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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US puts world's most important financial official under criminal investigation

US January 12, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

This handout satellite photo taken on December 3, 2025 and obtained from Planet Labs PBC on December 5, 2025, shows the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, with at least 40 fighter jets on its deck, off the coast of Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The United States has deployed armed forces in Caribbean waters, including the world's largest aircraft carrier, as it exerts pressure on the Venezuelan president. After checking with satellite images from the European Space Agency consulted by AFP, the USS Gerald Ford was in the same location on December 4, 2025. (Photo by Handout / 2025 Planet Labs PBC / AFP via Getty Images) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PLANET LABS PBC" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -EXISTING WATERMARKS MAY NOT BE REMOVED/CROPPED

Donald Trump surrounds Venezuela with 'largest armada in the history of South America'

World December 17, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Christmas joy with my family

This is how much the average UK family will spend this Christmas

Money December 11, 2025 By Alice Giddings

Boris Johnson Tours Dorset In The Vote Leave Battle Bus

Are we about to revisit Brexit, again?

Politics December 11, 2025 By Craig Munro

Labour MP explains why 'Britain is broke' - using biscuits

Politics December 5, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

Martin Lewis gives verdict on the 2025 Budget – as it happened

Politics November 26, 2025 By Luke Alsford

A woman with brown hair, the chancellor, stands in a supermarket

Millions of minimum wage workers to get 4% pay boost in Autumn Budget

Politics November 26, 2025 By Craig Munro

Inside A Yum! Brands Inc. Pizza Hut Restaurant

Pizza Hut's closure really hurts

UK October 23, 2025 By Chas Newkey-Burden

A customer in Sainsbury's picks up a courgette from the fruit and veg aisle.

UK inflation stays the same - but what's going up and down in price?

Money October 22, 2025 By Craig Munro

A gold bar against a backdrop of bank notes.

Gold price hits record £3,038 - what does this mean?

World October 9, 2025 By Josh Milton

Full list of all New Look stores closing down in 2025

UK October 18, 2025 By Josh Layton

Interest rates set to fall even further - what does that mean for you

Interest rates fall even further - what does that mean for you?

UK August 7, 2025 By Craig Munro

PABest People enjoying the warm weather on Bournemouth beach over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Picture date: Saturday April 8, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

France considers axing two bank holidays - could it happen in the UK?

UK July 17, 2025 By Luke Alsford

HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 12: Felix Hartmann seen wearing COS dark blue denim jeans / pants and Clarks brown suede leather shoes, on November 12, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Major shoe retailer axes 1,200 jobs after sales fall nearly £100,000,000

UK July 4, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Full list of 38 New Look stores closing down in 2025

UK September 6, 2025 By Josh Layton

Nigel Farage at a Reform UK Press Conference in Westminster, London, UK (Photo by Victoria Jones/Shutterstock)

What is Nigel Farage's £250,000 Britannia card and how would it work?

Politics June 23, 2025 By Craig Munro

Pensions: How much you should save a month and when to start

Money May 17, 2025 By Sarah Davidson

MFI shop front.

Iconic British furniture store set for return almost 20 years after it collapsed

UK May 15, 2025 By Jasper King

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock (15236337l) Morning commuters on London bridge London as UK and global stock markets have started to fall a day after US president Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on 60 countries including a 10% tariff on the UK in order to boost US manufacturing Reaction to President Trump Tariffs, London, United Kingdom - 03 Apr 2025

Why did UK’s economy grow so fast at the start of 2025 and what does it mean?

Politics May 15, 2025 By Craig Munro

Steak mince sits on display in a Tesco supermarket.

Tesco confirms major decision about the sale of American beef

UK May 13, 2025 By Jasper King