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Homeowners are unlocking an average of almost £114,000 from the value of their homes as more over-55s use property wealth to help fund retirement.Housing wealth is also becoming a bigger part of retirement planning, with the Financial Conduct Authority recently describing later life lending as a “fourth pillar” alongside pensions, savings and investments.Equity release allows homeowners aged 55 and over with a property worth at least £70,000 to unlock part of their home’s value as tax-free cash without having to move.Total lending reached £597million between April and June, up four per cent from £574million in the previous quarter. Customer numbers…

Amy Childs has broken her silence following the burglary at her £1.7 million Essex mansion, which was “completely trashed” by intruders while she holidayed overseas with her family. The 36-year-old former The Only Way Is Essex star took to Instagram on Wednesday to address the break-in, which was discovered when she returned from the trip with husband Billy Delbosq, 43, and their four children.The reality television personality is the latest in a string of high-profile figures to fall victim to burglars, joining fellow former Towie cast member Megan McKenna and married couple Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright, whose properties have…

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is essential to bringing down the cost of living in the UK, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said as he met his US counterpart Marco Rubio.The Labour minister is in Washington for his first official one-on-one meeting with Rubio.The pair were expected to discuss the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Miliband was invited to the US capital by Rubio after they met on the sidelines of a foreign ministers’ summit in the Philippines, where the former Labour leader made his debut as foreign secretary.The White House was reported to be concerned…

The Hundred men’s competition, Old TraffordWelsh Fire 155-4 (100 balls): Short 71 (47), Salt 48 (37); Atkinson 2-12Manchester Super Giants 161-1 (69 balls): Seifert 62* (36), Buttler 51* (20); Cook 1-20Manchester Super Giants won by nine wicketsScorecard. TableJos Buttler became the all-time leading run-scorer in T20 cricket as Manchester Super Giants beat Welsh Fire by nine wickets in The Hundred.The England white-ball great passed Kieron Pollard’s record of 14,803 at Old Trafford by launching the first of three consecutive sixes off Duan Jansen.The 35-year-old finished with 51 from 20 balls, finishing the matches with back-to-back sixes down the ground off…

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A former neo-Nazi selected by the Conservatives to fight a council election next year has pulled out after a backlash against his candidacy.Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed for posting antisemitic material ahead of a planned neo-Nazi rally and a year later he was also convicted of racially harassing then-Labour MP Luciana Berger.Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had defended the decision to select him as a candidate in Somerset, saying he had been rehabilitated and her party “believes in second chances”.But Bonehill-Paine said he had now withdrawn his candidacy, adding that opposition parties would “spend all their time focusing on my past”.He added…

WRU chiefs have said the process to decide the framework for the final decision will begin in December and finish before the end of the 2026-27 campaign.Daniels believes there is scope to continue with four Welsh regions, and would like the WRU to explain its rationale for removing a team in the west.”From a club perspective, we feel that the decision, and the justification, for moving from four [clubs] to three needs more work,” Daniels added.”I understand that there is data which has been used to come up with this decision. It hasn’t been shared. We will really call for…

The mayor said “it’s about a helping hand, not a give-away” and “it’s saying to mums and dads at the moment their life changes with a new baby that there’s support on hand”.She added: “If we don’t get those first 1,000 days right of a young child’s life then too often the statistics say their life chances have already been determined.”Let’s get in early, offer support for mums and dads and get that young baby off to the best start, and that will reap dividends during the course of their life, in school, in college and in their place of…