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Grand National Festival, one of Britain’s biggest horse racing events, is scheduled to begin on Thursday, April 3 and will run until Saturday, April 5. The event will feature high-stake races and top-tier competitors. The festival promises a thrilling spectacle for racing enthusiasts. Apart from the action on the track, ITV7 is offering a massive jackpot prize pool of £200,000 across the three days. As per reports, racing fans can enter the Jackpot contest for free via the ITV7 app or website. All the people must do is pick seven horses each day for a chance to win the prize.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday said the US was the sole bidder for the 2031 Women's World Cup, while the 2035 tournament will be hosted by the UK. The announcement by Infantino was made during the 49th UEFA Congress in Belgrade, Serbia, The Athletic reported.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It wasn’t an April Fool’s Day joke after all. As soon as the invite to Vivienne Westwood’s 1 April show in Mumbai landed as a WhatsApp text, many thought it was a prank.

Between January and February, outflows from funds dropped from £3bn to £562m, according to data from the Investment Association (IA) released today (3 April).  UK equity funds continued to dominate the significant equity outflows, bleeding £1.4bn in February of the total £1.6bn shed by the entire asset class over the course of the month.  Jupiter outflows surge to £10.3bn amid value desk redemptions This marked a slight reduction from the £1.7bn that investors took out from UK equity funds in January. By contrast, the IA noted that «as investors looked to diversify their investm...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 2 April, President Donald Trump didn’t just shock the world with his reciprocal tariffs announcement—he also upended 200 years of trade wisdom. Most of us take free trade and global supply chains as natural and necessary, but few realize these systems stem from the Law of Comparative Advantage, proposed by British political economist David Ricardo in 1817.

In his Rose Garden speech at the White House on Wednesday (2 April), Trump pledged 20% levies on European Union imports and 10% on imports coming from the UK. «European Union, they are very tough…traders. And you think of European Union [as being] very friendly, they rip us off, it is so sad to see. It is so pathetic,» Trump told reporters. Trump trade war could lead to $1.4trn global welfare loss as 'Liberation Day' looms In addition, the US president slapped another 34% tariff on China, bringing the total to 54% after another 20% previously imposed, while Japan was dealt wit...

Here's a look at some of the new tariff regime's key features, as detailed in Trump's executive order.

Airtel, HDFC Bank, Macrotech Developers, Maruti Suzuki, Hindustan Zinc among others will be in focus due to various news developments. SpiceJet SpiceJet, which had regular flights to Nepal before the Covid pandemic, has received scheduled approval and slots from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

IPO) for its portfolio company Straive in India, said people familiar with the matter. EQT has appointed Axis Capital, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley to manage the offering for the edtech-focused data and solutions provider, the people said.

Lupin on Wednesday said it has acquired UK-based Renascience Pharma for 12.3 million pounds (around Rs 135 crore). Lupin Healthcare (UK) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mumbai-based drug maker, is acquiring a 100 per cent stake in Renascience, which supplies products in the UK. With the acquisition, Lupin Healthcare (UK) Limited gains full ownership of Renascience which, going forward, will trade as its subsidiary, Lupin Ltd said in a statement. Renascience is the sole supplier for branded injectable cephalosporines for infectious diseases, a topical treatment for ear pain and a branded quinasoline-like diuretic for cardiovascular and renal indications in the UK market.

global trade tensions and sparking uncertainty in markets worldwide. These tariffs, designed to counter what Trump calls unfair trade practices, are expected to reshape global commerce in a significant way.

Trump Tariff News LIVE: US President Donald Trump is all set to announce reciprocal tariffs on 2 April, which will immediately come into effect. Donald Trump has styled the new US tariff plans as coming on America's "Liberation Day".Earlier, the White House had slammed India for imposing a 100 per cent tariff on America’s agricultural products and highlighted similar trade barriers in the EU, Japan, and Canada.According to reports, quoting US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the US President will announce the tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House at around 4 pm Washington time on April 2, which is 1:30 am IST on April 3.Experts suggested that US companies which import goods will have to pay the new taxes soon after the announcement, while alarming the situation raises the possibility of a recession in the US and in other countries.Stay tuned with Live Mint for all the LIVE action.“April 2, 2025, will go down as one of the most important days in modern American history," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.Trump Tariff News LIVE: Donald Trump is expected to address the media at 4 pm ET on April 2, which is 1:30 am IST on April 3.Trump Tariff News LIVE: The Indian currency plunged on Wednesday with the markets awaiting for US President Donald Trump to announce US reciprocal tariffs.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under scrutiny again. Amid the fallout over the Signalgate group chat between top US national security officials that inadvertently added a veteran US journalist, Hegseth is under fire again for reportedly bringing his wife to two meetings with foreign military officials. In a purported video, Jennifer Hegseth could be seen in a video following her husband into a meeting in Brussels with allies to strategize over Ukraine, reported the Wall Street Journal. Jennifer Hegseth's presence caused «surprise», but the meeting went on without objections, the report stated. ALSO READ: Double trouble for Pete Hegseth? US Defense Secretary under fire for another controversy amid chat leak row

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU : Tesco Plc, one of the UK’s largest retailers, was rocked by an accounting scandal and reported its worst annual loss in 2015. Its cash coffers were nearly empty, and there was a need to transform the business to get more cash.

Since October 2024, BlackRock has managed a bespoke, diversified alternative private markets strategy for Aegon UK – an LTAF that includes private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure.

Speaking at a Treasury Committee hearing on Tuesday (1 April), director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said Reeves' near £10bn buffer «is not enough for confidence that [the UK] will not need adjustments over the next few fiscal events».  During her Spring Statement last week (26 March), Reeves informed fellow MPs that she had made the necessary changes to restore the government's fiscal headroom – the amount of leeway the government has within its self-imposed fiscal rules to increase spending or cut taxes – to £9.9bn.  Friday Briefing: The UK economy may be more fr...

A Minecraft Movie' just days away, special meals inspired by the highly popular Minecraft video game were introduced to McDonald's menu on Tuesday (April 1). The collaboration gives Minecraft fans a choice to select between two entrees for their meal: a Big Mac or a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets. The McNuggets version comes with the limited-edition sweet-and-spicy Nether Flame Sauce.

As part of the takeover completion, Mouhammed Choukeir has been appointed chief executive of UBP's UK division. UBP acquires Kleinwort Hambros as part of Societe Generale deal He will be in charge of all of UBP's wealth management activities in the UK, Channel Islands and Gibraltar and lead the teams' integration while bringing about a strategy for integrated wealth and asset management solutions for both domestic and international clients. In addition, all UBP teams from London will move into the firm's recently opened office in Marylebone later this year. «Becoming UBP is a fa...

Speaking before the Treasury Committee today (1 April), Hughes said he was unable to determine whether this was a leak or «well-informed speculation», adding that the OBR was not the «source of this information» following «proportionate inquiries» into the incident. Spring Statement 25: OBR halves UK growth forecast to 1% for 2025 «The OBR takes the security of its forecasts very seriously,» Hughes said. «It is very important for us that our preliminary forecasts are only received by the government.» He added that in its 15-year history, the UK's economic forecaster has never leake...

Meghan Markle may have walked away from royal duties five years ago, but if recent reports are to be believed, she’s far from done with royalty. The former actress and Duchess of Sussex is allegedly on a bizarre mission to rebrand herself as the most beloved royal—despite distancing herself from the very institution that once embraced her. From Hollywood to Buckingham Palace and back again, Meghan has spent years navigating the complexities of both stardom and monarchy. But now, sources claim she is using her royal title as a stepping stone to newfound influence in the U.S., leveraging multi-million-dollar deals, a brand-new lifestyle empire, and a carefully curated public image.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Saturday, the government converted ₹36,950 crore overdue spectrum charges from Vodafone Idea Ltd into equity, becoming the biggest shareholder in India’s third-largest telecom operator with a 49% stake. The original promoters of Vi, Aditya Birla group and British telecom company Vodafone Plc., will own a 25.7% minority stake but will continue to be classified as its promoters.