ECONOMY

Selling your stocks in May and not buying back in again until St Leger's Day in mid-September is one of the best-known investment adages.For years, investors would often take the summer off and the lack of activity would translate into…

Thousands of workers at Nissan's UK plant are facing uncertainty as the company scales back production – and may depend on a deal with a Chinese car maker to keep them in a job.In the latest blow to British manufacturing under Labour,…

UK borrowing costs spiked to a 28-year high yesterday as fears of a Labour Left-wing coup spooked bond markets.Investors dumped UK bonds as leadership speculation grew ahead of tomorrow's local elections.A trouncing for Labour will stoke…

A prolonged Middle East conflict could drive up mortgage costs by £3,380 a year for the typical homeowner, fresh analysis suggests.The conflict has driven up oil prices and the price of a barrel of brent crude is sitting at around $110, up…

Home owners could face a 'devastating' increase of more than £3,000 in their annual mortgage bills thanks to 'Trumpflation', new analysis shows.The study sets out the impact of a worst-case scenario in which oil prices remain sky-high as as…

How's this for a new flagship Aston Martin with real 'S' appeal?I have been driving the new DB12 S 'super tourer' which promises customers more assertive looks and performance, power and, crucially, natural driving comfort, than the…

After retired teacher Peter Hodgson thought he had been wrongfully arrested by Greater Manchester Police, he believed he had nothing to lose by suing them.The 80-year-old filed a claim for damages that would pay him £5,000 if he won – and…

We're seven weeks into the Race to £10,000 and two players are romping ahead.Their identity comes as no surprise to me. I always suspected the toughest contenders in the challenge to turn £500 into £10,000 in the shortest time possible…

Summer travel plans have been plunged into chaos after airlines cut more than two million seats from May schedules in the past two weeks amid growing fears of a fuel shortage.Airlines have reduced flight schedules in recent weeks in…

Governance in Britain is presently intensely focused on tomorrow’s local and regional elections and on an endemic anti-Semitism crisis which challenges a national tradition of tolerance.But while eyes are diverted by domestic politics and…