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‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war
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‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

A Guardian investigation reveals how the prediction market can shape news – and how it rules on ‘the truth’“Horekunden” was rapidly losing patience.His frustration was with the Institute for the Study...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists
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SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists

Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfacesDrivers who choose SUVs are compounding the pothole problem, experts have warned, as research...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Crispin Odey drops £79m libel claim against FT over sexual misconduct allegations
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Crispin Odey drops £79m libel claim against FT over sexual misconduct allegations

Ex-hedge fund manager ‘forced to accept’ newspaper likely to succeed in its public interest defence, say his lawyersCrispin Odey, the former hedge fund manager, has dropped his £79m libel claim agains...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Fears of UK and EU flight cancellations as airports warn of jet fuel shortages
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Fears of UK and EU flight cancellations as airports warn of jet fuel shortages

Summer holidays could be hit unless oil flows through strait of Hormuz recommence within three weeksMiddle East crisis – live updatesAirports have said jet fuel could run short within three weeks in E...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase
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Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase

Credit can be used to offset future bills as full-year losses at UK division widen to £41.3m and it adds 92 storesStarbucks’s UK retail arm received a £13.7m corporation tax credit last year, even as...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’
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Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’

Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishmentSome swifts returning to Britain to breed will be unable to access their ancestral nesting ho...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer says he is ‘fed up’ with Trump and Putin’s impact on UK energy costs
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Starmer says he is ‘fed up’ with Trump and Putin’s impact on UK energy costs

PM appears to draw comparison between Russian and US leaders’ actions and calls for plan to restore Hormuz strait shippingUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
OpenAI shelves Stargate UK in blow to Britain’s AI ambitions
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OpenAI shelves Stargate UK in blow to Britain’s AI ambitions

Artificial intelligence company cites high energy costs and regulation for putting landmark project on holdOpenAI has put on hold plans for a landmark UK investment citing high energy costs and regula...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK to give £380m grant to Tata battery factory in Somerset
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UK to give £380m grant to Tata battery factory in Somerset

Investment in plant due to supply batteries to Jaguar Land Rover expected to boost economic growth and secure jobsThe Somerset battery factory due to supply Jaguar Land Rover is to receive £380m in UK...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Lidl to open 50 UK stores in year ahead – and its first pub
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Lidl to open 50 UK stores in year ahead – and its first pub

Almost 2,000 jobs will be created, with retailer vying to overtake Morrisons as Britain’s fifth largest supermarket Lidl is to open 50 new UK stores in the year ahead – as well as its first pub – as i...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread
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Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread

Falling sales end production of condiment created in 1828 – but London restaurant Simpson’s keeps it on the menuFans of traditional British cuisine were heartbroken by news that Gentleman’s Relish was...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
BA to reduce Middle East flights when services resume in July
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BA to reduce Middle East flights when services resume in July

After suspending routes owing to Iran war, airline will operate more direct flights to India and KenyaMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritish Airways will offer a reduced flight schedule to the Middl...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Give all UK households a set amount of subsidised energy, says thinktank
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Give all UK households a set amount of subsidised energy, says thinktank

Proposal to help people heat two rooms, provide hot water and run key appliances without incurring more debtIn order to cut rising bills all UK households should receive a minimum amount of energy at...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval
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Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval

Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weatherBritain’s sunny spring weather powered the grid to new solar energy records on two consecut...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
John Lewis boss’s pay rises to £1.2m as retailer cuts 3,300 jobs
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John Lewis boss’s pay rises to £1.2m as retailer cuts 3,300 jobs

Jason Tarry sees salary increase by 21% in year to January, while fewer people are employed at John Lewis and Waitrose storesThe boss of the group that owns John Lewis and Waitrose had his basic pay r...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Retail workers call for more security after Waitrose sacking for tackling shoplifter
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Retail workers call for more security after Waitrose sacking for tackling shoplifter

Shop workers’ union Usdaw says 59% of its members in its annual survey said they would welcome more security guards in stores Retail workers have called for more security guards in stores after a Wait...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Shell oil trading profits soar amid Iran war but Qatar strikes hit gas output
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Shell oil trading profits soar amid Iran war but Qatar strikes hit gas output

Earnings at renewable energy division expected to soar to between $200m and $700m in first quarterBusiness live – latest updatesShell is expected to report “significantly higher” profits from its trad...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
City veteran Ian Cheshire chosen to be new chair of Ofcom
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City veteran Ian Cheshire chosen to be new chair of Ofcom

Former Channel 4 chair and boss of Kingfisher to be appointed at crucial time for UK’s media regulatorBusiness live – latest updatesThe government has named the City veteran Ian Cheshire as its prefer...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Close Brothers shares surge after UK bank says it can ‘comfortably absorb’ cost of car finance compensation
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Close Brothers shares surge after UK bank says it can ‘comfortably absorb’ cost of car finance compensation

Specialist lender says it expects its slice of £9.1bn compensation set by FCA to be about £320mClose Brothers shares surged on Wednesday after the UK bank declared it could “comfortably absorb” its sl...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘We can’t increase prices any more’: UK hospitality firms hit by cost triple blow
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‘We can’t increase prices any more’: UK hospitality firms hit by cost triple blow

Struggling pubs reel from rising business rates, wages and energy bills, with customers at limit of what they will payNick Evans is staring in vain at columns of numbers, trying to make them add up to...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago