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House asking prices fall by nearly £6,000 in August as sellers hit by school holiday slowdown

UK house prices have fallen by nearly £6,000 this month – the 18th consecutive August to have seen new seller asking prices fall.New sellers...

Drivers urged to avoid roads this week as UK prepares for chaos – ‘Be prepared to sit in lengthy queues’

Drivers are preparing for the busiest August Bank Holiday on record with more than 19 million leisure trips set to be taken over the...

How ‘sentencing inflation’ fuelled England’s bulging prisons crisis

In the dying days of the last government, officials met to discuss plans to deal with prison overcrowding. One solution floated: a dilapidated barge...

Interest rate cut fuels immediate upturn in UK property market

The first Bank of England rate cut in four years has triggered an immediate upturn in the UK property market, as cheaper mortgages prompt...

The Times view on local government finances: Council Chaos

Birmingham city council has been in serious financial difficultyALAMYLocal councils cannot go bankrupt. Some councils do engage in financial mismanagement so severe that their...

Buyers are coming back to the property market

A becalmed housing market is heading for a livelier autumn after the number of prospective buyers contacting estate agents rose by almost a fifth...

Cheap at the price | Tim Worstall | The Critic Magazine

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‘An e-bike thug stole my phone right from my hands… two weeks later it was at infamous Chinese port – how are they getting...

A distraught Londoner has described the horrifying moment his phone was stolen 'right from my hands' and the confusion he felt when two weeks...

Fashion giant Ted Baker to shut remaining stores this week

A fashion giant of almost 40 years looks set to shut all of its stores in the UK - including four in Kent.Ted...

Report: Ted Baker to Close All Remaining UK Stores, Permanently Shutter

Ted Baker is set to permanently close all 31 of its remaining UK stores in the coming week, following stalled negotiations between the brand’s...

Ted Baker to close all remaining shops this week putting 500 jobs at risk

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