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INFLATION last month returned to the 40-year high it hit earlier this summer after food prices soared.

Labour accuses government of ‘generating further anxiety’

Food prices soared by 14.6 per cent, the fastest rate of increase in 40 years

Food prices rose by 14.6% in the 12 months to September

CPI inflation hit 10.1% in the 12 months to September - up from the 9.9% recorded the month before and still at the highest levels seen in 40 years - as the cost of living crisis continue to squeeze finances

More unusually, parents are also weighing up whether to call babies Wolf and Pandora

Mainstream culture, news and media can all make or break name trends.

‘The problem with long maternity leaves is that you find yourself financially, psychologically and logistically on the back foot when you start to think about your return to work,’ Sarah Hesz, co-founder of childcare booking app Bubble, debates the pros and cons of taking time off after having a child

Early on in the pandemic, people were urged to look out for a fever and a loss of smell and taste, but as new variants have emerged the telltale signs of infection have shifted

he latest ONS survey data estimates that 1.7 million people would have tested positive for Covid in the week up to September 29

The number of Covid-positive patients in Welsh hospitals hit 500 for the first time since mid-July