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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.

Heathrow Airport
UK

UK holidaymakers advised to arrive early due to EES border checks

ACI Europe said that queues caused by EES had reached up to three-and-a-half hours at some airports and warned the situation could worsen during the summer peak.

Andrew
UK

Court documents show Palace was given 30,000 Andrew emails: Report

The emails included material connected to Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as trade envoy and his dealings with the Rowland family and Banque Havilland.

UK-youth
Business

UK announces 300,000 placements for young people out of work

The placements will include work experience and short government-funded programmes for jobseekers claiming benefits. They will focus on sectors including construction, health and social care, and hospitality.

 Keir Starmer
UK

Starmer defends government after Blair criticism

“(It's a) very different situation in 2024 to 1997; and dealing with what we had to turn around, the policy choices were vindicated by them, because those changes have happened,” Starmer said.