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A new study claims Spanish is 2025's most in-demand language while Dutch skills top £118k salaries, but our fact-check shows only parts of the findings are verifiable.

To mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, we’re pitting her much-loved heroines against each other in a battle of wit, charm and sass. Seven leading Austen experts have made their case for her ultimate heroine, but the winner is down to you. Cast your vote in the poll…

Amid apparent rising pay, economists are concerned about the consequences of a possible shift in the balance of power

The Liver King’s raw-meat-to-ripped-abs regime has been exposed – but thousands of other influencers claim their bulging muscles are just the result of hard, honest graft. Should we believe them?

Investigators said the couple’s home was in poor condition and had been infested with cockroaches

The Prime Minister said he would not ‘write future budgets’ ahead of time.

Rio Tinto's board is at odds with a hedge fund shareholder over the value in the group's dual listings on Australian and London stock exchanges.

Think tank describes government plans to slash welfare as ‘regressive and rushed’

PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving over 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off