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Financial Times – Interest rates hit 15 year high as BoE warns higher costs will not ease soon Summary of the front page The Financial Times leads on how interest rates have surged to a 15-year high – with the Bank of England warning higher costs show no sign of easing. The paper reflects on Thursday’s move by the Bank which increased the base rate for the 14th time in a row, to 5.2% – which the FT spells out as “more pain for homeowners”. The front page features a picture of Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey. Today’s top…

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MailOnline suspends Dan Wootton as allegations investigated The Guardian says Dan Wootton has been suspended by MailOnline after allegations emerged that he used a pseudonym to secretly offer his colleagues tens of thousands of pounds in return for sexual material. The GB News presenter has had a lucrative job writing a twice-weekly column for MailOnline since 2021 but it has not appeared since the allegations were made public by his ex-boyfriend last month. Wootton is also under investigation by his former employers at Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, where he worked for more than a decade as a celebrity journalist. The…

Kiwi Dan Wootton suspended by Daily MailOnline as cash-for-sex-images allegations investigated The Herald says The Daily Mail’s MailOnline has suspended New Zealand journalist Dan Wootton from his twice-weekly column as the company investigates allegations he offered colleagues money for sexual images. The GB News presenter, who has written a regular column for MailOnline since 2021, was alleged to have inappropriately offered colleagues hefty sums of money in exchange for filming themselves carrying out sex acts, according to his ex-boyfriend Alex Truby. Truby claimed Wootton used a pseudonym “Martin Branning” when allegedly making inappropriate approaches. A spokesperson for MailOnline publisher DMG…

Dan Wootton suspended by MailOnline as claims he offered cash for sexual images investigated The Independent says MailOnline has suspended Dan Wootton’s column while allegations he used a pseudonym and offered colleagues money for sexual images are investigated. The GB News presenter, who has written a regular column for MailOnline since 2021, claimed to be the victim of a “witch hunt” after being accused of using fake online identities to trick men into sending him explicit images for tens of thousands of pounds. Wootton has denied any criminal wrongdoing, although he has admitted to “errors of judgment in the past”.…

Afghan refugees moved out of hotels now homeless The UK government has asked Afghan families, who sought refuge in the country after the Taliban takeover in 2021, to leave the hotels they were staying in. These families, many of whom had worked for the British government, are now at risk of becoming homeless. Thousands of them are living in temporary government-funded hotel accommodations, and they are starting to be relocated elsewhere. If these families can’t find permanent homes, they will be classified as homeless, and the local councils will be responsible for helping them. Already, some families have presented themselves…

Ocean heat record broken with temperatures hitting 20.96 The oceans are at their hottest-ever recorded temperature due to climate change. The global sea surface temperature hit 20.96°C, surpassing the 2016 record.  Warmer waters absorb less carbon dioxide, leading to more planet-warming gas in the atmosphere and faster glacier melting, causing sea level rise. Marine species are affected as they search for cooler waters, disrupting the food chain. Fish stocks could be impacted, and some predatory animals like sharks may become more aggressive in the heat. “The water feels like a bath when you jump in,” says Dr Kathryn Lesneski, who…