-year fixed mortgage rate was 5.68 per cent at the end of May, while the average five-year fixed rate was 5.63 per cent.

Mandelson
UK

Second tranche of Mandelson files set for publication

The documents form the second tranche of files connected to Mandelson’s short period in Washington last year, which ended after details of his friendship with Epstein emerged.

Tube strikes
UK

Tube strikes to go ahead on Tuesday and Thursday if talks fail

RMT drivers are due to walk out over TfL’s “continued refusal to engage meaningfully with the union’s concerns over the proposed compressed four-day working arrangements”.

Min Aung Hlaing
Asia

Myanmar president Min Aung Hlaing visits India for talks with PM Modi

Analysts said the visit gives India a chance to reduce China’s influence in Myanmar, secure access to rare earth deposits and strengthen security along its north-eastern border areas.