Day: September 28, 2026

Surviving spouses face tough choices on keeping or selling a home, with a two-year window to navigate the financial “widow tax.”http://dlvr.it/TVgjyd

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news European gas prices are also rising this morning . The benchmark Dutch contract is up 2.9% to €74.185 per megawatt hour (MWh), while…

Statistician Andrew Dilnot says that putting social care on the same footing as health care would cost ‘well in excess of £18bn’ Yesterday on the blog I listed three policy announcements press…

Burnout or breakup are constant dangers when one partner carries too much of the mental load of looking after the home and family. Here’s how to spread the burden more evenly Many…

I used to be terrified of socialising, certain I would embarrass myself the moment I opened my mouth. And as for dates … As with a lot of teenagers, social confidence was…

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to the films they watch when they need a lift is an appreciation of Jim Carrey’s manic 90s comedy To be completely honest,…

Ambiance: who wants it and why do so many pubs contrive to create it? The deader the pub the better, in my view I was out with a mate one evening when…

Pontiff is expected to talk about Europe’s history, the need for peace in Ukraine, and warn against rising nationalism in speech in Metz Nordic correspondent Swedish coalition talks have been thrown into…

Wes Streeting indicates farmer who alerted police and said security forces had ‘dropped the ball’ only ‘had a partial picture’ UK security services were aware in advance about a group of men…

Housing sales across the top seven cities increased 3% year-on-year to about 1,00,220 units in Q3 2026, while new launches rose 18% to 1,14,320 units, according to Anarock. The value of homes…

Statistician Andrew Dilnot says that putting social care on the same footing as health care would cost ‘well in excess of £18bn’ Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, has been doing the morning…

Pontiff is expected to talk about Europe’s history, the need for peace in Ukraine, and warn against rising nationalism in speech in Metz Elsewhere, Sweden’s Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson said she…

Nine years growing up in a tent robbed me of my freedom and childhood. But my generation is determined to fight for a better future – one that we must be involved…

Jackson and Green just about manage to distract viewers from the sub-par Tarantinoesque flourishes, confusing plot points and tired stereotypes Having shot five films since 2020, 82-year-old Martin Campbell is a certified…

In the Danish writer’s latest novel, an eminent scientist withdraws to the countryside When Gunn Haven, an eminent professor of astrophysics at an urban university, moves to rural Denmark, she tells a…