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THOSE hoping to hop onto the fast-moving property ladder still have time, if Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, is to be believed.

First-time buyers often get the feeling the train has just left the station – there’s little sign of property prices “cooling”.

Expert analysis and comment on the markets this week.

No amount of planning and preparation can help you win the National lottery. That comes into play when your numbers come up for that once-in-a-lifetime bonanza.

Many have been unhappy with the recent National Lottery changes made by Camelot – not least adding an extra ten numbers when making your choices – but don’t include David and Carol Martin in that bunch.

They are the Scottish couple from Hawick who have just won half of the record jackpot of £66 million.

That Lottery ticket with the numbers – 26, 27, 46, 47, 52 and 58 – earned them £33,035,323!

Expert analysis and comment on the markets this week.

Expert analysis and comment on the markets this week.

It looks like more of the same. The first day of trading in January began with yet another major drop in share prices in China, and that poor start reverberated around the great financial centres.

We are approaching eight years since the financial crisis of 2008, but many experts are convinced that we are not out of the woods yet.