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Jaguar has revealed the fastest version yet of its F-Pace SUV - with a top speed of 176mph. Powered by a 5-litre supercharged V8 engine, it produces 542bhp and can hit 60mph in 4 secs. Here's what you need to know about the new F-Pace SVR.

Mobile phone giants and banks are using private companies to root through customers' social media profiles before issuing contracts and loans. After investigating, we found that firms are using data from Facebook and other social media websites such as Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter to find out about customers' spending habits and earnings as well as to confirm their age, address and employment.

An active fund is run by a manager who makes decisions about where to invest money. Passive funds are run by computer and simply aim to copy a chosen stock market such as the FTSE 100.

Over the long term not investing in shares means you are passing up the best chance of inflation-beating returns. If you already invest, then you'll know what to do to get your money into an investing Isa before the end of the tax year - but what if you are new to the game? These are my tips.

Paul and Sophie Weldin were on holiday with their four young children in April when they learned of the blaze at their East Devon home. They had moved in just two months earlier and had not finished unpacking. But when they made a claim on their home policy, it was declined. Insurer Ageas said the Weldins had wrongly declared that the property had five bedrooms when it had seven.

Britons' debt as a share of income has fallen by almost 20 per cent since its peak before the crisis, with most households currently able to repay their mortgage debts as interest rates remain low, policymakers said. However, a rise of about 1.5 per cent in the base rate could put a proportion of households in a more difficult position to repay their mortgages, policymakers said.

My parents have decided to leave their house to their only granddaughter after their passing. However, my daughter has said it seems a little unfair on me so she wants to split the inheritance two ways, so we both get an equal share of their estate. Can this be done and are there any taxation implications? Liz Alley of Brewin Dolphin (pictured) replies.

When it comes to saving for old age, too many of us bury our heads. There always seems to be something more pressing... until it's too late. But there's no need to let your golden years turn into a damp squib. With our guide, your pension will be back on track in no time and you can make sure you have a richer retirement.

Britain's Jaguar Land Rover has secured deal worth potentially £1.3billion to supply 20,000 of its new all-electric I-Pace cars to Google's self-driving car spin-off Waymo. The aim is to create 'the world's first premium self-driving electric vehicle for Waymo's driverless transportation service', which plans to launch later this year and offer customers the opportunity to hail a driverless car with an app.

House prices are falling in 42 per cent of London's postcodes and are tipped to fall across the capital by summer, according to a new report today. While the capital just about kept its head above water with annual house price growth of 1 per cent, cities in the Midlands and North are seeing a mini-property boom. Hometrack said that Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester all recorded price inflation of more than 7 per cent.

H&M; - the world's second-biggest clothes group after Inditex - admitted it had built up a record pile of unsold garments, equivalent to 17.6 per cent of sales, or £3bn.

Moss Bros, which has already issued two profit warnings this year - one of which last week - posted a 6.1 per cent fall in pre-tax profits to £6.7million for the year to the end of January. The new financial year did not start on a good foot either, with like-for-like retail sales for the first eight weeks down 6.7 per cent, as product shortages that have been hitting trading since last year continued.

I have two pensions. One starts at the age of 60 and the other at the age of 65. My thinking is this. Can I 'draw' from the first one for 10 years such that there will be nothing left? Five years into this the second one will kick in, and seven years into this the state pension will kick in. Is this possible?

The clock is ticking for homeowners. The Bank of England is expected to hike base rate from 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent by December. You can be sure that banks will do everything in their power to pass on these increases to customers who have a mortgage. Here's how to beat them,

Taylor, the son of a lorry driver, grew up in a two-bedroom terrace house with his six siblings in Northern Ireland and now lives in a six-bedroom country house in Wales with a river running through it and a three-arch bridge. He reveals he once bought himself a £60,000 BMW 750 just for fun and says his biggest luxury nowadays is playing golf twice a week.

While we were on a cruise with Thomson (now called TUI), my wife was injured by a member of the ship's staff who took a short cut through a fire door that opened on to the deck. There were no warning signs. The ship's doctor gave us a wheelchair for a week, but the holiday was ruined. Now TUI says we must got to Admiralty Court.

Interest rates could rise four-fold over the next three years as the Bank of England steps up its fight against inflation. A senior economist at the central bank yesterday suggested rates could be as high as 2 per cent by 2020 - pushing up borrowing costs for millions of families. But such a move would be welcomed by savers who have suffered paltry returns on their nest eggs since rates were slashed to rock bottom levels in the financial crisis. The Bank raised rates for the first time in over a decade in November, from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. It is widely expected to strike again in May by increasing rates to 0.75 per cent amid signs that wages are picking up.

My property is my pension. That was the popular saying when buy-to-let was all the rage and every other person you met fancied their chances as a minor property mogul. But life has got much tougher for landlords, with a series of tax grabs and tougher mortgage rules hitting. So does buy-to-let still stack up as a way to build your wealth?

Today, Money Mail launches a major five-part series to help you beat the traps that cost families millions of pounds a year. If you've ever suspected a bank, insurer or utility provider has been taking you for a ride, you were probably on to something. Today and all next week, we will reveal how to recover £3,000 that's sneakily been added to your bills; cunning ruses to stop banks hiking your mortgage; the secret that professionals use to make money from the stock market; the only credit cards you really need in your wallet; and how to outwit the greedy taxman.

To clear the average national household debt of £13,000 at 6% interest with a monthly repayment of £100 will take around 17 years. There are, however, plenty of simple ways to make significant savings on your regular spending that could clear your debt - or boost your savings - in less than a year. This is Money's top 50 - updated - money-saving tips may appear light-hearted but are deadly serious.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

The amount you can save into a pension ultimately depends on what you can afford - but the longer you leave it the more you will need to save. We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?