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Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial: Actress’s team offers court security ‘treats’ Actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s legal team offered treats for courtroom security during her trial in Utah, but the judge rejected the unusual request following an objection from the plaintiff’s lawyers.  Paltrow is accused of causing a collision that injured retired eye doctor Terry Sanderson and is countersuing, while he is seeking $300,000 in damages. During the trial, Sanderson’s daughter testified that he has suffered from personality changes and agitation since the accident, and a doctor said he had sustained a traumatic brain injury. Paltrow’s defence team claims that she was not…

UK households ‘spent 12% more on essentials in February than year earlier’ The Guardian says Inflation and rising bills mean UK households are spending 12% more on essentials than they were a year ago, with almost four in 10 people having to use credit cards to cover these costs, new data shows. Two days after it emerged that the UK’s annual inflation rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.4% in February, Nationwide said its figures showed that consumers spent 34% more on utility bills and 17% more on mortgage payments last month than they did in February 2022. The building society analysed…

Bank of England warns interest rates will rise again if businesses hike prices The Independent says The head of the Bank of England has warned businesses that raising prices will lead to interest rates being hiked again. Interest rates were lifted to 4.25 per cent from 4 per cent on Thursday after policymakers on the Bank’s nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted seven to two for the quarter-point rise following a surprise jump in inflation last month. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he supports the Bank’s decision to hike rates further as “the sooner we grip inflation the better for everyone”.…

Bank of England raises interest rates to 4.25% The Metro says The Bank of England has announced that interest rates have risen for the 11th time in the last two years after Wednesday’s surprise jump in inflation. Policymakers on the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted seven-to-two to increase rates from 4% to 4.25%. They said they now expect the economy to grow slightly in the second quarter of the year, marking a reversal of the 0.4% decline in the gross domestic product (GDP) that the Bank had anticipated last month. Furthermore, inflation is set to come back down this…

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Jeremy Hunt says tax cuts unlikely this year as interest rates hiked to control higher than expected inflation The i says Jeremy Hunt believes tax cuts this year remain unlikely because they could make it harder to control inflation after the Bank of England voted to raise interest rates again. The Chancellor privately warned that the persistence of high prices will make it harder for him to offer tax cuts or public spending increases in future. Another minister told i that Rishi Sunak “needs rates to come down” in the next year in order to convince voters that the economy…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk There’s a variety of stories on the front pages this Friday, however, the Bank of England’s boss Andrew Bailey’s comments that he was “more optimistic” about the UK economy makes several leads.  Following the Bank of England governor’s more optimistic outlook for the UK economy, the Daily Express proclaims “Here’s Hoping!”, despite a recent interest rate hike to combat inflation. While acknowledging that tough times may still lie ahead, the paper sees the Bank’s assessment as a sign that better times are fast approaching. The Financial Times reports that the interest rate increase was…

Kim Jong-un oversaw the tests.