Barclays offers 10% savings rate
Barclays is trying to lure customers for its flagging retail business by launching a savings account offering a 10% rate of interest. As the big banks prepare to report t...
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Nationwide declares price war on big four with 4.25% interest rate
Britain's big four banks are facing a renewed assault on the lucrative current account market after Nationwide building society launched an account paying 4.25% interest....
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Prostate cancer test may not cut death rate
The most widely-used test for prostate cancer may not reduce the risk of men dying from the disease, according to research published today.
Substantial numbers of men in...
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Poet recruited in attempt to cut suicide rate
A poet has been recruited in the fight to drive down the suicide rate in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is hoped the poet, who will be appointed in the next fe...
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Air pollution cuts male birth rate, says study
Air pollution decreases the proportion of babies born male, according to a study suggesting that the level of pollution in many cities is high enough to alter the natural...
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How was it for you? The insiders rate the season
The selector David Graveney England's chairman of selectors
Highlight of the season The first morning at Edgbaston after we'd been written off. They got a standing ovati...
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Scotland has second highest murder rate in Europe
Scotland has the second highest murder rate in western Europe and Scots are more than three times more likely to be murdered than people in England and Wales, according t...
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Oil shock is main risk to growth, says rate-setter
The latest recruit to the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, David Walton, said yesterday that higher oil prices and a weaker labour market would dampen consume...
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Rise in death rate increases Dignity profit
Dignity, Britain's largest funeral services company, saw profits rise by nearly a fifth in the first half of this year after more people died than had been expected.
Pre...
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Low death rate among Chinese puzzles Milan
The Chinese have always had a reputation for longevity, but officials have found the Italian dolce vita is making them all but immortal.
Only 26 of the 11,500 Chinese pe...
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