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Pension providers are reporting a sharp rise in the number of people shifting their retirement savings to new firms. The jump in transfers comes as savers hunt for better returns, lower charges and more flexibility over how their money is managed.Pension providers across the UK say they are seeing an unusually large rush of savers moving their retirement pots in the first weeks of 2026, well beyond the normal January rise. Interactive Investor, AJ Bell, Freetrade, Moneybox and PensionBee told The i Paper that transfer requests have jumped in recent weeks as people pay closer attention to fees and investment…

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history for Brazil by clinching his nation’s first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.Born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, Pinheiro Braathen won World Cup medals for the country of his birth before announcing his shock retirement in 2023 having lost his “joy of living”.Exactly a year to the day later, having regained his love for skiing, he returned to the sport in the green and yellow of Brazil, wanting to honour his heritage on his mother’s side.In snowy conditions in Bormio, he delivered a masterclass on the Stelvio piste…

A Welsh community organisation has successfully taken control of the historic chapel where one of the nation’s most beloved hymns first rang out nearly 120 years ago.Capel Rhondda Cyf completed its purchase of the former Baptist chapel in Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, after an extraordinary crowdfunding effort brought in more than £72,000 from supporters both locally and internationally.The building holds profound cultural significance as the venue where composer John Hughes debuted Cwm Rhondda in 1907, written to mark the installation of a new organ.Rhian Hopkins, a director of the community group, said: “The purchase of Capel Rhondda demonstrates what is possible…

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King Charles’s biographer and friend Jonathan Dimbleby has told Newsnight that he “would strongly believe” that the monarch “would very much like” his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to testify in the US in relation to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.When asked whether the King would be feeling “pressure” over the allegations, Dimbleby said: “I think that he will be feeling the pain of this” and be “appalled by the allegations”.Dimbleby added that Charles would be “sensing the need to give duty of care” to Mountbatten-Windsor, describing Andrew as “a broken, finished man at best”.Earlier this week, Buckingham Palace said it was ready…

Though Scotland’s score always looked 20 runs below par, England were troubled at one stage.They took three wickets in the powerplay, including Archer having the dangerous George Munsey and number three Brandon McMullen miscuing pulls in a lively opening spell of three overs, but Berrington countered impressively.Berrington, a good player of slow bowling, was particularly aggressive against England’s spinners. He hit Rashid for two fours and a six in his second over and was the aggressor in a partnership of 71 with Tom Bruce.At 113-3 in the 13th over, 190 was Scotland’s target. Instead, the wicket of Bruce resulted in…

A Suffolk hamlet containing roughly 40 homes has become the first community in England to earn International DarkSky Community status.Thorington Street, nestled in the heart of the protected Dedham Vale landscape near the Essex border, achieved this recognition following a dedicated nine-year effort by nine residents.Dan Oakley, policy and destination manager of DarkSky, said: “The level of commitment to achieve dark sky status from such a small community was amazing.”The grassroots campaign saw volunteers engage with parish councillors, MPs, businesses, schools and community organisations to build support for the accreditation.Charles Clover, chairman of the Dedham Vale Society which spearheaded the…

Sir Keir Starmer has launched a new attack on pubs, leaving thousands of boozers facing the threat of being converted into flats and takeaways under proposed Labour planning reforms. The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has accused Government ministers of drafting regulations that would leave venues vulnerable to opportunistic property developers.Under existing planning rules, local authorities are encouraged to safeguard pubs from unnecessary closure unless communities no longer want them. Councils must currently “guard against the unnecessary loss of valued facilities” when assessing applications to transform pubs into housing or retail premises.However, a proposed amendment to the planning framework would…

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BrewDog has hired restructuring experts to run a sale that could see the company split up.The board has asked the advisers to find possible buyers, new reports show.The Scottish craft beer business best known for Punk IPA and Elvis Juice, has hired restructuring experts AlixPartners to run the sale.Potential bidders are already being contacted and there is a tight timetable for first offers, Sky News reports.The move follows five consecutive years of losses and comes amid mounting pressure on independent brewers across the UK.About 220,000 small investors who bought into the firm through its ‘Equity for Punks’ crowdfunding scheme could…