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The report said this was "considerably lower than might have been expected based on data from previous years".

With inflation much lower than its peak, the Bank has - and still is - expected to reduce interest rates.

Although prices are still lower than last winter, the jump in electricity and gas costs comes as support handed out in recent years for bills has been scaled back.

Her level against Sramkova, ranked lower than those opponents at 48th in the world, did not reach the same heights.

The team found, however, that despite these promising results, biodiversity levels in restored areas were still much lower than those in undisturbed forests, highlighting the urgent need to protect remaining forest patches with their irreplaceable conservation value.