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UK house prices fell in March, according to Halifax, reflecting a cooling in the market as the stamp duty tax break comes to an end. The average UK house price registered a 0.5% dip from the previous month, or £1,575 in cash terms, leaving the average cost of a home at £296,699, according to the lender. Prices were up 2.8% from March last year, unchanged from the annual rate in February. Amanda Bryden, head of Mortgages at Halifax, said: “House prices rose in January as buyers rushed to beat the...

The tribunal ruled in favour of the tenants, who said the property, which was listed as furnished, had significant issues including broken appliances, a cracked hob, nails sticking out of the deck with boards that flipped up when you stood on them and a faulty fireplace that sent smoke billowing through the house.A photo submitted by the tenants of a broken bed. The landlord claims it only appears to be broken.They’d also been required to pay six months' rent upfront to secure the tenancy; legally a landlord can require only...

Golfing superstar Rory McIlroy’s Players Championship playoff rival, J.J. Spaun, has shed light on a conversation he had with the four-time major champion at TPC Sawgrass - where the PGA Tour star supposedly revealed plans to build a new UK home. After a weekend of scintillating golf, both the 35-year-old and American Spaun were deadlocked when the final round ended, forcing a rare playoff.McIlroy would end up the victor after a hole 17 approach by Spaun found the water, but the pair evidently had plenty of time to chew the...

The UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, on Thursday said a new set of rules are granting early access to nearly $5.18 billion (£4 billion) of investment for crucial transmission equipment and services, which is expected to connect renewable energy projects to the grid quicker.Ofgem’s new Advanced Procurement Mechanism (APM) will unblock supply chains by allowing Britain’s electricity transmission owners (TOs) to buy essential equipment – such as switchgear, cables, and steel – years in advance of when it is needed. The process to unblock supply chains is expected to ensure that...

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video President Trump’s prized golf club has been vandalised with ‘Trump is a c***’ and ‘F*** Trump’ graffiti. Pro-Palestinian activists targeted Trump Turnberry, located in South Ayrshire in Scotland, overnight and damaged the greens on several of the courses. Palestine Action labelled the damage a ‘direct response to the US administration’s stated intent to ethnically cleanse Gaza’. They group used blood-red graffiti to deface the elite 800-acre resort, which has held the sport’s...