Global recession? Brexit? Don't fret, get a cheap 10-year mortgage

It’s never been cheaper to fix your home loan with decade-long deals as low as 2.44% (and no upfront fees)

The world maybe at risk of another financial collapse and Brexit may send the UK economy off a cliff, but there is at least one positive outcome: it has never been cheaper to fix your mortgage payments for the next 10 years.

According to the latest research from the mortgage number crunchers Moneyfacts, the average 10-year fixed mortgage rate has decreased significantly over the past five years and now stands at an average of 3.05%.

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Bye bye blackbird?: RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch marks 40 years

World’s biggest wildlife citizen survey maps changing fortunes of Britain’s bird populations

The garden of 1979 was filled with glossy gangs of starlings, the atonal chirp of sparrows and the tap-tap of song thrushes breaking open snail shells.

In 2019, you’re more likely to hear the screech of a ring-necked parakeet, the “coo” of a collared dove or the “woo” of a woodpigeon.

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Bye bye blackbird?: RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch marks 40 years

World’s biggest wildlife citizen survey maps changing fortunes of Britain’s bird populations

The garden of 1979 was filled with glossy gangs of starlings, the atonal chirp of sparrows and the tap-tap of song thrushes breaking open snail shells.

In 2019, you’re more likely to hear the screech of a ring-necked parakeet, the “coo” of a collared dove or the “woo” of a woodpigeon.

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In praise of unrenovated kitchens and overgrown gardens | Johanna Leggatt

Our enthusiasm for turning where we live into display homes is making them soulless - and us boring

If you want a picture of marital misery, or perhaps you are a sadomasochist and wish to test the limits of your relationship, then grab your partner by the hand and head to a home hardware store or Ikea on the weekend.

You’ll find scores of like-minded types there. Walking about drearily like they’re in line for the gallows, bickering under their breath about paying through the nose for reclaimed river rocks, and rolling their eyes when one person suggests a Balinese-style gazebo (and fair enough, too).

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