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Homeowners struggling to meet their mortgage repayments have been speaking about their fears for the future. The Bank of England has hiked rates 14 times since December 2021, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies predicting that repayments will soon average an extra £520 a month in London. The cost of borrowing has gone from 0.1% to 5.25% with the rate potentially set to increase again on Thursday. Wendy told BBC London almost all her household’s money went on the mortgage. Wendy, who lives in a flat in Greenwich with her IT worker husband and young son, said being on…

Business class flight deals from £1020 There are some good deals to Dubai if you are looking for BA tier points. The flights are with Finnair but do require one stop as well as starting from outside the UK. Flights that are cheap with Finnair are usually light fares that do not include seat selection or baggage, so make sure you know what you are buying before you book. Some of the starting points, like Berlin and Copenhagen don’t have much left, but others, like Stockholm have plenty of availability. Prices return in business class. Available November to March Minimum…

A Dutch woman with biceps bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger has hit back at her haters after dedicating two years to bodybuilding. Jackie Koorn, 33, has 24-inch biceps, outsizing the famous bodybuilder Arnie. She is a self-proclaimed “She-Hulk”. It was not until she had to take a hiatus from kickboxing in 2020 because of COVID restrictions that she began taking bodybuildling seriously. But the security company owner has always been into fitness and spent much of her youth participating in judo, football, swimming, and kickboxing. Since then Jackie has more than doubled her body weight she is now a strong 25…

A dog disease that can jump from canines to humans is now spreading between dogs in Britain for the first time, the Telegraph understands. Brucella canis is a disease that leads to infertility in dogs and is incurable and was previously only seen in imported animals. But Dr Christine Middlemiss, chief veterinary officer at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, told the Telegraph there is now evidence some dogs are catching the infection in the UK. It is not considered endemic due to low numbers and all the British dogs that caught Brucella canis had either mated with…

“Your worth is not measured by the size of your waist” – Ameni Esseibi “I like to be the voice of the voiceless”, says Tunisian model Ameni Esseibi. Known as the first curvy model of the Middle East and North African region, Esseibi is regenerating the way the region views and caters for curves. Alongside this, she is also determined to help others like herself, who struggle with self-love to find their true inner confidence. In life, we all have those metamorphic moments which redirect our journey and purpose into a direction that perhaps you don’t always just want but…

Thieves stole dozens of items of clothing by the Balmain fashion brand that were due to be unveiled at Paris Fashion Week later in September. The French fashion house’s creative director Olivier Rousteing said a gang hijacked a delivery truck transporting the company’s latest line from one of the Paris airports to Balmain’s headquarters in the early hours of Saturday. They made off with more than 50 pieces of clothing along with the truck, Mr Rousteing said, without specifying which airport the clothes were coming from. Mr Rousteing said the news soured what had begun as a good day preparing…

A 17-12 win over pre-tournament favourites South Africa enabled Kenya to become the ninth men’s team to confirm its participation in next year’s Games. They will now join France, New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji, Australia, Uruguay, Ireland and the United States as confirmed Olympic attendees. The final three places will be decided via the Oceania and Asia qualification tournaments and the Olympic repechage tournament. Kenya’s coach Kevin Wambua told World Rugby he was always confident his team could make it to a third Olympic Games after participating at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 editions. Day one victories over Zambia, Namibia,…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in Turkey, the country’s communications directorate said. It cited Musk as saying that many Turkish suppliers are already working with Tesla and that Turkey was among the most important candidates for its next factory. Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Erdogan and Musk were speaking during a meeting at Turkish House, a skyscraper near the United Nations in New York, Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Erdogan is in the U.S. to attend the 78th session of the U.N. General Assembly. Erdogan also…

Photography by Alice Mesguich Styled by Aurore Lameyre Inspired by the bright and luxurious street where this Paris apartment is located, Marika Dru, the founder of Atelier MKD, gave this home a modern makeover while preserving its authentic French spirit. Dru says she was inspired by the oversized scale—the large doors, grand windows, and high ceilings—to make a space that’s both unique and timeless. Dru wanted to restore the apartment’s smaller, closed spaces to take advantage of the greater intimacy that they offer compared to open-plan living areas. With this goal in mind, she used pivot doors, which have the…