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Inflation unmasked: How it affects your savings and why it matters

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Rising inflation continues to ‘erode’ gains on millions of people’s savings accounts up and down the country, new findings reveal.    Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics today showed that rising furniture and food prices pushed the Consumer Prices Index up to 0.7 per cent in January, up from 0.6 in the year to … Read more

‘The only Brexit deadline that matters is December 31’

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The door was yesterday left open for Brexit talks to continue until New Year’s Eve as Boris Johnson vowed Britain ‘won’t be walking away’. In a dramatic move, the Prime Minister abandoned his threat to pull the plug on negotiations amid signs of a possible breakthrough. Mr Johnson warned that the two sides remained ‘very … Read more

The US election result isn’t what matters most to markets

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US politics, as is often the case, is driving markets at the moment as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden go head to head for the White House. The outcome this particular race is less important economically than another stateside political wrangle though. A fiscal stimulus package somewhere in the order of … Read more

AC/DC bass guitarist Paul Matters who quit music after being fired from the band dies 

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AC/DC bass guitarist Paul Matters who quit music after being fired from the band dies – as friend reveals he became a recluse and developed health problems due to his rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle Bassist Paul Matters joined AC/DC in 1975 after their High Voltage album  He replaced Larry Van Kriedt but was fired after … Read more

Lewis Hamilton’s Black Lives Matters gestures are slammed as ‘too much’ by former F1 rival

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‘If a driver is gay, will they fly a rainbow flag and urge everyone to be gay?’: Lewis Hamilton’s Black Lives Matters gestures are slammed as ‘too much’ by former Russian F1 rival Vitaly Petrov – who bizarrely claims racism doesn’t exist in his country Lewis Hamilton has been slammed by his former F1 rival … Read more

The UK’s recession is dire but what matters is how we climb out it

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The UK economy is in recession. The ONS’s confirmation that we are technically in recession managed to be both important and perhaps the most meaningless piece of news of this year. Often with a recession there is a ‘will we or won’t we moment’ as GDP figures are closely watched to see if the economy … Read more

Ashley Banjo says he’s taking perspective of ‘what really matters’ amid the pandemic

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Like millions of people, he’s slowly adjusting to a ‘new normal’ as the coronavirus lockdown restrictions begin to lift. And Ashley Banjo has reflected on how ‘fragile’ life is as he opened up on how he’s reflecting on ‘what really matters’ in the world amid the pandemic. Speaking to MailOnline ahead of the launch of … Read more

Jamie Lynn Spears says she has ‘no right to speak’ about her sister’s ‘personal matters’ or health

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After condemning those making light of Kanye West’s recent erratic behavior, Jamie Lynn Spears defended her older sister Britney from an online hater.  When a prying Instagram user asked the 29-year-old teen star to address her sibling’s ‘obvious mental illness’ on Tuesday, Jamie shut the troll down.  ‘You have no right to assume anything about my sister, … Read more

BLM: Devon council apologises for ‘Dog Fouling Matters’ slogan

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Council apologises over claims it undermined BLM movement with an advert using the slogan ‘Dog Fouling Matters’ asking owners to clean up after their pets North Devon council put up signs containing the slogan ‘Dog Fouling Matters’  This was part of a campaign to encourage owners to clear up after their dogs The slogan was … Read more