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I cleared £24,000 debt in 18months and saved £3,300 this year, anyone can do it

I cleared £24,000 debt in 18months and saved £3,300 this year, anyone can do it Sammie has shared the 10 basic budgeting rules he uses to save money A man who left university with £24,000 of debt says he managed to clear it in 18 months and has already put almost £3,300 into savings this year with simple budget rules. Sammie Ellard-King says h e never received a financial education, and when he first left home and graduated from university, he found himself deep in debt. Sammie, from...

Tuesday briefing: With unease at home spreading, what next for Russia’s isolated leader?

UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases

Executive summary This report reveals how retired senior British military figures are frequently presented in the UK media as purely independent experts on defence and security matters without mention of their personal commercial and employment interests in the defence, technology, intelligence, and security sectors in those reports. By analysing media reports between 2015 and May 2026, AOAV identified a repeated pattern where almost 60% of former key military personnel with links to the...

Netflix has reportedly greenlit a prequel for 'The Crown'

Netflix has reportedly greenlit a prequel for 'The Crown' Netflix has closed the deal to start production on a prequel for hit series The Crown, according to the Daily Mail. The streaming company has reportedly been in talks with the show's producer, Left Bank Pictures, for prequels since 2022, even before The Crown's last season came out in late 2023. Now, deals have been struck, and Left Bank has received the green light to officially start working on the project.

Twin sisters who fought off crocodiles unveil new project to save species that attacked them

Twin sisters who fought off crocodiles unveil new project to save species that attacked them Georgia Laurie, 33, punched a crocodile in the jaw to save her twin sister Melissa from certain death during a trip to Mexico - and the pair are now leading a campaign to help save the reptiles A pair of British twins who fought off crocodiles to save their lives have backed a new conservation project to help save the species that attacked them. Georgia Laurie, 33, from Sandhurst, Berkshire, leapt in...

Reformer or ringleader: A decade on, What is Infantino's legacy as FIFA president?

GIANNI INFANTINO CELEBRATED HIS ELECTION as FIFA president in February 2016 by buying beers for journalists in the bar of a hotel in Cardiff, Wales. After the previous regime of Sepp Blatter had been brought down by bribery and corruption, Infantino was soccer's new man of the people: approachable, engaging and ready to restore the game's reputation. Ten years on, the Swiss-Italian lawyer is the most powerful man in the game.

As Jane Austen turns 250, four new productions take on Pride and Prejudice

Four theatre shows take on Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice Sun 31 May 2026 at 4:30am "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife," the opening line of Pride and Prejudice asserts. If written today, wealth and want would most likely be defined by a diversified asset portfolio. For those unfamiliar with Jane Austen's classic 19th-century novel, Pride and Prejudice follows the trials and tribulations of the...