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Meanwhile, inflation is creeping up, almost entirely because of tariff-related price increases.

Mistakes crept in on the Japanese's service game, allowing Kartal to take advantage and clinch the opening set.

The triple lock means the new state pension - for those who reached pension age after April 2016 - is creeping closer to the £12,570 threshold at which tax becomes payable.

As increased quantities of sugar and salt crept into diets in the rest of the world, Japan went in the other direction - with public health messaging successfully convincing people to reduce their salt consumption.

The temperature dipped into the 60s as moist ocean air crept inland.