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🔅Average London house prices down 4% annually in April — could cheaper mortgages be ahead? The house price figures were released as data showed that inflation slowed to 2% in May. London house prices dropped 3.9 per cent between April 2023 and 2024, with the average house price in the capital standing at £501,880. INSIDER | UK News

🔅Devastating YouGov poll predicts Tories to fall to lowest MP tally in party's history The latest poll by YouGov, of some 35,000 voters, sees Labour gaining 223 seats whereas the Tories would lose 257. It also predicts the Lib Dems to gain some 56 to a total of 67. INSIDER | UK News

⚡️Britain's Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Britain's Stonehenge on Wednesday, with footage online showing orange marks covering some of the stones of the world-famous prehistoric megalithic structure. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of damaging the ancient monument, local police said in a statement. INSIDER | UK News

🔅Prince of Wales to watch Three Lions in Germany The Prince of Wales will be in Germany on Thursday to cheer on the England men’s football team as they take on Denmark in the 2024 Euros. William, who is president of the FA, will watch Gareth Southgate’s side in their second group stage match at the Frankfurt Arena – the day before his 42nd birthday. INSIDER | UK News

⚡️UK borrowing costs set to stay the same despite inflation hitting 2% target Borrowers hoping for some relief from higher costs are likely to be disappointed by expectations that UK interest rates will not be cut on Thursday, despite inflation returning to target. Most economists are expecting policymakers to hold UK interest rates at 5.25% when the central bank announces its latest decision. INSIDER | UK News

⚡️Russia and North Korea have signed a deal to help each other in the event of aggression against either country. The pact was announced as the Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea. He received a red carpet welcome, including roses, waving crowds and ceremonial gunfire. The two countries reaffirmed their friendship and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said he fully supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine The US and South Korea accuse the North of supplying Russia with artillery ammunition for the war in Ukraine, in exchange for food and military aid. INSIDER | UK News

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⚡️Russia sentences US soldier to nearly 4 years in prison over theft and death threat charges Gordon Black, 34, is alleged to have grabbed his Russian girlfriend by the neck while in a friend’s apartment in the far eastern city of Vladivostok in May, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported. Black’s girlfriend also accused him of stealing 10,000 rubles ($113) from her wallet. INSIDER | UK News

⚡️UK would be ‘pariah state’ if it walked away from ECHR – shadow cabinet member During a seven-way debate on migration, Reform chairman Richard Tice said the UK should ‘pick people up’ from small boats and return them to France. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said he believes this is the “immigration election”, with two of the party’s five core pledges related to cutting numbers of migrants to the UK. INSIDER | UK News

The John Lewis Partnership, which operates the Waitrose department stores and supermarket chain of the same name, is introducing new technology to prevent shoplifting and attacks on staff. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), between September 2022 and September 2023, shoplifting in UK shops increased (up to 45,000 incidents per day) and the total value of stolen goods doubled to £1.8bn. INSIDER | UK News