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Artificial intelligence (AI)
In a broken world, I need my fix of watch repairs | AL Kennedy
Lately, I’ve been lying awake in the small hours, hypnotised by watch repair videos – pinions, train wheel bridges, pallet forks, barrel arbors, the...
Labour
Labour donor quits Treasury role amid ‘cronyism’ claims
A Labour donor has stepped down from his role as a civil servant at the Treasury, while the party comes under fire for granting...
Autonomy
Britain could be a sci-tech superpower – if the Treasury stopped holding it back | Will Hutton
Just how bad is the economy? The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, warns that hard choices on tax, spending and borrowing need to be made on...
Contaminated blood scandal
Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving payouts by end of year
A new authority set up to properly compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal is due to start making payments by...
Autumn budget 2024
Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’
British people will have to endure even worse economic and social pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions”...
Crime
Man dies after alleged assault at Southwark tube station in London
A man has died after allegedly being assaulted at a London Underground station, British Transport Police (BTP) said.
The victim, currently identified only as a...
Economic policy
Unite calls for 1% wealth tax on super-rich to fund UK public sector pay rises
Britain’s second biggest trade union is calling on the new Labour government to introduce an emergency 1% wealth tax on the assets of the...
Business
‘This is the future’: why turbines that float could be the new wave in British wind power
Head 10 miles out from the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland and a cluster of five giant wind turbines spin at a height of...
Latest news
Why is the Bank being cautious in delaying rate cuts?
After the Federal Reserve’s monster 0.5 percentage point cut in US borrowing costs on Wednesday, it seemed strange that...
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Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal
Axel Springer has struck a €13.5bn (£11.3bn) deal that will see its media assets, which include Politico, Business Insider...
U.S. Taxpayer Data at Risk? LockBit Ransomware Claims Attack on IRS-Authorized eFile
Sensitive tax information of citizens in the U.S. could potentially be stolen after the notorious LockBit ransomware group...
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Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
What was expected of her was the same thing...