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Interest ratesBank of England may cut interest rate sooner after surprise inflation forecastForecasters at three leading institutions suggest inflation rate will halve to 2% by April The Bank of England may be forced to bring forward the date of its first interest rate cut after three leading forecasters issued a surprise update suggesting the inflation rate will halve to 2% by April. The Oxford Economics consultancy and analysts at Investec and Deutsche Bank have reassessed their outlook for inflation in 2024 and concluded that the consumer prices index (CPI), which dropped to 3.

Denmark This article is more than 1 year oldDenmark accused of racism after anti-ghetto law adapted for UkrainiansThis article is more than 1 year oldChange to controversial legislation will allow Ukraine refugees to move into housing emptied of ‘non-westerners’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Denmark is facing fresh claims of racism after MPs changed the country’s controversial anti-ghetto law to allow Ukrainian refugees to move into social housing emptied of “non-westerners”.

US news‘Happy to be alive’: US woman gets limbs amputated after kidney stone surgeryDoctors told Kentucky woman she would need quadruple amputation to save her life after kidney stone infection spread A Kentucky woman who unexpectedly learned she would lose her legs and arms during what she thought would be a relatively routine bout with a kidney stone is confronting her plight by focusing on what she still has. “I’m just so happy to be alive,” Lucinda “Cindy” Mullins – who’s raising two sons with her husband – recently told the Kentucky news station WLEX.

The cargo ship Gibraltar Eagle in Belgium last July. It has been hit by a missile fired from Yemen. Photograph: Pieter InpijnThe cargo ship Gibraltar Eagle in Belgium last July. It has been hit by a missile fired from Yemen. Photograph: Pieter InpijnYemenHouthi attacks continue as US cargo ship hit in defiance of strikes on YemenGibraltar Eagle vessel not seriously damaged in assault that raises some doubts over efficacy of UK-US action

NevadaNo one had any idea what to expect of a plan for people to meet in Rachel, Nevada, to see for themselves if the government was hiding aliens In the middle of the Nevadan desert, outside a secretive US military airstrip, I found the world’s strangest social media convention. Dozens of young, good-looking, often costumed people were running around filming each other with semi-professional video rigs. They were YouTube and Instagram stars – or, more often, aspiring stars – here to “storm” Area 51 for the benefit of their followers and free the aliens held captive within.

Chicago BullsThe late general manager’s widow was left in tears by Chicago fans. They forget he helped build a team that gave them great joy Last Friday the Chicago Bulls held a halftime ceremony to unveil their Ring of Honor, a pantheon reserved for the organization’s greatest contributors, but many of them couldn’t make it. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen are feuding as a wedding between Michael’s eldest son and Pippen’s ex-wife draws near.

Robert Vaughn, left, and David McCallum in The Man from UNCLE television series (1964-68). Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto LtdRobert Vaughn, left, and David McCallum in The Man from UNCLE television series (1964-68). Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto LtdTelevisionObituaryRobert Vaughn obituaryProlific television and film actor best known for his role as Napoleon Solo in The Man from UNCLEMany actors opt for long-term employment in television series, only to find their lucrative association with a “personality” difficult to shake off.

THIS SCEPTRED ISLEWhy is the Union Jack so eccentric? Why have the diagonals on the St Patrick saltire been corrupted into four discontinuous stripes, making it possible to fly the Union Jack upside down? Stephen Druitt, Edinburgh Scotland Add your answer ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKafqbK0rc2dqK6dop6ytHvQrpyrsV9leXaDlGxjZmpkZX95eI9pZaGsnaE%3D

The Back to Sleep campaign changed the advice on sleeping position from front to back in 1991, and had a huge public health benefit. Photograph: Kiyoko Fukida/Getty/AmanaThe Back to Sleep campaign changed the advice on sleeping position from front to back in 1991, and had a huge public health benefit. Photograph: Kiyoko Fukida/Getty/AmanaSudden infant death syndromeSudden infant death syndrome cost thousands of lives in the 70s and 80s - until Peter Fleming’s conversations with bereaved families led to his discovery that babies should sleep on their backs

Congolese dandies: Meet the stylish men and women of Brazzaville – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Since the 1920s, the sapeurs of the Congo have been making sartorial statements on the streets of Brazzaville and Kinshasa. Tariq Zaidi shot them in their home communities Mee-Lai Stone @mlestone Main image: Flamboyant ... Nkodia Aurelie.