Boost for hard-pressed consumers as Britain’s inflation rate drops to its lowest since July 2017Breaking: CPI inflation rate drops to 2.7%, from 3%Lowest inflation reading in seven monthsTreasury says it’s helping, but TUC wants moreFood and fuel prices helped lower inflationExperts: Wages could catch up with inflation soon 1.48pm GMT Read more
Environment secretary says UK control of fishing waters delayed, not abandoned, by Brexit dealThe environment secretary, Michael Gove, has issued a coded warning to rebellious Tories to keep their “eyes on the prize” as he said he understood the fishing industry’s grave disappointment at Theresa May’s agreement to keep EU Read more
Family-friendly bunnies hop to the top in their first week with double the takings of Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft reboot Tomb Raider While Black Panther extends its run at the top of the US box office into a rare fifth week, in the UK the Marvel superhero hit succumbs to Read more
Pickering, who admitted raping and killing 14-year-old girl in 1972, is convicted of another rape a few weeks earlierA notorious murderer convicted 46 years ago of raping and killing a teenager has been found guilty of violently raping another 18-year-old woman a few weeks earlier.Peter Pickering, now 80, has been Read more
Average car insurance premium to drop as government tackles £1bn-a-year compensation billCar insurance premiums are to fall by £35 a year after the government announced measures to curb the high number of whiplash claims that currently cost UK drivers over £1bn a year. The justice secretary, David Gauke, unveiled plans Read more
UK authorities planning to inspect data company's servers Via: Cambridge Analytica: What is the company now embroiled in Facebook data controversy?
Cold weather to continue into April after freezing conditions gripped country in March Via: UK weather: Britain set for Easter snow with temperatures forecast to drop over bank holiday weekend
Social media giant accused of 'misleading' Parliament over risk of companies acquiring users private data Via: UK Parliament summons Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to be questioned over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Armed officers reportedly seen crouching behind cars before gunfire started Via: Man fighting for life after being shot by police responding to armed robbery report in east London
21-year-old allegedly confronted with 'outlandish' allegations she was being controlled with black magic by original Boyzone band member Mark Walton – father to one of defendant's children Via: Sophie Lionnet: Couple 'murdered French nanny then burned her body' in London home