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Ground rents paid by leaseholders are to be capped at £250 a year in England and Wales, as part of UK government plans to make major changes to home ownership. The reforms also include proposals to ban the sale of new leasehold flats and give homeowners greater control over how their buildings are managed. Campaigners…

Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood fought back tears as she announced on BBC Breakfast that she would be leaving the corporation after more than 25 years. She hugged her co-presenters saying it was “really hard for me to say this because I love my job”. Kirkwood, who joined the BBC in 1998, will leave in April…

Donald Trump has introduced tariffs on goods coming into the US from most countries around the world. The US president argues that the taxes will boost domestic manufacturing and create jobs. However, critics have warned of higher prices for consumers and damage to the global economy. The US Supreme Court is considering the legality of…

Valve Corporation will face a £656m lawsuit in the UK over alleged unfair prices on its global online store, Steam, following a tribunal ruling that the case could continue. The gaming giant is being accused of abusing its market dominance by imposing restrictive terms on game publishers and locking players into using Steam, the world’s…

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK cannot afford to ignore the economic opportunities presented by China, as he prepares to become the first British prime minister in eight years to visit Beijing. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Sir Keir said his visit would bring “significant opportunities” for British companies. He insisted the UK…

Fifteen schools have been closed after heavy overnight rain affected towns and villages across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The schools, five in Worcestershire and ten in Herefordshire were shut, staff said, due to concerns about pupils and staff getting in safely. Two Herefordshire school have been partially closed to some year groups. Storm Chandra brought heavy…

A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis in what may mark a shift in the White House’s tone after the fatal shooting of a second US citizen by federal officers over the weekend. As Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some immigration agents leave, President Donald Trump’s border…

Paris St-Germain have signed 18-year-old Barcelona midfielder Dro Fernandez, with the Spanish side’s president calling the situation around the transfer “unpleasant”. According to Spanish media, external, PSG have paid 8.2m euros (£7.1m) for Fernandez – a fee that is higher than his 6m euros (£5.2m) release clause – in a bid to keep good relations…

The last time Take That agreed to a documentary, they had nothing to lose. It was 2005, and they’d been inactive for almost a decade. Gary Barlow and Mark Owen had lost their record contracts, Jason Orange had abandoned his acting ambitions, and Howard Donald was quietly enjoying parenthood. Robbie Williams, still a year away…

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ruled that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to attendpre-trial proceedingsfor alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC also will hold a hearing on 23 February to decide whether the prosecution’s case against Duterte is strong enough to proceed to a trial. Duterte’s lawyers earlier argued that…