The cost to banks of funding mortgages has leapt since Mr Trump's surprise win, and experts expect these rises to be passed on to homeowners.

There was at least one additional 'informant' who tried to infiltrate Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it was revealed by a former aide Michael Caputo, who has long Russia ties.

A leading global health scientist has said that it is 'very unrealistic' that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will take place next year unless a vaccine is discovered by then. 

Aries 21 March-20 April There is only so much you can do alone - at some stage this week you'll have to recognise that you need advice from those more worldly or experienced.

The average person living in Saudi Arabia has the most best friends of any other country in the world and British people have the least, new research has revealed.

A British officer from the National Crime Agency stayed at the Malaysian resort where Nora Quoirin vanished in order to test whether an intruder would have been able to snatch the teen undetected.

In a desperate attempt to contain a crisis, the Asian nation is 'working around the clock' to trace potential carriers of the killer infection.

Last night's speech was pre-recorded in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, where the Queen, 93, and the Duke of Edinburgh, 98, are currently in joint isolation.

Princess Charlotte, four, will start school and join six-year-old brother Prince George at the £18,915-a-year Thomas's Battersea in south London. We imagine how she might look in each outfit.

The Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace in London is in urgent need of repair after rainwater has been leaking through chimneys and causing decay. Prince George was christened there in 2013.

Rat infestations are cropping up around Perth's suburbs as the rodents shift to residential areas to fill their bellies.

A school girl and her family are devastated after their little pet dog Indy was savagely mauled to death by an 80-kilo canine while its owner 'got away with murder'.

By strange happenstance, Guy Ritchie's new film is full of actors I haven't always been very complimentary about being really rather good - with one disappointing exception.

At first glance, 1917 seems a strange film, a First World War picture that arrives three years too late for a centenary, three months too late for Remembrance Day.

Whisper this softly, but we might just be falling out of love with film awards. The television ratings for last weekend's Bafta awards were the lowest for 12 years.

Bill Patterson's CCTV cameras filmed the man dressed in a white protective suit on their property in Haberfield in Sydney's inner west on Monday.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, is believed to be back at the four-star retreat in southern Germany (pictured) after returning from brief visits back to Thailand.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MEXICO CITY: Mercedes have opened contract talks with Lewis Hamilton in an attempt to help him write the most successful story in Formula One history.

Charles Lawson of Pineville, Kentucky, was diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia after driving to the Pentagon with multiple weapons in his truck on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump revealed that U.S. troops had recovered 'highly sensitive material' during the night-time raid in Syria which ended when the jihadist leader blew himself up with a suicide vest.

Getty Images have published their annual News Images Of The Year - a poignant collection of photographs from politics (pictured), war zones and current affairs in 2019.

The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass 'hot enough to melt cars' to the ground.

Herbert von Karajan, who died in 1989, shifted 200 million albums - an astonishing figure for a classical musician.

Hats off to Deutsche Grammophon. Not only is it the producer of the finest complete Beethoven set in this, his 250th anniversary year.

Shostakovich's 11th Symphony here receives a performance of exceptional eloquence from the Manchester-based BBC Philharmonic under their chief guest conductor, the Finn John Storgårds.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Queen is not given to displays of emotion, but I hear that she held a poignant final formal meeting with Theresa May this week.

Gaynor Marshall, 45, looked lost for words when partner Mike Ogden serenades her with a Stone Roses song before proposing in front of the Tesco store in Warrington where she works.

Quaker oats were slid into sachets before being wrapped in bags with an English-language leaflet at Shanghai's Qingpu prison, four prisoners released within the last year have said.

The team behind critically acclaimed Sky crime drama Gangs of London have revealed there is 'intent' for a second series.

The University of Notre Dame in Indiana clarified over social media that it was not burning as news spread that the Notre Dame Cathedral was being ravaged by flames in Paris, France.

Despite her astonishing success in the cycling team pursuit yesterday, not everything has gone to plan for Laura Trott.

MARTIN SAMUEL: Towards land they came, the two British sailors on a furious course. The official Olympic event commentators were quite unnerved by this sight.

The UK had been the second country that the network wanted to attack, a source said. The dramatic developments came after the arrest of 'man in white' Mohamed Abrini.

The man jumped from the eighth-floor of the tower block in Leeds, West Yorkshire, at around 10.30am. A group of students had been there making a short film.

Here We Are opens in a theatre in Brighton, 1959. A snazzy tap-dancing showbiz personality called Jack Robinson is waiting in the wings. The world of entertainment is on the cusp of change

The population in parts of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane is growing at double the national average pace. CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman cited international students.

Richard Hammon, Jermey Clarkson and James May explore the waterways of Cambodia and Vietnam in a new episode of The Grand Tour Presents: Seamen, available on Amazon Prime.

In March 2015, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson punched Oisin Tymon at Simonstone Hall in North Yorkshire, when the producer told him that his choice of steak dinner wasn't available.

Aries 21 March-20 April There is only so much you can do alone - at some stage this week you'll have to recognise that you need advice from those more worldly or experienced.

Need a pick-me-up? Lipstick always does the trick for me. These are my current favourites 

Emma Hansen was young, healthy and 39 weeks pregnant with her first child when the unthinkable happened and her baby died in the womb

As another year draws to a close, it's time to spin the globe and think about where we might travel in 2020. Here's our pick of the best places to head to in the coming year. Happy travels!

Forensics specialists Bill Marczak and Alex Stamos told The Wall Street Journal that the team at FTI should have been able to identify the malicious software that was used in the apparent hack.

Holly Willoughby was making the most of her time left in London as she attended the Pride of Britain Awards on Monday evening at the Grosvenor House hotel.

The former footballer, 49, and the dancer, 30, attended the Pride of Britain Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday where they put on a stylish display on the red carpet.

It is estimated that about 900 streets across the US have a Martin Luther King memorial -  photographer Susan Berger has since 2009 photoed many of them in urban areas and off the beaten track.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has claimed 'we don't have a left' party in America as she urged Democrats to help transform the healthcare system during a New York event on Monday.

The 27-year-old looked beautiful in a jewelled and feathered dress that was otherwise almost completely sheer.

With games set to be played behind closed doors, some clubs are opposed to 'neutral hubs' to finish the season, but Purslow says it is the 'duty' of all 20 clubs to find a workable solution.

The amazing rental is located in Davenport, Florida, just 15 minutes from Walt Disney World. The house itself is called Twelve Parsecs and can sleep up to 30 people.