Lenders lift mortgage rates as Iran war hits borrowing costs

Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures, said: “Alongside falling unemployment, the number of people not actively seeking work increased, with data suggesting fewer students seeking work alongside their studies.”

Priti GuptaTechnology Reporter, Mumbai Getty Images Beautiful but delicate, cardamom is a demanding crop “People often think cardamom is a lucrative crop – it may be. But it’s also the toughest crop a farmer can cultivate,” says Stanley Pothan, who has been farming cardamom in the southern Indian state of Kerala for decades. Prized for…

David SilverbergTechnology Reporter Getty Images The US has fewer but more “tech dense” farms according to a government report Jake Leguee is a third-generation farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada. Since his grandfather bought the 17,000 acres in 1956, the Leguee family has grown canola, wheat, flax and green lentils. As a child, he watched his father…