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A 16th-century farmhouse near Halstead with 300 acres of land has been listed for sale, having been in the same family for three generations.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Student loan borrowers who enroll in automatic payments will get a much bigger discount on interest starting July 1, the U.S. Department of Education says. Auto pay has long offered a modest discount off borrowers' interest rate -- .25 percentage points -- but after millions of borrowers opted out during the long COVID repayment pause, with some making no payments for years, the nation's student debt portfolio swelled to $1.7 trillion. On Thursday, the department said it will temporarily increase its auto pay interest rate discount to one full percentage point. Practically, that means an undergraduate borrower with a loan at the current 6.39% would see their interest rate drop temporarily to 5.39%. The rate cut will last for two years, from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. Borrowers already enrolled in auto pay do not need to act. They will automatically receive the rate cut. [...] The department says borrowers will have until Sept. 30 to sign up for auto pay and qualify for the two-year interest discount.

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A brick sculpture trail is taking over RHS Hyde Hall in Essex this summer.

A 16th-century farmhouse near Halstead with 300 acres of land has been listed for sale, having been in the same family for three generations.

The exchange came during Carol's final day on the morning flagship show back in April, when she bid farewell to her role as a weather presenter after 25 years.

A video of the excited royal couple cheering on one of their beloved horses - Warrant Holder, ridden by William Buick - has been circulating online.

Jeremy Clarkson's prostate cancer diagnosis is another serious health scare for the former Top Gear and Grand Tour host, who has faced several medical emergencies over the years.

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Suggesting the Kremlin's conflict could become more brutal, Dmitry Medvedev (left) said: 'It is time to openly declare that there are no longer, nor can there be, any rules regarding neo-Nazi Kyiv.'

Kadie Don, from Oldham, clearly remembers the shocking moment her mother explained she had become pregnant by her own father, and that she was the child from that pregnancy.

Viewers had questioned why the USA women's boss was given a small chalkboard instead of a digital touchscreen to do her tactical analysis of England's win over Croatia.

Ronaldinho has made a stunning return to football by signing for third-tier Italian club Ravenna - but the 46-year-old Brazil icon will not be lacing up his boots once again.

Alvin, a heating engineer on his way home from work, had intervened to comfort a teenage girl who had been collared by the duo for allegedly spitting at a bus stop.

The Manchester United centre-back, 33, was filmed speaking to fans from inside a Panini football van at the Rockefeller Centre yesterday.

Twenty-one businesses have won been named Essex's best of the best in the Muddy Stilettos Regional Awards for 2026.

A detached period property located at the end of a no-through road is on the market for £650,000.

Twenty-one businesses have won been named Essex's best of the best in the Muddy Stilettos Regional Awards for 2026.

A detached period property located at the end of a no-through road is on the market for £650,000.

Police are conducting door-to-door enquiries into the incidents