Other blue chips under pressure included Marks & Spencer, Barclays and Rolls-Royce, with their shares down by around 0.5%.

The annual growth in prices slowed to 3.0%, which is the weakest rate since July 2023, but Halifax said the market was ...

The second episode of Death in Paradise’s 14th series will start at 9pm this evening and will run until approximately 10pm. It will air on BBC One - and will be available on demand via iPlayer if you ...