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The UK interest rate currently sits at a 16-year-high of 5.25%.

The institute will be used to help researchers develop and bring to market new technology.

Ofcom said there was ‘no issue with this programme’s editorial format in principle’.

The WikiLeaks founder is seeking to bring an appeal over his planned extradition at the court in London.

The Queen spoke about the first grown up book she ever read for the new season of her Reading Room podcast.

There are currently 900,000 people in the UK living with dementia and that figure is predicted to rise to 1.6 million by 2050.

The delay follows long-running concerns about vulnerable customers who rely on landline-based personal alarms.

The institute is looking to establish closer ties with the tech sector in Silicon Valley.

The magazine said it was following ‘a court order’ when it limited access to an article about the convicted murderer in the UK.

Guitarist Ian Bairnson, who played the Wuthering Heights solo with his arm in a plaster cast after breaking it, died last year.

Police previously said his death ‘was unexpected, but is not being treated as suspicious’.

The proposed guidelines say students should not be taught about periods before year 4, but some girls might have started menstruating sooner.

The ride-hailing company announced the measure to help it meet its pledge that all Uber vehicles in London will be fully electric by the end of 2025.

The group reported a 34% rise in profits after tax to 1.92 billion euros (£1.64 billion) for the year to the end of March.

Dr Gail Miflin, chief medical officer at NHS Blood and Transplant, said there were a number of checks in place to ensure the safety of blood products.

The infected blood report dominates the headlines at the start of the working week.

It is widely regarded as the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

People were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s.

The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition to the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.

Monday’s short hearing could be the WikiLeaks founder’s final UK bid for an appeal against extradition.