Energy bills ‘to rise further’ and world rings in 2025
The New Year's Day front pages are dominated by stories about an increase in the energy price cap and New Year's celebrations. On the price cap, the Daily Telegraph reports...
S&P 500 falls for fourth straight day but ends with best two-year returns since 1997-98
US markets ended the final trading session of 2024 on the back foot as profit booking continued in the big tech names, although that did not prevent the indices from...
Bills rise with warnings of more pain ahead
Getty ImagesDomestic energy prices have risen with little respite expected for billpayers during the rest of the year.The second increase in Ofgem's price cap this winter takes effect on Wednesday...
How $10,000 invested at the start of 2024 fared across asset classes
Wars in Europe and the Middle East. Global political upheaval. Angst over a potential US recession. These and other pitfalls stalked markets in 2024 but in the end investors who...
Alabama’s Jalen Milroe noncommittal after struggling in bowl loss to Michigan
TAMPA, Fla. — If this was the end for Jalen Milroe at Alabama, it cannot be how or where he wanted it to end.Missing out on the 12-team playoff and...
Ayush Mhatre becomes youngest to score 150 in List A cricket, breaks Jaiswal’s world record
Mumbai's Ayush Mhatre on Tuesday set a new world record for the youngest player to score 150+ in List A cricket during the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Nagaland here,...
Dillon Gabriel’s mentorship has Dante Moore poised to be next great Oregon QB
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer LOS ANGELES — The way Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson described a throw he'd seen during a recent practice caused several sets of...
Fiction and non-fiction we’re looking forward to reading
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe best part about starting a new year? Forgetting all the books you never got around to reading in the past 12 months...
Oasis, Charli XCX, Tom Cruise and a giant spider: 2025’s cultural highlights
BBCWhether you want to know about some of the coming year's biggest gigs and festivals, or which books, films and TV shows are coming out, there should be something here...
realme 14x 5G Review: Durable, powerful, consistent
This has been an excellent year for smartphones of all colours and stripes. While the likes of Apple, Samsung, and Google reign at the higher end of the price spectrum,...