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• ‘Blood in the water’: where next for the Murdoch empire, and what about the succession?

  28-04-2023 18:33
  
  Fox News settlement seen as ‘moment of weakness’ that puts focus onmogul’s heirs and their future“Rupert has shown a rare sign of weakness,” says one longtime Murdoch watcher. “There is something of the smell of blood in the water.”In the space of two weeks the 92-year-old’s media empire has taken a reputational hammering on both sides of the Atlantic, putting a renewed focus on the future shape of the global conglomerate’s businesses –
  
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• UK households facing ‘debt timebomb’, warns Citizens Advice

  28-04-2023 15:28
  
  Charity also says debt advice is fast becoming ‘wild west’ sector much like payday loans industry of 10 years agoUK households are facing a “debt timebomb”, according to Citizens Advice, which compared the “wild west” debt advice industry to the payday loan sector of a decade ago.The charity said it is helping increasing numbers of people with a negative budget, where their income is not enough to cover the essential expenses, making debt “unavoidable&rd
  
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• Plans approved for Britain’s first women’s-only tower block

  28-04-2023 14:00
  
  Exclusive: 15-storey tower in west London will offer homes to women who face inequality and abusePlanners have approved designs for what is believed to be Britain’s first women’s-only tower block.The scheme for 102 flats to be rented to single women is to be built in west London by a housing association founded in 1920 as part of the suffragette movement. Continue reading...
  
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• I once argued fiercely for child-free spaces. As a mother, I still believe in their sanctity | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

  28-04-2023 13:28
  
  My baby is a pub regular, but sometimes I just want to be around adults – the parent v child-free divide is starker online than offThis morning I did something that I rarely do, for fear of inducing a full-body cringe the likes of which I have not experienced since, aged 10, I jumped on my dad’s back in the local swimming pool only to discover that it wasn’t him: I read one of my old columns. Written nearly a decade ago under the headline “I’ll drink to child-free p
  
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• Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair – video

  28-04-2023 13:11
  
  Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chair after conceding that an official report finds he breached the rules for public appointments. The former Conservative party donor was appointed in 2021, and it was subsequently reported that he had failed to reveal while applying that he had helped an acquaintance seeking to offer an £800,000 personal loan guarantee for Boris Johnson. He said he was quitting to 'prioritise the interests' of the broadcaster after the report by Adam Heppi
  
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• 150,000 British Gas customers can get 50% off electricity this Sunday in new scheme

  28-04-2023 12:52 via express.co.uk
  
  British Gas customers may be able to secure half price electricity on Sunday in an exciting new trial.
  
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• ‘I left my £16,000 job and I’m now making over £400,000 a year'

  28-04-2023 12:47 via express.co.uk
  
  She shared how starting her own business allowed her to make even more money.
  
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• UK workers: are you surveilled by your employer during working hours?

  28-04-2023 12:12
  
  From dashcams to mouse tracking, we’re interested in speaking to workers in the UK who have experienced workplace surveillanceWorkplace surveillance practices expanded during the pandemic and have stayed in place, according to a recent report by a leading thinktank.From webcam monitoring to mouse tracking and the use of dash cameras, the Institute for Public Policy Research warned that these practices risk becoming normalised.
  We want to find out more about how UK workers who are subjected
  
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• State pensioners could claim an extra £410 a month from the DWP - are you eligible?

  28-04-2023 12:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Extra financial support is available to those who are of state pension age and have long-term disabilities or health conditions.
  
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• ‘My neighbour gets £2,500 more than me!’ Older pensioners fume at ‘two tier system’

  28-04-2023 12:02 via express.co.uk
  
  The Government says it has "no plans" to increase the basic state pension to match the newer sum, in a decision likely to outrage older pensioners.
  
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• ‘They’re coming up with devious ways to take your money’: the TV hackers taking on the scammers

  28-04-2023 12:00
  
  Scam calls are an industrial-sized nuisance. Aided by an ‘ethical hacker’, the BBC’s hit daytime breakout show Scam Interceptors is making must-see TV by turning the tables on the con artistsIt’s Thursday morning in the Scam Hub – a darkened room at the BBC’s Pacific Quay studio in Glasgow full of glowing screens and people feverishly tapping away on laptops under the glare of TV cameras – and the atmosphere is tense. We’re eavesdropping on a call
  
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• The top 15 things teens want from a job - including a kind boss and good pay

  28-04-2023 11:40 via express.co.uk
  
  Among social media influencers, celebrities and friends, 13-18 year olds say their parents are the most influential people in their lives when it comes to making big decisions - especially with their careers.
  
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• Trump called for Retirement Age rise as Social Security crisis solution in unearthed book

  28-04-2023 11:31 via express.co.uk
  
  Former President Donald Trump also previously called for Social Security benefits to be privatized over 20 years ago.
  
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• Identify when you’re overthinking – and four other ways to be more productive

  28-04-2023 11:29
  
  From ‘eating the frog’ to using the right tools for the job, here’s how to simplify your work and get more done“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning,” said American writer Mark Twain, possibly making him history’s first ever productivity expert. Getting your least tempting tasks out of the way as early in the day as possible is good advice, whichever era you’re living in.But since this quote was coined
  
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• ‘I was constantly trying to solve the problem’: how application software gave an entrepreneur freedom to focus

  28-04-2023 11:28
  
  Timothy Armoo explains how improving processes at his social media advertising firm freed up time so he could concentrate on getting and keeping customersWhen entrepreneur Timothy Armoo set up his social media advertising business Fanbytes in 2017, it was just him and his co-founders. Five years later, the company had more than 65 employees, clients including some of the biggest companies in the world, and was sold for a reported eight-figure sum to global marketing company Brainlabs.Growth at t
  
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• Bride and joy: the wedding dress designer who’s found the perfect marriage of tech and creativity

  28-04-2023 11:27
  
  Boutique owner Andrea Hawkes reveals how she is updating the design process that makes dreams come true for brides-to-beBridal designer Andrea Hawkes didn’t come from an entrepreneurial family – her father was a teacher and her mother was a civil servant. But for as long as she can remember, she knew she would run her own design business one day.Fast-forward to 2013, and her parents were more than a little concerned when she told them she was launching her own brand. “They were
  
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• ‘I was transported to the holidays of my childhood’: our fantastic family trip to the north Norfolk coast

  28-04-2023 11:09
  
  In the seaside town of Cromer, writer Fiona Cowood found coastal beauty, stately homes, top-notch food and a stunning beachfront property to stay in on a trip with her husband and three daughtersThe beach! Crabbing! Finding that dead catfish! These were the answers that rang out when, cruising home along the motorway, I asked our three girls what they had most enjoyed about our long weekend at the Bath House in Cromer, on the north Norfolk coast.Situated right on the esplanade, halfway between t
  
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• ‘Scandal!’: Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out on payment worth £12,919

  28-04-2023 10:47 via express.co.uk
  
  A charity has warned of a "scandal" which means thousands of state pensioners are missing out on vital cash.
  
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• Bank offers market leading interest on fixed term savings account - 'competitive return'

  28-04-2023 10:46 via express.co.uk
  
  Savers can get a "competitive return," as one provider has increased the interest rate on their 18-month fixed-term account.
  
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• Woman bursts into tears after £40,000 from Undercover Boss: ‘It doesn’t seem real’

  28-04-2023 09:40 via express.co.uk
  
  Undercover Boss is a popular CBS reality television show which spotlights CEOs and heads of companies going "undercover" in their businesses.
  
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• ‘I was really shocked’: would-be UK homebuyers describe their mortgage battles

  28-04-2023 09:00
  
  Even high earners being hit by harsh bank affordability tests in wake of crisis caused by mini-budgetViolet*, an advertising manager from Oxfordshire in her mid-40s, had confidently enquired about mortgage options to buy a new property last August.“We had found a property we liked and had a meeting with Barclays, who our current mortgage is with. After discussing options to port our mortgage [keeping an existing mortgage deal but buying a new property], and additional borrowing to buy the
  
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• Homes to tempt British buyers this spring – in pictures

  28-04-2023 08:00
  
  From a mock gothic turreted tower to a grand 17th century country mansion Continue reading...
  
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• Free NHS prescriptions for over 60s may still be axed - but nobody dares say it

  28-04-2023 08:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The Government triggered fury among the over 60s by warning that it is preparing to start charging them for NHS prescriptions. Then lost its nerve.
  
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• Britain once rioted over the price of bread. What would it take for us to confront greedflation today? | Andy Beckett

  28-04-2023 07:00
  
  We seem to wearily accept corporate profiteering as a fact of life. But an ever poorer public can be pushed only so farThis country’s rate of inflation, the worst in western Europe, is everywhere in most people’s lives: in our anxious shopping and conversations, our late-night fears and fraught pay negotiations, our cancelled or rationed pleasures, and our sense of Britain’s shrinking possibilities. After the pandemic, Brexit, and years of austerity and political chaos, to be e
  
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• Northumberland village retains title of UK’s best seaside resort for third year

  28-04-2023 01:01
  
  With a big castle and even bigger beach, Bamburgh tops the annual Which? poll, followed by Dartmouth and Portstewart, while old favourites prop up the tableNorthumberland’s historic and dramatic coastal village of Bamburgh, with its sandy beach backed by an imposing 900-year-old castle, has been voted the UK’s best seaside destination for the third year running.Its golden sand, grassy dunes and commanding Norman castle secured the top spot for the north-east coastal town. Continue re
  
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• Average monthly rents hit £2,500 in London and £1,190 for rest of UK

  28-04-2023 01:01
  
  Asking price at record levels inside and outside capital in first three months of 2023, Rightmove findsAverage monthly rents outside London soared to a record high of £1,190 in the first quarter of this year, with tenants in the capital paying more than £2,500 for the first time, according to figures from the property website Rightmove.National average asking rents outside London have risen for 13 consecutive quarters since the end of 2019, although the pace of growth has slowed over
  
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