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Only five years ago a bullish ITV was riding high, trumpeting the biggest annual advertising haul in its history , as the broadcaster pledged to become a national champion in the battle against the US…
Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction.
Influential backbenchers are calling on Andy Burnham to reclaim Labour’s leadership on international development and chart a course back to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid.
From a cosy Norwegian pub to outdoor fan zones packed with hopeful England football fans, Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final between the two nations is expected to generate a multimillion-pound windfa…
The tube cannot easily be adapted to cope with heatwaves, making conditions almost unbearable
Watch US television for any length of time and the endless spume of adverts will eventually separate into three distinct types.
Europe is studying proposals that may allow the charging of navigational fees in the strait of Hormuz so long as the tolls are not compulsory and have the support of the UN agency that regulates marit…
“I’m now at a point where I’m going to buy even more clothes,” says Hayley Grice, 50, from Shropshire, who has dropped seven sizes after starting on the GLP-1 weight loss jab Mounjaro two years ago. “…
As lunchtime approaches at Il Tirreno, a private beach club in Montalto di Castro on the Lazio coast, Beatrice Bordo, sitting in the shade of a blue umbrella, unwraps a slice of pizza.
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday alleging the artificial intelligence firm stole company trade secrets in a move to create its own hardware device.
Understanding who is exempt from registering as an investment advisor can be helpful for those entering the financial advisory field. The Dodd-Frank Act and SEC regulations outline specific exemptions…
The Bank of England (the Bank), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the FCA will start overseeing the first critical third parties (CTPs) on Monday 13 July 2026, following designation by the…
Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell and his mother, Fiona Cottrell, have been interviewed under criminal caution by Scotland Yard detectives, the Guardian understands.
A passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly almost sucked out of a window after it shattered in mid-air during a journey from Greece.
Car manufacturers have welcomed a high court verdict that rejected most of the allegations in a “dieselgate” claim brought on behalf of 1.6 million UK owners of polluting cars.
On 1 July 2026, Logbook Lending Limited (trading as AFPremier.co.uk, pawnmy.co.uk, LBL Asset Finance, Log Book Loans 247) entered administration. Paul Appleton, Adam Shama and Robert Ferne of BTG Begb…
Facial recognition technology in shops will soon alert police in real time to the presence of serious offenders, with civil liberties groups warning of a “dangerous escalation” towards surveillance an…
EU regulators have accused Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, of failing to tackle the risks of its “addictive design” on the physical and mental health of users.
The French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has become Vodafone’s largest shareholder after buying a 16% stake for £4.4bn.
On 21 October 2025, HM Treasury published an update outlining the government's progress in delivering its vision for UK regulatory system reform. Information on the initial action plan, published in M…
Ministers are drawing up plans to set legally binding debt targets for England’s water companies as they look for ways to avoid another corporate failure such as Thames Water.
European stock markets have opened broadly higher this morning – the UK’s blue chip FTSE 100 index is up 0.3%, led by a 11.7% rise in Vodafone after the news that the French billionaire Xavier Niel ha…
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South Korean chip maker SK hynix set pricing for its mega US listing on Friday, aiming to raise $26.5bn as it takes advantage of the AI boom in what will be one of the world’s biggest ever stock sales…