The British group Just Stop Oil said, “(Our) initial demand to end new oil and gas is now Government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. … So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets.” – The Standard (London) […]
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UK retail sales delivered a surprise boost in February, rising by 1 per cent month-on-month and defying expectations of a downturn, as consumers continued to spend on clothing, homewares and household goods despite lingering economic uncertainty. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) mark the second consecutive month of growth in retail
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WH Smith, one of the UK’s oldest and most recognisable retail brands, is set to vanish from the high street after 233 years following the sale of its high street division to Modella Capital for £76 million. The historic books and stationery chain, established in 1792, has sold its entire portfolio of 480 UK high
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Krafton, South Korea’s gaming giant known for titles including PUBG: Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has acquired a controlling stake in 12-year-old Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14 million in an all-cash deal. On Friday, the South Korean gaming company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has acquired a “north of 75% stake” in
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Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) are a popular way to save and invest in the UK due to their tax advantages. However, if you’re in a relationship, married or just wondering if you can open a joint ISA with someone, the answer is no. Unfortunately, joint ISAs are not allowed under current UK tax rules. This
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AI web-crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many software developers believe. Some devs have started fighting back in ingenuous, often humorous ways. While any website might be targeted by bad crawler behavior — sometimes taking down the site — open source developers are “disproportionately” impacted, writes Niccolò Venerandi, developer of a Linux desktop
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Certification platform Certiverse raised an $11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital, it announced this week. The company was founded by Ruben Garcia, Pablo Meyer, and Federico Lopez in 2023. It lets organizations develop certification exams at, its founders say, far less cost than traditional methods. Certifications are an age-old method to gain technical
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The Royal Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale | Credit: Tristram Kenton It’s one of Shakespeare’s most notoriously difficult plays to stage. The Winter’s Tale deals with themes of death and regeneration, aggression and resolution — with a statue coming to life thrown in for good measure. Still, in 2014 the acclaimed choreographer Christopher
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President Trump is slapping 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States, including from our immediate North American neighbors. He’s also placed a 25% tariff on certain parts used to build cars. It’s a decision that will likely supercharge the cost of new and used cars, but it’s also a gift to Tesla,
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In March 2019, heavy rains in California led to a brilliant carpet of orange poppies in Walker Canyon, part of a 500,000-acre habitat reserve in the Temescal Mountains southeast of Los Angeles. Run by a state conservation agency, the reserve was mainly a local attraction until a twenty-four-year-old Instagram and YouTube influencer with tens of
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