British Heart Foundation to close 150 charity shops as costs rise
Shoppers turning to online options also affects BHF, which has carried out review of retail armThe British Heart Foundation is to close abo…
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US added 172,000 jobs in May as labor market shows signs of resilience
Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran warUS employers added 172,000 jo…
Andrew sublet three cottages while paying 'peppercorn rent' to crown estate
Report into royal property affairs reveals disgraced ex-prince generated private income from Windsor Royal LodgeAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor…
EU summit with western Balkan leaders to reaffirm membership prospects
Macron, Merz and von der Leyen among those due to gather in Montenegro for talks on integration of six countriesEuropean leaders will seek…
More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust
The invertebrates were likely destined for the pet trade, including as reptile foodMore than 100,000 live, exotic cockroaches have been sei…
SpaceX targets biggest ever stock market debut, putting Musk on course to be trillionaire
IPO could raise up to $75bn, giving SpaceX market value of $1.77tn as it sets up Musk for extraordinary wealthElon Musk’s SpaceX is looking…
UK to challenge EU over 'devastating' plans for new tariff-free steel import quotas
Business secretary Peter Kyle to meet European counterpart over proposals to almost halve amount of tariff-free importsThe UK business secr…
Starmer's chief secretary consoled Mandelson after dismissal as US ambassador, undisclosed texts show
Darren Jones’s messages include requests for advice on the reshuffle and remarks about former business secretary Jonathan ReynoldsThe prime…
Companies that sold gender-reveal fireworks which ignited California wildfire agree to $4m settlement
El Dorado blaze that burned 22,744 acres and claimed the life of a firefighter was ignited by an illegal deviceSign up for the Breaking New…
City & Guilds faces legal and industrial action over plans to cut hundreds of jobs
New crisis at former vocational charity involves alleged withholding of data and breaching redundancy lawsCity & Guilds is facing potential…
Nissan maps out deal to build cars for Chery at its Sunderland plant
Non-binding agreement to start building vehicles in 2027 would safeguard jobs at UK’s largest car factoryNissan has agreed to look at build…
Jim Chalmers is putting a positive spin on the economy, but is the outlook for Australia grim?
The economy was slowing even before the Middle East conflict and interest rate hikes started to bite, while the boom in datacentres was a r…
Australians are spending less to consume more nicotine as illegal tobacco trade explodes
Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates nicotine consumption rose 40%, with illicit sources accounting for 80% of all tobaccoFollow our A…
Media veteran Dawn Airey to take over as chair of Arts Council England
Successor to Nicholas Serota from August picks out AI as one of the major challenges facing the sectorThe media executive Dawn Airey has be…
Shrinking graduate premium sours views on value of a university education, UK poll shows
Worries over AI and loan debt mean 34% of people think degrees are usually not worth the time and moneyThere was a time when going to unive…
UK's growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI EconomicsMore than a million jobs, hig…