Exeter moved top of the Premiership after beating West Country rivals Bristol 24-14 at Ashton Gate. The Chiefs outscored their hosts 4-2 on tries in front of a 24,200-strong crowd, claiming a bonus point through flanker Jacques Vermeulen’s late touchdown. It was nip and tuck for much of the game, …

Policymakers rarely bring down inflation without a recession. This time they might Could 2024 be a year unlike any in America’s post-war economic history? Never since 1945 has annual inflation, measured by the consumer-price index, fallen from above 5% to below 3% without a recession at the time of the …

The “superconnector” suffers the worst of both worlds Sevva, a swanky bar and restaurant with electrifying views, has been serving bankers and sightseers for more than 15 years. From its terrace, you can peer over a cocktail and through the office windows of hsbc across the road. The restaurant’s cuisine …

The £62m dispensed on last Friday before Christmas beat £51m record set in 2022 to reflect sharp annual rise in inflation More than £62m in cash was withdrawn from Post Office branches on the Friday before Christmas, the most ever in a single day, as people rushed to finish their …

Absent builders, dodgy contractors, endless delays – our renovation project quickly went off the rails. These are some hard-won lessons To know me is to know my kitchen. For the past three years, ever since my husband and I decided to renovate, it has consumed about 90% of my brain. …

From a suburb of Dover in Kent to the outskirts of Glasgow, here’s where estate agents say buyers are searching A suburb of Dover in Kent, a town not far from Glasgow and an up-and-coming area of east London … these are some of the places experts reckon are emerging …

Average of 3,631 patients in hospital with Covid during Christmas week, data shows, a rise of 57% in a month A surge in the number of flu and Covid admissions to hospitals in England is adding to a “storm of pressure” facing the health service, NHS leaders have said. Figures …

From chalk to rubbers and clay, there are a variety of reasons why those with pica syndrome yearn to eat non-foodstuffs. But is this dangerous? Mary (not her real name), a 20-year-old from Ireland, has just kicked her habit – of eating firelighters. “I got through a box of individually …

A negotiator, a psychologist, a wedding planner, a conflict mediator and a maitre d’ share their hard-earned techniques for keeping the peace at Christmas Ah, Christmas – a time to come together with family, mark the year that’s been and, for many of us, devolve into explosive, regrettable arguments before …

Far-right president says not ‘opportune’ for Argentina – which had been set to become a member on 1 January – to be part of alliance Argentina has formally announced that it will not join the Brics bloc of developing economies, the latest in a dramatic shift in foreign and economic …