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Savers are being offered some exceptional easy-access deals on their cash Isas - but finding the best one is not as simple as looking for the highest rates.

Restaurant and retail bosses said they desperately need to be given breathing space in the Budget, as further wage rises will make it even harder for them to retain or take on staff.

John Healey struck the traditional pose with his Red Box and team outside No11, before heading to the Commons to unveil the crucial fiscal package.

Company chiefs believe the attackers could be the same as those who used ARTEX to breach South Korea’s financial giants

John Healey is expected to abandon his predecessor Rachel Reeves' 'car crash' plans to cut the cash Isa allowance in his first Budget this afternoon.

New reports on Reddit suggest that even iPhone Duo owners unaffected by 'crackgate' have decided to return their £2,000 devices.

'Brighton Blue', a shade of aqua, has adorned the seafront railings and lampposts for over a century.

Britons have emptied supermarket shelves of baked beans, bottled water and batteries after Labour issued a stark warning to households last week to 'be ready' for a national crisis.

Książ Castle in Poland was taken over by the Nazis in 1941 - and houses subterranean tunnels and a mysterious treasure trove of gold.

Essex man faces no further action after arrest over Linas Buta’s death in Rhos, near Wrexham, on March 27. Police probe now closed and report sent to coroner.

Essex man faces no further action after arrest over Linas Buta’s death in Rhos, near Wrexham, on March 27. Police probe now closed and report sent to coroner.

Instead of the typical Hollywood drama, the British 'It' girl and the Sandman actor have mastered healthy blended family dynamics.

John Healey will not curb runaway welfare spending despite growing pressure on the public finances. Instead, he is expected to increase the tax burden to the highest level on record to help boost handouts.

El Reg takes a tour of a satellite nursery for customers thinking about de-risking dependence

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered 2026 ED138, a large object beyond Neptune that could become the solar system's sixth recognized dwarf planet if further observations confirm it is massive enough to be round. Located about 46 times farther from the Sun than Earth, the object is estimated to be 600 to 1,500 kilometers wide and had remained hidden because it lies against a particularly crowded field of Milky Way stars. Scientific American reports: The discovery was made by running billions of pieces of data collected by the Rubin Observatory through a search code developed by Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian astronomers Matthew Holman and Kevin Napier. "My first reaction was one of excited disbelief," Holman said in a statement. "Objects like this are very rare, so I immediately started checking whether I or the code had done something wrong." When Holman and his colleague Mario Juric of the University of Washington went to double-check, they found 30 more observations of the object by Rubin that dated to between March and July 2026. Looking at other observation tools, the pair found even more sightings going back to 2016. Together, these data allowed the astronomers to begin mapping out 2026 ED138's orbit. The suspected dwarf planet is about 46 times as far from the sun as Earth, making it even more remote than Pluto, which is just 40 times as far. The object is also tilted off the solar system's plane by around 25 degrees, an arrangement that could be linked to disruptions caused by Neptune's gravitational pull. Initial measurements indicate that 2026 ED138 has a diameter between 600 and 1,500 kilometers (373 and 932 miles), which makes it one of the largest dwarf planet candidates yet detected. But size isn't all that matters: further observations are required to determine if the object has enough mass to be pulled into a round shape, which is a key requirement for a dwarf planet. Despite its size, 2026 ED138 was able to avoid detection for all these years because it's located in a part of the night sky that's crowded with stars whose light drowned it out.

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Nicholson's great friend Michael Douglas has revealed that the Oscar winner and notorious womaniser will never appear in front of a camera again.

Every inch of Julia Starzyk's home is also serviced by the biggest collection of smart gadgets I have ever seen.

The cost-saving bid aims to save taxpayers €3.5billion (£2.9billion) a year - and comes under plans to cut around 15 per cent of all government jobs over the next decade.

An ominous map shows where Super El Niño's deadly heat could kill the most people, as the phenomenon continues to ramp up in the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists found pantethine, a nutrient that comes from vitamin B5, calmed the cells in the immune system that drive the itchy and painful skin condition.