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- Reuters
FTSE 100 extends record run on earnings optimism
The blue-chip FTSE 100 was up 0.4%, as of 0721 GMT. The benchmark was also on track for its sixth consecutive session of gains, what would be its first such winning streak since August 2023. Reckitt Benckiser jumped 4% after its quarterly like-for-like sales growth beat estimates and the consumer goods group said it was on track to meet full-year revenue and profit targets.
- Evening Standard
Lloyds sees profits slip but reassures City on outlook -- house prices to rise
Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year
- Evening Standard
Liverpool XI vs Everton: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injury latest for Merseyside derby today
Mohamed Salah leading stars hoping for a recall
- Evening Standard
Best mobile games to play now 2024 from Minecraft to Jetpack Joyride
Need some ideas on what to play next on your phone?
- The Telegraph
Why autism and ADHD self-diagnosis may be inaccurate
Every few months, 52-year-old Peter* would find himself in trouble with his wife. Sitting silently during an argument and unable to speak, he couldn’t process anything levelled at him. He didn’t know what was wrong, except noticing that he had a weird pattern of “getting stuck in a rut”, hyper-fixating on interests such as programming and PC gaming at the expense of spending time with his wife.
- BBC
Olly Alexander to bring Eurovision magic to EastEnders
This year's UK Eurovision entrant will make a surprise visit to Walford next month.
- SWNS
Bitter neighbour boundary dispute been settled in court - after raging for DECACES
A bitter neighbour boundary dispute has been settled in court - after raging for DECADES. The row between two warring pensioners revolves around a quarter of an acre of disputed territory - with both parties saying it has cost them tens of thousands and affected their mental health. Angela Coupe, 70, claims she first bought 1.5 acres of land in 1972, a five minute drive from her detached bungalow in Chesterfield, which she used for horses in 1974. She built a wooden post along a concrete boundary which she said had been there since the 1930s. The retired social worker and former Marie Curie nurse said she was “horrified” when she caught her neighbour Ian Revell, 66, and his late father moving the posts in her field in the mid 1990s and approached them. She claims that she is entitled to 1.5 acres, and that the Revell family sold a quarter of an acre in 1945, leaving them with 0.77 of an acre. However, Mr Revell has refused to budge and hit back at her claims. He claims they are each entitled to one acre, meaning that Angela is currently encroaching by taking half an acre more than she is entitled to. For nearly 30 years the two families have been at loggerheads, but Southern Derby Magistrates Court has now ruled in favour of Mr Revell with a judge ruling his adversary had lied about putting up a fence. Following the verdict, Angela said she was "appalled" while Ian said it was only right as he claimed the plot had been in his family for years. Angela has levelled the land she believes she owns and placed the good soil inside her boundary for further use for the land. She has also now claimed Mr Revell trapped the top soil in when he moved the fence. She uses the land for her animals, including four rescue pigs.
- Evening Standard
Manchester United vs Sheffield Utd: Prediction, kick-off time, team news, TV, live stream, h2h, odds today
Red Devils continue in chaotic fashion
- Hello!
Springwatch's Chris Packham and stepdaughter Megan McCubbin unite for heartwarming cause
The duo are raising money for the Bat Conservation Trust and the Helping Rhinos charity as part of Big Give's Green Match Fund campaign
- The Telegraph
KPMG hires former prisoners amid battle to reduce crime
One of Britain’s Big Four accountancy firms is hiring former prisoners as part of the Government’s push to cut reoffending rates.
- The Independent
Former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81 after cancer battle
Frank Field was director of the Child Poverty Action Group between 1969 and 1979, and the Member of Parliament for Birkenhead between 1979 and 2019
- PA Media: Entertainment
Ofcom issues warning over politician presenters ahead of general election
The regulator said breaches could result in sanctions.
- Reuters
Yen's slide toward 160 level could trigger action, says senior ruling party official
Japan's ruling party is not yet in active discussion on what yen levels would be deemed worth intervening in the market, though the currency's slide towards 160 to the dollar could prod policymakers to act, party executive, Takao Ochi, told Reuters. "There is no broad consensus right now, but if the yen slides further toward 160 or 170 to the dollar, that may be deemed excessive and could prompt policymakers to consider some action," Ochi said in an interview on Tuesday. Right now, however, there has been little active discussion on what yen levels would be deemed appropriate for such action, said Ochi, the secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) research commission on the finance and banking systems.
- Investor's Business Daily
Dow Jones Futures: Market Rallies, Tesla Soars As Elon Musk Touts 'Affordable' EV, Robotaxi
The rally attempt is gaining steam. Tesla soared as Elon Musk said "affordable" EVs will come in 2025 and touted robotaxis.
- BBC
Lloyds profits drop 28% after bumper 2023
The banking group's results showed it had made less money from loans and mortgages compared with last year.
- The Telegraph
Shogun, review: historical epic shows others how it’s done with a finale of grace and guile
The original 1980 Shōgun mini-series was a romping epic featuring gratuitous beheadings and a hunky Richard Chamberlain wandering around looking confused. Disney+’s new adaptation of James Clavell’s best-selling chronicle of dynastic rivalry in 17th-century Japan is far more sparing in its use of violence. The only ones likely to be stumbling around perplexed, meanwhile, are viewers who failed to give this dense but ultimately gripping historical drama the necessary attention.
- Reuters
Brokerage Haitong removes long-term Hong Kong unit chief Lin, appoints new head
Chinese brokerage Haitong Securities removed Lin Yong from chief executive of its Hong Kong-based offshore unit, according to an internal memo and a company source with knowledge of the matter. Lin, who had been Haitong International Securities' CEO in Hong Kong since 2007, was removed from the top post, according to the memo reviewed by Reuters. He is one of the longest-serving helmsman at any Chinese investment bank in Hong Kong, leading the offshore unit to become one of the banks that issued the most offshore high yield bonds of Chinese companies in the last decade.
- BBC
Pensioners' fears over income tax burden
Charities report heightened concern among pensioners who fear being dragged into paying income tax.
- SWNS
Famous garden's cherry blossoms reveal hidden secret
Stunning images show Alnwick Garden in full bloom – as social media users say the aerial shots reveal a saucy secret. The garden's famous cherry blossom orchard boasts the largest Taihaku orchard in the world with 329 trees. Amazing aerial photos and video show that despite the wet spring, the blossom has finally bloomed. Once the blossom falls, the tens of thousands of petals will be used to flavour a £35-a-bottle Cherry Blossom gin.