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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 16th September 2021
5. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in El Salvador, angry at the introduction of Bitcoin as its legal tender.
President Nayib Bukele says the cryptocurrency will help Salvadorans working abroad to send money back home but demonstrators fear it will bring instability and inflation to the impoverished Latin American country.
4. The average UK house price fell by £10,000 in July compared with a month earlier, as the housing market appeared to cool after the phasing out of the stamp duty holiday.
The average UK house price was £256,000 in July, which was £19,000 higher than a year earlier, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
3. A key electricity cable between Britain and France has been shut down, sending wholesale energy prices soaring by 19%.
National Grid said a fire and planned maintenance at a site near Ashford in Kent means the cable will be totally offline until 25 September.
2. Most people do not believe workers will return to the office full-time after the coronavirus pandemic, an exclusive survey for the BBC suggests.
A total of 70% of 1,684 people polled predicted that workers would "never return to offices at the same rate".
1. Price rises have seen the biggest jump since records began in 1997 as the economy continued to reopen.
Official figures show that the increase in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, hit 3.2% in the year to August.