Sainsbury’s and Morrisons ‘held talks this year’ on multibillion-pound merger
Deal would have created a supermarket with a market share of 23.6%, still well behind Tesco’s 27.8%Sainsbury’s held merger talks with rival Morrisons ...
Was 2003 the Greatest Year in Pop Culture? Watch and Decide
Welcome to The Greatest Year in Pop Culture.
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Children’s books with Black main characters down 8% in a year, study shows
Only 150 of 2,189 titles published in UK for young children last year focused on minority ethnic, disabled or neurodivergent charactersThe number of c...
Party conference will be more upbeat than last year, Tories say – but that’s not the whole story
The mood is better but ‘overhyped’, says one Conservative MP as party remains a distant third in pollsThe forthcoming Conservative conference will be,...
Badenoch returns to Conservative conference much stronger than a year ago
Approval ratings for Tory leader and her party have crept up as she has asserted her style and authority but big challenges lie aheadA year ago, Tory ...
Bosses of three firms that supply trains to UK railways made £3.5m last year
Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expenseThe chief executives of three fi...
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped inDataOne, the Microsoft-linked New Jersey dat...
Tennessee governor halts executions after second botched lethal injection attempt this year – US politics live
Bill Lee pauses state’s remaining executions for the rest of the year after inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injectionsTennessee woman on death...
Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss
Switzerland's glaciers are disappearing at a record pace. More than 5% of their ice has vanished this year alone — threatening water supplies, ecosyst...
Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreak
Measles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizationsPennsylvania has reported its fifth measle...
Energy bills in Great Britain forecast to jump by £276 a year from January
Cap poised to rise by 16% to equivalent of £1,999 for dual-fuel bill as impact of Iran war puts squeeze on homesHousehold energy bills in Great Britai...
World’s seas heated by a record 23 zettajoules last year
The injection of thermal energy, 40 times that used by humanity in total, comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidificationA re...
Menopause supplements costing more than £400 a year ‘no better than cheap multivitamin’
Many products aimed at women over 45 lack meaningful quantities of key nutrients, consumer watchdog Which? foundMenopause supplements costing more tha...
77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this year
Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to interveneA 77-year-old Florida man was put...
Queensland anti-corruption commission investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints in a year
Statistics showed there is ‘almost no chance’ a complaint made against a government department like the police would be investigated independently, ex...
Aldi to invest £900m in UK and open 40 more stores next year
Supermarket chain declares ‘increasing confidence’ in its growth plans after posting record annual revenue of £19bnBusiness live – latest updatesAldi ...
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reportedly to be transferred to halfway home next year
Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022 but has seen her sentenced reduced several timesElizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of blood te...
