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Bank holiday weekend could bring hottest day of 2023 so far

Travel experts are warning of a busy time on the roads as people head out to enjoy the summery weather.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Cheapest UK supermarket named out of Aldi, Tesco and Lidl - beating most expensive by £20

Experts have named the cheapest supermarket in the UK right now after comparing a basket of everyday essentials - and the it's a whopping £19.91 cheaper than the most expensive

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2023

Rishi Sunak spends £260,000 of taxpayer cash on bash to woo business after economic chaos

Labour accused the Conservatives of using money from the public purse to 'paper over the cracks of their 13 years of economic failure with meaningless photo opportunities'

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2023

British Gas wins as Ofgem hits consumers with an extra tenner

From October UK gas and electricity consumers will be paying £10 more to suppliers – a £56m earnings boost for Centrica

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Alan Phillips obituary

Human rights adviser who in the 1970s proposed that aid to Chile should be reallocated to support humanitarian programmes

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

How to get a refund for Sam Smith's cancelled AO Arena show following abrupt ending

Sam Smith has cancelled the remaining dates of their upcoming UK tour dates after leaving the stage at Manchester's AO Arena on Wednesday evening

Manchester Evening News · May 25, 2023

China refutes Microsoft allegations it hacked critical US infrastructure

Microsoft accused China of attempting to carry out espionage and information gathering

Evening Standard · May 25, 2023

Why Sunak is latest in long line of Tory PMs unable to cut net migration

Acute labour shortages in sectors from health to fishing, exacerbated by Brexit, driving need to allow more non-EU workers into country

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Net migration figures hit record high - everything you need to know

The Office for National Statistics today revealed UK net migration for 2022 hit 606,000 - a new record - prompting calls for a shake-up of the system. Here, we try to explain what's going on

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2023

Ukraine recap: Moscow's 'pyrrhic victory' in Bakhmut prompts unrest in the Russian military, but it's all smiles for Zelensky

After the best part of a year, Russia has claimed victory in the meat-grinder that was the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east. But the battle achieved virtually none of Russia’s original strategic objectives and came at a cost of Russian lives, estimated by Wagner Group boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, as…

The Conversation · May 25, 2023