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Nissan reduces petrol car production as EV sales boom in China
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Nissan reduces petrol car production as EV sales boom in China

Manufacturer says ‘shift to new energy vehicles is happening faster than expected’ and market is harshThe Japanese carmaker Nissan has said it has been caught out by accelerating sales of electric and...

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‘I’d steal 10-15 times a day’: ex-offenders on the addictions driving prolific shoplifting
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‘I’d steal 10-15 times a day’: ex-offenders on the addictions driving prolific shoplifting

Former shoplifters say treatment and drug rehabilitation are essential to ending cycle of theft and imprisonmentPolice to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in EnglandWhen Rhys,...

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Police to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in England
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Police to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in England

Tactics to include GPS tagging for repeat offenders, high street bans and tougher sentencesFive hundred of the most prolific shoplifters across England will be targeted in a police crackdown on retail...

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Burnham lauds £12bn offshore wind investment as he prepares for climate summit
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Burnham lauds £12bn offshore wind investment as he prepares for climate summit

Package for plan off Norfolk coast revealed as government tries to calm critics after approving Jackdaw gasfieldComment: KKR and RWE are rich firms. Why do they need a UK state loan for their windfarm...

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Aldi cuts hundreds of UK head office roles as part of global cost trimming
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Aldi cuts hundreds of UK head office roles as part of global cost trimming

Supermarket’s move labelled ‘shortsighted’ by worker who calls upper management ‘woefully out of touch with reality’Aldi’s UK business is cutting hundreds of head office roles as part of a global effo...

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Prime property, slow sales: why London’s stock of empty high-end flats is piling up
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Prime property, slow sales: why London’s stock of empty high-end flats is piling up

Homes in the West End, Mayfair and Marylebone are going unsold – and developers are counting the costLondon has no shortage of luxury flats. There are ultra-modern blocks in the most upmarket neighbou...

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Labour MPs raise concerns Burnham’s 10-year-plan will not be radical enough
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Labour MPs raise concerns Burnham’s 10-year-plan will not be radical enough

Exclusive: Reindustrialisation Research Group to meet with Cabinet Office to discuss worries over PM’s long-term strategyLabour MPs have sounded the alarm over Andy Burnham’s 10-year plan for governme...

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Bank of England’s inflation response ‘risks higher interest rates for longer’
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Bank of England’s inflation response ‘risks higher interest rates for longer’

Thinktank Niesr says timid rate rise last week likely to make inflation more persistent feature of UK economyThe Bank of England is risking higher interest rates for longer after a hesitant response t...

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Falkland Islanders face ‘devastating consequences’ if Argentina blocks oil project, says UK
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Falkland Islanders face ‘devastating consequences’ if Argentina blocks oil project, says UK

Countries clash over Sea Lion project as Hamburg tribunal risks deepening sovereignty disputeThe people of the Falkland Islands face “devastating consequences” if Argentina is successful in blocking d...

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Growth at all costs is not a sustainable policy | Letters
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Growth at all costs is not a sustainable policy | Letters

The key task should be to ensure that essential services improve the wellbeing of individuals and local communities, writes Peter Riddle. Plus letters from Sheila Triggs and Stephen SmithA key lesson...

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Pharma firms’ focus on weight-loss drugs could put insulin supply at risk, experts warn
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Pharma firms’ focus on weight-loss drugs could put insulin supply at risk, experts warn

GLP-1 products such as Ozempic and Mounjaro spread but many in poorer countries struggle to get basic diabetes treatmentThe gold rush into GLP-1 weight-loss drugs risks diverting pharmaceutical firms’...

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Shop workers in the UK: have you experienced abuse from customers?
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Shop workers in the UK: have you experienced abuse from customers?

We’d like to hear from retail workers about their experiences of abuse, threats and violence at workMore than half of UK shop workers face abuse or attacks from customers every week, according to new...

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Oil prices fall to lowest since August as Trump says Iran war is ‘effectively over’
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Oil prices fall to lowest since August as Trump says Iran war is ‘effectively over’

Brent crude drops below $90 and markets climb after president downplays prospect of further strikesOil prices have fallen to the lowest level since late August while stock markets climbed higher, as m...

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Britons stockpiling water and food tins but not panic buying, figures show
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Britons stockpiling water and food tins but not panic buying, figures show

Shoppers appear to have taken government’s Be Ready campaign seriously, retail analysts sayBritish shoppers have been stocking up on essentials such as bottled water, tinned goods and hand sanitiser,...

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Author Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches
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Author Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches

Errors in entry and exit records leave some Britons wrongly flagged as having overstayed post-Brexit 90-day limitEU sues IBM and two European firms over entry/exit border systemThe writer Jojo Moyes i...

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Young people in UK hit by ‘low-gear economy’, warns Bank of England deputy
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Young people in UK hit by ‘low-gear economy’, warns Bank of England deputy

Exclusive: Iran war has fuelled energy price rise and clouded outlook, driving up unemployment, says Clare LombardelliYoung people in Britain are bearing the brunt of a “low-gear economy” as employers...

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How to get the buzz back on Britain’s high streets | Letters
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How to get the buzz back on Britain’s high streets | Letters

Readers respond to an article about the decline of town centresSammy Gecsoyler’s report from Rotherham (‘It’s just vape shops, nail shops, charity shops’: can anything save the British high street?, 4...

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Thames Water asks creditors for more time to help repay £20bn debt pile
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Thames Water asks creditors for more time to help repay £20bn debt pile

Troubled utility lobbies for deadline on part of the debt to be extended to March 2028Thames Water has asked creditors for more time to pay back billions of pounds in debt, as the water company scramb...

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‘Obvious risk of further tragedy’ at rail crossing type at which Amazon driver died, inquiry finds
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‘Obvious risk of further tragedy’ at rail crossing type at which Amazon driver died, inquiry finds

Call for overhaul of manually operated level crossings after delivery worker was killed by passenger train in KentAn Amazon delivery driver was killed by a train after he drove his van on to railway t...

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Rare call for more electricity supplies as wind power drops across Europe
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Rare call for more electricity supplies as wind power drops across Europe

Neso issued ‘electricity margin notice’ for gas power plants in Britain to fire up and boost generation this morning amid energy shortfallThe government body tasked with keeping the lights on issued a...

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