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Driving a car gives us freedom to get out and about whenever we want to but it doesn’t have to break the bank. To help you out, Which? has listed the cheapest and most expensive cars to insure for all ages plus for under 25s, using research from GoCompare. On average per year, the most expensive car to insure will cost £1,200 with the cheapest costing a much more affordable £241. Which cars are the cheapest to insure? According to Which? and GoCompare’s research, these are the 10 cheapest cars to insure, all of which cost less than £300: Peugeot 206…

Urgent measles warning to people on board Ryanair flight from London | UK News People on a Ryanair flight from London to Dublin may have been exposed to measles. Fears are rising that passengers and crew on Flight FR123 could have contracted the contagious disease. This is the latest warning from the Health Service Executive (HSE) after more than 74 cases were detected in London alone in April. But infections have been on the rise across all of Great Britain and Ireland. HSE is advising those on board the plane travelling between Gatwick and Dublin at 8.10pm last Thursday that…

Woman winched to safety after falling off Isle of Wight pleasure cruise A woman who fell overboard from a pleasure cruise was stuck in the water for more than two hours before being rescued by helicopter off the coast of the Isle of Wight. A huge search using helicopters and rescue boats was launched when the woman vanished into the English Channel, south of Ventnor at around 1.45pm. The woman was finally located around 6 miles South of St Catherine’s Point and she was winched to safety by a HM Coastguard helicopter at around 4pm. The Island Echo reported that…

Australian in intensive care with severe spinal injury after ‘horrifying’ Singapore flight, husband says Kerry Davis was flung to ceiling when flight SQ321 hit turbulence before falling motionless to floor of plane Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast An Australian woman suffered a spinal injury and has no sensation from her waist down after her flight to Singapore hit extreme turbulence earlier this week, as others onboard are treated for skull and brain injuries. The Boeing 777-300ER hit what an airline official described as “sudden…

Tech titan Mike Lynch testifies at fraud trial that Autonomy was ‘not perfect’ UK founder, accused of inflating sales and misleading regulators, takes stand and says he wasn’t fully responsible for firm’s decisions British entrepreneur Mike Lynch took the stand on Thursday in a San Francisco federal courthouse as a key witness in his own criminal fraud trial, defending his role at Autonomy, the tech firm he co-founded and then sold. While the government has painted the matter as a clear case of fraud, Lynch in his testimony attempted to highlight more complexity, stating that like any business, Autonomy was…

General election 2024: Ten top Tories at risk of losing seats at the general election There is no bias in the title provided. Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailRishi Sunak has finally fired the starting gun on the general election campaign, stunning Westminster by calling a snap poll for 4 July, ending months of speculation.In a speech in the pouring rain outside 10 Downing Street, the prime minister defended his record on the economy, national security and immigration as he set out the key battleground…

Michael Matheson suspended from Holyrood over iPad roaming bill row | News There is no bias in the original title Former health secretary Michael Matheson has been suspended from the Scottish Parliament for 27 days and will lose his salary for 54 days after racking up a near-£11,000 data roaming bill.Mr Matheson was found to have breached the MSP code of conduct by attempting to use expenses and office costs to cover the bill for a parliamentary iPad.Later announcing he would cover the costs himself, Mr Matheson revealed the bill had been the result of his children using the device…

Labour says early general election leaves many government commitments ‘in the bin’ – UK politics live Bills, including smoking ban for people born after 2009, unlikely to become law before 4 July vote Sign up for our general election newsletter Rishi Sunak is now speaking at an event in Ilkeston in Derbyshire. It is in the Erewash constituency, where the Tory MP Maggie Throup had a majority of 10,606 at the last election. He repeats the claim that a Labour government would cost every family £2,000. Labour’s spending promises cost £16 billion per year in 2028-29, or £58.9 billion over…

What laws can the Conservative government pass before the general election? There is no bias in the title provided. Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailThe Conservatives and Labour have held talks to work out what outstanding legislation can be rushed through parliament to become law before the Commons closes for the general election. Compensations for victims of the subpostmaster scandal This is due to become law after the House of Lords finished scrutinising it on Thursday. But an 11th hour attempt by peers to exonerate…

Thursday’s front pages all lead on the announcement of a July 4 general election. Regardless of political leanings, all the papers note the snap election is a “gamble” on PM Rishi Sunak’s part. 

The media, public and even Tory MPs were shocked by the announcement of a July 4 election. Many Tory MPs were hoping for a November election so the benefits of the improving economy could be felt in the pockets of the public. 

The opinion polls still put the Conservatives far behind Labour and many struggle to see what the government’s plan is now. 

It feels reckless, and like a government who’s already thrown in the towel and has accepted defeat. With the hopes the summer’s Euros might act as a distraction, perhaps if the Tories do lose power, it’ll be against a backdrop of a public enjoying themselves and not looking too hard at No 10.