内容摘要：Andrea Pringle, manager at Ashington Grange Care Home, said Mr Hedley was an "inspiration" to other residents and staff.

Andrea Pringle, manager at Ashington Grange Care Home, said Mr Hedley was an "inspiration" to other residents and staff.

The Fed hiked borrowing costs significantly starting in 2022 in an effort to stabilise prices, which were then rising at a pace not seen in decades.Inflation, the rate of price increases, has since fallen to 2.9% as of December, but remains above the bank's 2% target.

Trump's campaign promises included calls for lower interest rates, which would bring relief to borrowers.It has sparked debate about whether he will respect the tradition of Fed independence, which is meant to keep it focused on the long term health of the US economy and insulated from politics.Powell told reporters that he had had "no contact" with Trump and the bank was focused on the data in setting rates.

But questions Powell faced about how the Fed is handling a new order from the White House to cancel diversity programmes - and why it had withdrawn from a global group of central banks focused on the risks of climate change to the financial system - underscored the challenges he will face keeping the bank above the political fray.He said the Fed was reviewing the president's order and said the group's focus had expanded into areas too distant from the Fed's.

"I'm aware of how it can look but it really was not driven by politics," he said.

A control centre for the HS2 high-speed rail line has been given planning approval."Investors considering investing in gold should do so as part of a diversified portfolio – they shouldn't put all their eggs in a golden basket."

A university has awarded a posthumous degree to its first female student from an indigenous community, more than 100 years after she began her studies.Born in New Zealand in 1873, Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the first Māori woman to enrol at the University of Oxford.

The university said she had explored the customs of her people of the Māori Te Arawa iwi [tribe] from a female perspective through her "groundbreaking" research. But she died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis.Prof Irene Tracey, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, will award the degree of MPhil in Anthropology at a ceremony in the Sheldonian theatre later in the year.