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A MAJOR building society will make a big change to 47 savings accounts in weeks.
Nationwide is slashing the rates on several of its savings accounts.
The moves comes after rate-setters on the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee cut the base rate from 4.5% to 4.25%.
This was the fourth interest rate cut since 2020.
The base rate is used by lenders to determine the interest rates offered to customers on savings and borrowing costs.
A base rate cut can mean that mortgage rates are lowered, which is good news for homeowners.
But it can mean that savers lose out as the interest they earn on savings will drop.
As the base rate falls some lenders, including Nationwide, have chosen to lower the interest rates on some savings accounts.
That includes its Triple Access Saver account which will see interest lowered from 1.95% AER to 1.80% come July 1.
AER, or Annual Equivalent Rate, is used to show you what you could earn from a savings account over a year.
Its Cash Child Trust Fund will also have its interest lowered.
The rate will be lowered from 3.55% AER to 3.30% next month.
Meanwhile, the interest on its Help To Buy ISA will be lowered from 2.90% to 2.70%
You can take a look at the full list of account changes below
If you are not happy with the change, it is always worth looking at other providers to see if you can get a better deal.
Websites such as MoneyFacts share the best offers on the market for savings and other types of bank accounts.
Nationwide is not the only bank lowering the interest on some of its deals.
Leeds Building Society is slashing the rates on 58 of its savings accounts.
That includes its Five Access Saver which will have its interest rates lowered from 3.77% AER to 3.55% come June 27.
Meanwhile, Vault customers will see interest rates on their account from 3.80% AER to 3.65% come June 26.
The change will take place from June 23, but dates can vary from offer to offer.
Online bank Monzo also lowerd the intertest on its Personal Instant Access Savings Pots from from 3.50% AER to 3.25% AER.
THERE are four types of savings accounts fixed, notice, easy access, and regular savers.
Separately, there are ISAs or individual savings accounts which allow individuals to save up to £20,000 a year tax-free.
But we’ve rounded up the main types of conventional savings accounts below.
FIXED-RATE
A fixed-rate savings account or fixed-rate bond offers some of the highest interest rates but comes at the cost of being unable to withdraw your cash within the agreed term.
This means that your money is locked in, so even if interest rates increase you are unable to move your money and switch to a better account.
Some providers give the option to withdraw, but it comes with a hefty fee.
NOTICE
Notice accounts offer slightly lower rates in exchange for more flexibility when accessing your cash.
These accounts don’t lock your cash away for as long as a typical fixed bond account.
You’ll need to give advance notice to your bank – up to 180 days in some cases – before you can make a withdrawal or you’ll lose the interest.
EASY-ACCESS
An easy-access account does what it says on the tin and usually allows unlimited cash withdrawals.
These accounts tend to offer lower returns, but they are a good option if you want the freedom to move your money without being charged a penalty fee.
REGULAR SAVER
These accounts pay some of the best returns as long as you pay in a set amount each month.
You’ll usually need to hold a current account with providers to access the best rates.
However, if you have a lot of money to save, these accounts often come with monthly deposit limits.
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MARKS and Spencer has issued an update for customers with gift vouchers after its cyber attack.
Customers have taken to social media to share their dissatisfaction with the retailer’s latest update.
It comes as the ongoing chaos has left scores of M&S shoppers unable to use their gift vouchers.
Yet the retail giant initially told customers they won’t get extensions of the expiry dates on vouchers due to expire.
One customer took to X, pleading: “My vouchers expire at the end of this month but I can’t use them. Can I have them extended?”
But M&S responded: “Unfortunately we’re unable to extend vouchers.”
They later appeared to soften, agreeing to “double check” on the customers behalf.
Last month, shoppers also said they’d hit a brick wall.
One couple revealed on the MoneySavingExpert forum that they’ve been saving up vouchers from their M&S credit card for months, only to be told they’d have to use them now or lose them entirely.
The customer posted: “We contacted M&S Customer Support which bluntly said that if we didn’t use the vouchers by their expiry date then that was tough.
“The only option we have is to spend them on something we don’t really need.”
They added that M&S stores aren’t even able to place orders, meaning customers can’t just pop in and buy bigger items either.
Even staff are reportedly unable to order stock, with fears some branches could start running out of essentials altogether.
Some stores have even been stripped of staples like bananas and Colin the Caterpillar cakes, and popular meal deals were pulled in smaller branches
An MSE forum ambassador said: “Given the number of people this may affect, perhaps thousands as you suggest, I would expect M&S to extend the end date for these.”
While another shopper fumed: “The least they could do is extend the date.”
M&S credit card reward vouchers are valid for 17 months, while shoppers with gift cards have 24 months from the last transaction to spend them.
When The Sun contacted M&S, it advised affected customers to get in touch – but didn’t confirm whether it would offer extensions on a case-by-case basis after all.
A M&S spokesperson said: “The majority of M&S credit card customers redeem their reward vouchers in stores, and they can continue to do so.
“If for any reason customers aren’t able to redeem in store, and their vouchers are due to expire soon, we would ask them to get in touch with us so we can support them.”
Meanwhile, the attack is still causing carnage across the business.
M&S was forced to pull online orders, birthday perks were suspended, and Sparks offers were frozen.
The store has now confirmed that some freebies, like birthday cookies, will still be honoured eventually.
But when it comes to Rewards Vouchers — a perk many customers save up to use for larger purchases — the answer so far is a hard no.
The cyber attack, which kicked off over Easter weekend, has been one of the worst to hit the high street in years.
It has forced M&S to halt online orders and triggered widespread disruption, including a £300million blow to profits.
Customer info was also nicked during the breach, with security experts now blaming “Scattered Spider”— a notorious cyber gang thought to be behind the chaos.
Online shopping is still out of action and is expected to remain patchy until at least July, with fashion, home and beauty sales taking a battering.
Meanwhile, M&S isn’t the only store facing cyber trouble.
Co-op was forced to shut down part of its IT system after facing a hacking attempt last month.
It confirmed that it had “taken proactive steps to keep our systems safe”.
It was later revealed that the personal data of a “significant number” of its 6.2million customers and former members had been stolen.
The details included names, contact information, and dates of birth.
However, the retailer assured customers that passwords, credit card details, and transaction information were not compromised.
Full services resumed on May 14, following the reactivation of its online ordering system.
DONALD Trump has signed a sweeping new travel ban blocking people from a dozen countries from entering the US — with restrictions set to kick in within days.
The bombshell move, announced late Wednesday, resurrects the explosive “Muslim ban” policy from his first term and will take effect at 12.01am Monday.
The countries hit with a full ban include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
In addition to the outright ban, heightened restrictions will be slapped on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
“I must act to protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people,” Trump said in a proclamation.
The sweeping list stems from a January 20 executive order, in which Trump tasked the State Department, Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence with flagging “hostile attitudes” and countries that pose a national security risk.
The crackdown mirrors Trump’s highly controversial 2017 executive order, which initially barred citizens from seven majority-Muslim nations — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen — triggering chaos at airports and global backlash.
Dubbed the “Muslim ban”, it sparked scenes of confusion as travellers, including students and tourists, were blocked from boarding planes or detained after landing in the US.
After legal challenges, the policy was retooled and upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018, with a version targeting Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Libya, alongside North Korea and Venezuelan officials.
Trump has consistently defended the bans as vital to national security, despite critics accusing him of religious discrimination.
The latest move ramps up his hardline immigration stance as the Republican firebrand gears up for a second term — once again placing border control and national safety at the heart of his presidency.
Earlier on Wednesday, Trump held an hour-long call with Vladimir Putin, revealing the Kremlin tyrant “will have to respond” to Ukraine’s devastating drone blitz on Russian airfields.
“It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.”
The warning came after Operation Spiderweb — a daring Ukrainian drone assault that wiped out 41 Russian warplanes across four strategic air bases, including nuclear-capable bombers.
The pair also discussed Iran’s nuclear programme, with Trump writing: “I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement.”
He added: “President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion.”
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CHINA has given rare insight into its souped-up DF-5B nuclear missile – a 7,500-mile-range weapon with staggering explosive power.
The missile is said to pack hundreds of times the destructive force of the bombs that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands in World War II.
Although China has long kept its nuke programme secret, state broadcaster CCTV revealed details about the upgraded DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Monday.
This missile boasts a maximum range of 7,500 miles and an accuracy of 0.3 miles, as per reports by journalist Li Zexin on X.
This range is enough to reach most of Europe and nearly all of the US from launch sites inside China.
For example, the distance from Beijing to London is around 5,000 miles and from China to New York is roughly 7,000 miles.
The DF-5B is said to deliver a yield of three to four megatonnes.
This is about 200 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, which had an estimated explosive yield of about 15 kilotonnes of TNT.
It also far surpasses the destructive power of the bomb unleashed on Nagasaki, which had a yield of around 21 kilotonnes of TNT.
The hi-tech missile has integrated Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle technology – allowing it to carry and release multiple nuclear warheads at once.
A single DF-5B missile can release up to 10 warheads, striking different targets across wide areas.
Since each warhead is independent, missile defence systems find it much harder to intercept, making this weapon far more lethal than other known weapons.
CCTV described the missile as China’s “first-generation strategic ICBM”.
The DF-5B, first created in 2015, is an upgraded variant of China’s original DF-5 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which entered service in 1981.
It’s unclear why this information was released, but it is believed that Beijing wants to showcase its military modernisation and deter potential threats.
It comes just days after China deployed its most dangerous nuclear bombers to a tiny island, as revealed by satellite pictures.
Aerial photos show two hulking H-6 bombers on an airfield on Woody Island in the South China Sea, taken on May 19.
The long-range aircraft date back to the 1950s, and were modelled on Soviet-era warplanes.
But they have been upgraded to carry modern weapons, including hypersonic and nuclear missiles.
They are considered China’s most advanced bombers, and this is the first time they have been spotted on the outpost in five years.
US intelligence previously warned that China could seize Taiwan’s smaller islands as the first step of a full-scale invasion.
In September 2024, China launched a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific Ocean, marking the first test in 40 years.
The ICBM, launched by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force, carried a dummy warhead.
The Chinese defence ministry said in a statement the rocket “fell into expected sea areas”, and that it was a “routine arrangement in our annual training plan”.
China said the test was not directed at any country or target, and that it “informed the countries concerned in advance”, reports claimed.
A COUNCIL has threatened to take ‘direct action’ to clear up a rat-infested front garden piled high with junk.
Sharon Cochrane’s property in Hunstanton, Norfolk, is nearly buried with broken furniture, bags of rubbish, and household appliances.
Now, West Norfolk councillors have agreed “direct action” can be taken if necessary over Ms Cochrane’s untidy plot at her £250,000 property.
However, the authority has said no deadline has been set and it is trying instead to work with her because she has begun to clear the rubbish.
A spokesman for the council said: “The council is working with the owner to manage her property.
“Officers recognise that she has made an effort to clear the exterior and they will continue to support her to do this.
“However, they also have the council’s authority to take direct action, which means that if it becomes necessary a clear-up can be undertaken, for which she will be liable.”
Ms Cochrane, 66, enraged neighbours on the resort’s Chatsworth Road after junk piled high in her front garden.
A supermarket trolley full of groceries had also been left, while a car with a damaged wing and flat front tyre is parked on the street outside with a sideboard next to it.
But Ms Cochrane previously insisted it was no-one else’s business.
She said: “The world is going to hell in a handbasket and people care so much about my furniture on my own drive.
“I don’t understand why people are so concerned.”
Locals said the pile was attracting vermin and was lowering the tone of the whole street.
One neighbour said: “I’d like to throw a molotov cocktail on it.
“People have tried to get lots of different agencies involved but nothing seems to happen.
“We only occasionally see her walk past to Tesco with a shopping trolley.
“This is a quiet, peaceful road and it’s a shame.”
Tammy Edmunds, spokesperson of Chatsworth Road, said: “How can the law of the land let someone live in such squalor and filth?
“I appreciate there are laws and regulations but some people seem to live above them.
“The street has been suffering with this on and off for ten years and in the last five weeks its gotten worse.
“It’s a fire hazard and risk of health and safety.
“We’ve heard of rats from there spreading across to other properties which has meant pest control have had to come out.”
West Norfolk Council served an enforcement notice under the Town and Country Planning Act ordering Ms Cochrane to clear up the mess.
If it takes “direct action”, she would be liable for the cost of removing it and could have a charge put on her property to recover the money if she is unable to pay.
The Sun has contacted West Norfolk council for additional comment and updates.
