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Scotland's First Minister is confident his party can win next year's general election and any subsequent independence referendum the SNP can extract in a hung parliament.Projections last week following the local elections in England suggested Labour could struggle to gain an overall majority at Westminster in the UK-wide vote expected next year, if the result was to be repeated, with the SNP keen to make clear its negotiating position in a hung parliament.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Martin Lewis has warned households to watch out for mid-contract price rises in their broadband bills this spring.The consumer rights champion cautioned viewers that telecoms companies might try to introduce hikes of up to 15 per cent, explaining that firms typically seek to keep pace with the consumer price index (CPI) or retail price index (RPI) rate of inflation, currently around 11 per cent, and could be tempted to add as much as 4 per cent on top.

Martin Lewis has warned households to watch out for mid-contract price rises in their broadband bills this spring.The consumer rights champion cautioned viewers that telecoms companies might try to introduce hikes of up to 15 per cent, explaining that firms typically seek to keep pace with the consumer price index (CPI) or retail price index (RPI) rate of inflation, currently around 11 per cent, and could be tempted to add as much as 4 per cent on top.

While some Britons prepared for King Charles III's coronation by buying royal paraphernalia or cooking for street parties, a 21-year-old student in the northern city of Leeds instead ordered 50 beach balls bearing the words No more royals.The plan is to throw them around at a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London on Saturday organized by Republic, a group representing Britain's anti-monarchist movement, which its members say is being energized by the coronation.

Hello, my beloved Trash Pandas!The weekend was warm, and you know what that means: the dumpsters are rank as hell, and the garbage of the day is going to infiltrate your nostrils and stay there for a while.And of course, by "garbage of the day," I mean this column, and by "your nostrils" I mean your heart.

A spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed to NPR that Germany will send a company of 14 tanks to Ukraine.Scholz announced the decision during a cabinet meeting Wednesday.A MARTINEZ, HOST: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed that his country will send German-made Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.

Home Buying Evictions are lose-lose situations, but rates are rising.A new report from Princeton University's Eviction Lab shows that eviction filings have returned to pre-pandemic levels as the state's Chapter 257, the law passed during the pandemic to help prevent evictions, is set to expire on March 31.

WASHINGTON President Joe Biden was undergoing a routine medical checkup Thursday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, an event that is being keenly watched as the oldest president in history makes plans for an expected reelection campaign.The president arrived at Walter Reed by helicopter and entered the hospital around 9:15 a.m. for what is likely an array of tests.

About a week before election season comes to a close, voters across the nation are evenly split on which of the two major political parties they want to win in the midterms, according to a recent poll.Although the rate of ballots returned so far is much higher than in previous midterm years , millions of Americans have yet to submit their votes, with many set to do so on Election Day this coming Tuesday.

jayk7/Getty Images After an unprecedented streak of interest rate hikes last year, the Federal Reserve might finally be curtailing its efforts to rein in inflation.The nation's central bank is expected to announce another rate increase at its February 1 meeting - but experts predict that, for the second time in a row, it will be a smaller one.