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Intercity rail passengers face summer disruption amid slashed services and strike votes
East Midlands Railway cancels trains on Midland mainline, as drivers on LNER and Avanti West Coast ballot
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How Burnham’s team could reshape the Bank of England
Taking a fresh look at the Bank’s role would send a strong signal that a Burnham government is prepared to do things differently
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Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather
The owner of Ribena is to invest £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress after extreme weather put a squeeze on this year’s UK harvest.
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Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show
More people can fit on to the top deck of a standard London bus than will be directly employed on the new Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, industry documents show.
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Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch
People always suspected big tech was greedy, but not quite like this. Patrons of Amazon Web Services have been landed with panic-inducing monthly bills running as high as $1.5tn for subscriptions that usually cost less …
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Apple dethrones Nvidia to regain title of world’s most valuable company
Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable company, reshuffling the top ranks of tech heavyweights as investors reassess the outlook for artificial intelligence.
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Hot tubs and £80 rosé: how the mud-soaked British festival got a luxury makeover
It had always been the great British festival way: greasy burgers and warm beer, retch-inducing toilets and the descent into dishevelment as roughing it takes its toll.
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South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up
South East Water has warned that there is “material uncertainty” over its survival, after a disastrous year in which the lossmaking company paid millions of pounds in fines and its chief executive was forced out.
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‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court
A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state attorneys general attempt to stop the $111bn deal they say violates antitrust…
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‘I don’t think I’ll ever retire’: the workers struggling to save for old age
“I am 35 and have essentially nothing saved for my future, which is a huge concern.” Sarah* works in library services in Oxford – full-time at one library and part-time at another. She has saved £5,000 into her pension.
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EU border chaos feared at Dover crossing as busiest summer weekend looms
The start of the peak summer season is set to bring millions of drivers on to British roads, with concerns of traffic chaos as the port of Dover faces its biggest test yet of new EU border controls.
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Customers of Anthony Jones (UK) Limited urged to check their insurance policy
From 9 July 2026, the insurance broker Anthony Jones (UK) Limited (AJL) agreed to stop carrying out any regulated activity.
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‘How’s this joker got my details?’: BrewDog founder faces complaints over emails to ‘equity punks’
James Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year , is the subject of complaints to the UK’s data privacy watchdog linked to his surprise bid to buy the company back, the Guardian h…
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China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with nationalisation of British Steel
China’s government has said it is “strongly dissatisfied” with the decision to nationalise British Steel this week, 15 months after the UK government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and…
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‘Brazen corruption’: critics denounce Trump Media plan to sell priority access to Truth Social posts
Donald Trump ’s media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own, affecting national security and financial markets.
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LAS VEGAS -- WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was not planning to suspend Alyssa Thomas for burying a fist into Caitlin Clark’s throat three weeks ago until NBA Commissioner Adam Silver implored her to reverse course a…
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Kalshi to offer betting on drug trial results and FDA regulatory decisions
Move comes as prediction platforms rapidly gain popularity and offer opportunities to bet on virtually anything
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Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO
Google workers on Thursday delivered a petition calling for layoff protections as tech giants continue to slash their workforces while pouring billions into AI.
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Vodafone settles legal claim brought by 62 former franchisees
Vodafone has settled a long-running legal claim filed by 62 of its former franchisees who alleged the mobile phone group “unjustly enriched” itself at their expense by up to £85m.
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Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?
The entrepreneur is known in Washington as the financial power behind the president’s crypto fortune. How did Sun’s business love-in with the Trump family spiral into dueling lawsuits?
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Energy drinks to be banned from sale to under-16s in England
High-caffeine energy drinks “have no place in children’s hands” and will be banned from sale to under-16s in England from April next year under new laws designed to improve health outcomes in young people.
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‘Bizarre choice’: business and Labour puzzle over Shabana Mahmood as future chancellor
Andy Burnham last month promised the UK he would bring “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart” when he is installed as prime minister. Britain’s industry leaders also have a hope in their hearts: that Bu…
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‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed
The data of millions of commuters was stolen, Londoners were left out of pocket and 27,000 Transport for London staff were forced to reset their passwords.
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UK economy grew by 0.1% in May despite impact of Iran war
The UK economy returned to growth in May, despite the impact of the Iran war on energy costs, official figures show.