Author: News Desk

Hamas says pause in Gaza fighting to begin at 10am on Thursday The four-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas will begin on Thursday at 10 am according to Hamas. Israel has not yet commented on when the pause will begin but Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he expected the first hostages to be released on Thursday. Under the agreement, 50 Israeli hostages will be released by Hamas in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and teenagers being held in Israeli jails. Families of the Israeli hostages have said every captive “needs to come home” and that each hour is…

She royally put her foot in it…

‘Through all this, she was an inspiration.’

UK growth forecasts downgraded for next two years The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said the UK economy will grow much more slowly than previously thought over the next two years as inflation takes longer to come down.  They said the economy would grow by 0.7% in 2024 and 1.4% in 2025. It’s down from a forecast in March which suggested 1.8% and 2.5%. The OBR says the rate of UK price rises would not return to normal until 2025, a year later than expected. But the outlook suggests that borrowing and debt would both be lower than previously…

WSL: Record numbers for Super League: 1.1 million tune in for Chelsea match Chelsea’s 5-1 win over Liverpool in the Women’s Super League (WSL) with 1.1 million people tuning into BBC 1 on Saturday.  It marks the first WSL match to pass the 1 million mark for viewing figures whilst the game also recorded the highest ever average audience of 765,000. There was a peak audience of 955,000 and a further 141,000 requests to watch the match on BBC iPlayer. Sky Sports also saw their highest-ever viewership for a WSL game with a peak of 589,000 watching Sunday’s Manchester derby…

Wotsit fans, it’s a very sad day.

The government will commit to the triple lock pension.

Inside the Chancellor’s family life.

Luxury hotel accommodation and Michelin star meals are included for you and a plus one.

Who knew?!