More than 1m mortgages taken out in the past three years extend beyond the borrower’s state pension age, prompting fears that young home buyers are gambling with their retirement income.

SIPP provider and wealth manager Mattioli Woods has acquired a 50.1% stake in Lincoln-based mortgage adviser White Mortgages for £425,000.

The body of missing mortgage adviser Nicola Bulley was found on Sunday morning in the River Wyre, around a mile from where the mother-of-two was last seen.

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