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Supported by specialist officers. an investigation is under way and police say there is no risk to the wider public. the uks biggest mortgage lender, the halifax, is about to cut the costs on some of its fixed rate deals. tomorrow, theyre expected to come down by around 0.7 of a percentage point. natwest has also announced a reduction, and other lenders such as hsbc, nationwide and tsb have already cut some of their rates. the cost of mortgages has climbed steadily over the last nine months, her...

Starting to fall a bit. so may be a sign that some of that is coming under control. but the challenge for government is to ensure the public it has a grip on this, that even after covid and those strikes they can get the hs back on track. labour say they are completely failing at that, cant trust the current government with the health of the nhs. but this will be a key issue over the next few months and could be a decisive issue at the next general election. nick eardley at westminster, thank yo...

Politicians will question senior police officers in northern ireland today after a major data breach saw the details of thousands of officers made public by mistake. its feared that the information could be used by dissident republicans to plot new attacks on the police. a search and rescue mission is continuing in hawaii where at least 36 people have been killed in wildfires. the tourist town of lahaina on the island of maui has been badly hit. halifax is set to sharply cut rates on some of its...

As well and we might soon see content running out in hollywood, so they might have to make peace here. and of course the ceo had that investor call yesterday and it must have been a bit of a tricky one for him. did you have any good news to share? he him. did you have any good news to share? . , , him. did you have any good news to share? ., , , ., him. did you have any good news to share? .,, , ., , share? he was trying to play the diplomacy card. he _ share? he was trying to play the diplomacy...

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UK house prices fell again in July but the market showed some signs of holding up thanks to first-time buyers and despite soaring mortgage costs.

The typical UK home cost £285,044 in July, down from £286,011 in June.

Are increasingly pushing first—time buyers to switch to smaller homes. the average uk house price fell by 0.3% injuly, its monthly index showed. prices dropped the most in south—east england. live now to our cost—of—living correspondent, kevin peachey. kevin, firstly, just talk us through the figures. it isa it is a continuation of what we have seenin it is a continuation of what we have seen in some recent surveys. this one is from the halifax, part of the lloyds banking group, the bigg...

This is bbc news. lets look at some other stories making news. new figures from the mortgage lender, halifax, says uk house prices have dropped for the fourth month in a row. they were down nought point three per cent between june and july. the cost of a typical home is now just over 285 thousand pounds. new research from the us suggests there could be a connection between the number of bird species in an area, and the mental health of the people living there. scientists compared figures from an...

Degree and that the halifax says means that the housing market in general has been pretty resilient, despite pretty tough wider economic conditions. that is one to watch, whether there is a change in trend there are a little bit of first—time buyers still active but looking for something a bit smaller, maybe moving areas to somewhere a bit cheaper. moving areas to somewhere a bit chea er. ., ~ moving areas to somewhere a bit chea er. ., ,, , ., families of people with complex medical needs are...