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'Wear more clothes if it's cold,' schools told as energy bills rise
The EA suggests cost-saving measures as it warns school gas and electricity bills are set to rise.
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Home heating oil prices are soaring — and users' winter bills could rise 21%, federal outlook shows
A tight global diesel market is driving up heating oil prices, with households in the Northeast facing the biggest impact.
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Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers John Healey is considering a major intervention to cut energy bills for poorer households at this month’s budget, after ministers became alarmed at forecasts which show bills rising by hundreds of…
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Outcry in Trinidad and Tobago after passing of police bill that could threaten press freedom
Journalists are calling for an urgent amendment to the Special Operations Bill, which boosts police search and seizure powers Journalists in Trinidad and Tobago have called for an urgent amendment to a sweeping new bill that boosts police powers of search and seizure, which they argue threatens the country’s…
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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.
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Half the harvest, twice the bills: how drought hit farms
Farmers gathered much less wheat in 2026 and dairy farmers' costs rose.
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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking about Medicare for All, and two out of three Americans tell pollsters they support it. It speaks to the desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.
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British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
Sir James Goldsmith’s links to Hilton Head, South Carolina, adds to mystery of Jane Doe 4, who claimed she was abused by Epstein in the 1980s For Jeffrey Epstein , the billionaire Goldsmith family was a gateway to elite society and he wanted to be in their circle. The disgraced financier, who died in prison in 2019…
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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
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Why do billionaires have so many children if they’re not prepared to parent them? | Arwa Mahdawi
Kim Kardashian’s revelation that she has five nannies for four children caused a ruckus. But the world of the ultra-wealthy throws up far more extreme approaches to childcare “I have the best advice for women in business,” Kim Kardashian told Variety in 2022 . “Get your fucking ass up and work. It seems like nobody…
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Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground
If recent complaints are believed, London and the UK are no longer welcoming for ultra-high net worth individuals London was once globally renowned as the “billionaires’ playground”, where the world’s super-rich could relax in the Georgian townhouses of Mayfair undisturbed by the grasping hand of the state. But if…
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Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Chisora, 42, to fight in December after deciding against retirement
Derek Chisora's last fight was billed as his retirement bout, but the 42-year-old says he intends to box in December.
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Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money | Chris Stokel-Walker
OpenAI’s CEO seems to want to privatise his company’s huge financial gains while making all of us pay for any negative consequences Tech bros’ messianic streaks can show up in subtle ways. But one of Sam Altman’s flaws is that he often lacks that subtlety. “We believe that the world should accept some bad things…
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Olivia Dean accused of copying Bill Withers' Just The Two of Us
The star's record label is sued over similarities between her song I've Seen It and Withers' classic.
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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery complete $110 billion media megamerger
Paramount has completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, forming a combined company known as Skydance. The merger officially puts Paramount and WBD's film studios, along with major networks and brands like HBO, CBS News, and CNN, under one roof. The road to the media megamerger has been a rocky…
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Trade deficit hits $105.6 billion, widest since just before Trump tariffs enacted last year
That marked a 13.7% jump from July and was ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for $102 billion.
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Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
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DeepSeek considers doubling latest funding round to up to $15 billion, sources say
China's DeepSeek weighs upsizing funding round to up to $14.9 billion, sources tell CNBC, and the final amount could still change in final talks.
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Europe is pouring billions into space. Can Glasgow's satellite industry keep up?
The city's space boom raises questions about the role of the state in backing important industries.
