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The chancellor targets the cost of living amid global economic turmoil but opposition parties say he has not been bold enough.

Here’s what you need to know from John Healey’s first Budget, as the chancellor sets out the government’s tax and spending plans.

The chancellor targets the cost of living amid global economic turmoil but opposition parties say he has not been bold enough.

The chancellor has had to grapple with a mix of public finances and household finances being a mess.

The chancellor targets the cost of living amid global economic turmoil but opposition parties say he has not been bold enough.

The chancellor has had to grapple with a mix of public finances and household finances being a mess.

Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed websiteLina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the country.Attalah was taken briefly into custody after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, prompting fresh international concerns over press freedom in Egypt. Continue reading...

Jean Kaseya, of the Africa CDC, warns of the illness spreading like Covid unless more funding is secured to increase preparedness and possible treatmentThe “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As the current outbreak reached 10,000 cases, with almost 5,000 deaths, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), compared the outbreak to the Covid pandemic, which first took hold in China before spreading to countries across the world, claiming millions of lives, and ravaging health systems and economies. Continue reading...

Amber Gayle, 32, allowed murderer Rickcarlo Williams, 24, to video their sex sessions in a therapy room at HMP Swinfen Hall in Staffordshire, a court heard.

Chancellor John Healey announced the measure which he said would help 20million households in council tax bands A-D - half of all homes.

Final eight to discover their quarter-final opponents

A failure by the US president to produce the relevant files by a set deadline could result in sanctions, says a Florida judge.

King Charles watched a loud Junakaroo party with fancy dress and floats roll past him for several minutes in Nassau - before getting involved and leading the parade down the street

Two trains ploughed into each other on the high-speed line between Madrid and Andalusia causing carriages to leave the tracks and roll down an embankment

US points to increase in abstentions in General Assembly as evidence that push to isolate Cuba is slowly succeeding.

Rwanda’s milk bars

The chancellor targets the cost of living amid global economic turmoil but opposition parties say he has not been bold enough.

The Office for Budget Responsibility says higher energy prices will impact everything from prices and living standards to economic growth.

The Russian President praised Musk and said they are in "close" contact.

As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.