Thames Water is edging closer to a multibillion pound rescue deal with its lenders that would keep the ailing utility out of temporary public ownership. Sky News has learnt that a group of creditors holding £13bn of Thames Water’s total debt mountain of £20bn is aiming to sign an in-principle agreement with Ofwat and the […]
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The drinks industry is warning it will “have no choice but to increase prices” as a new rise in alcohol duty rise takes effect. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed in November’s autumn budget that alcohol duty would rise in line with Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation. As a result this tax charged on alcoholic drinks will
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Northern Ireland should hold a referendum on whether it should become part of a united Ireland by 2030, the country’s first minister has said. Speaking to the Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips show, Michelle O’Neill said it was an opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to “take control of our own fortunes”. Ms O’Neill
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The moment you make your first AI music track can feel quite magical, especially if you are as profoundly unmusical as me. I cannot hold a note or even reliably maintain a beat, yet in 30 seconds I can now make an entire pop song, lyrics and all. Or a soul song. Or a metal
This is the kind of detail Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson never wanted us to see. It’s embarrassing and exposing. We’ve known for some time about the closeness between the Yorks and Jeffrey Epstein but if genuine these emails give us a new level of insight, about their interactions with the convicted paedophile, what they
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More than three million pages related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are being released, the US Department of Justice has announced. Email exchanges, as well as more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, are included in the latest release. Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche said there have been “extensive redactions” to the documents,
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Jeffrey Epstein wired thousands of pounds after Lord Peter Mandelson’s husband asked him to pay for his osteopathy course fees, according to emails included in newly released Epstein files. More than three million documents were published by the US Department of Justice on Friday relating to disgraced paedophile financier Epstein. On 7 September 2009, Lord
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England’s white-ball cricket captain Harry Brook has backtracked over his account of an incident with a nightclub bouncer. Brook, 26, was fined and warned over the incident in Wellington, New Zealand, the night before a one-day international in November. He previously said he had been “clocked” by the bouncer. The cricketer, whose England side lost
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Resident doctors in England have voted to continue industrial action for another six months as part of their row over pay and jobs. An overwhelming 93.4% of resident doctors – formerly known as junior doctors – voted for further strike action, the British Medical Association announced. Dr Jack Fletcher, chairman of the BMA’s resident doctors
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One of the country’s leading neuroscience units is under urgent review following concerns about the service. The neuroscience service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge helps treat complex brain injuries and head trauma cases. The hospital’s trust, Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), took the unusual step of ordering a “rapid but thorough” review which will look at
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