Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates on hold when its policymakers announce their next decision later. The Bank cut the rate to 4.25% in early May, when its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also hinted at more reductions to come. But analysts think those...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Pundole Art Gallery The paintings were locked away in bank vaults since 2008 Nearly two dozen paintings by one of the world’s most celebrated modern artists – once part of a record-breaking art deal – are set to hit the auction block for the first time next week. On 12...
The World Bank says it is lifting a ban on loans to Uganda that it had put in place two years ago when the country passed a draconian new law against LGBTQ people. In 2023, Uganda voted in some of the world’s harshest anti-homosexual legislation meaning that anybody engaging in certain same-sex acts can be...
Israeli ministers said the expansion is aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. Israeli officials have announced a plan to advance settler colonialism in the occupied West Bank by establishing 22 new settlements, in open defiance of international law. Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who have previously pushed for...
Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank – the biggest expansion in decades. Several already exist as outposts, built without government authorisation, but will now be made legal under Israeli law, according to Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The issue of settlements –...
A former bank building in a Devon town could be converted into flats and a retail unit under new plans. The Georgian building in East Street in South Molton was previously used as a Lloyds branch, until it closed two years ago. Now developers want to create two flats, refurbish an existing apartment and provide...
A number of countries have condemned the Israeli military’s actions after troops fired warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation on a visit to the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military accused the group of straying from an approved route and said warning shots were fired into the air “to distance them away”....
A pregnant Israeli woman has been shot and killed in what Israeli authorities say was a terrorist attack in the north of the occupied West Bank. Tzeela Gez, 30, was driving to a hospital with her husband Hananel to give birth when a gunman opened fire on their car near their home in the settlement...
Fergal Keane & Alice Doyard BBC News Reporting fromJordan Valley BBC Dust was rising on the track. It hung in the hot midday air as the white jeep came towards us. The driver was less than a minute away. “I think it’s Moshe Sharvit,” said Gil Alexander, 72, a devout religious Jew who tries to...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a front line in the struggle for democracy and justice against corporate power, as a memo released by Wells Fargo unveils. Published February 27, the memo outlines a plan for privatizing the USPS and enabling investors to reap the profits. The plan has been met with criticism and...
A man charged with murder after a stabbing inside a city centre bank will provisionally stand trial in the New Year. Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, of Western Road, Derby, was charged with the murder of Gurvinder Johal, 37, who was stabbed inside Lloyds in St Peter’s Street just after 14:30 BST on Tuesday. Appearing via...
The Governor of the Bank of England has said the UK now needs to “rebuild” Britain’s trade relationship with the European Union and do “everything we can” to improve long term trade, after yesterday’s US deal. Andrew Bailey told the BBC that as a public official he did not take a view on Brexit, but...
BBC A man has been charged with murder after a customer was stabbed at a bank in Derby city centre. Haybe Nur Cabdiraxmaan, 47, from Mickleover in Derby, has been charged with the murder of Gurvinder Johal, 37, following a stabbing inside Lloyds Bank in St Peter’s Street. This breaking news story is being updated...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Interest rates are widely expected to be cut on Thursday, with further falls predicted for later in the year. Analysts say a cut to 4.25% from 4.5% by the Bank of England is highly likely, although no change or a bigger reduction remain possibilities. Such a move...
Helen Astle & Isaac Ashe BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Father-of-three Gurvinder Singh Johal was fatally stabbed inside a Derby city centre bank A customer killed inside a city centre bank has been named locally as restaurant owner Gurvinder Singh Johal. Mr Johal had been at Lloyds in St Peter’s Street, Derby, with the bank...