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A £350 swimming pool fee ruined our easyJet holiday
My partner and I paid £2,150 for a week’s all-inclusive break in Marrakech with easyJet Holidays.
Ministers could give billions raised by business rates to England’s regions
Exclusive: devolving tax is part of plans to give local areas more power in areas including justice, health and education
Me, worry? For US small businesses, Trump’s tariffs are now a non-issue
In two weeks, I’m speaking to a group of companies in the packaging industry about issues affecting their businesses this year. I’m going to discuss the economy, navigating higher costs, leveraging new tax legislation, …
‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
What are you into? What floats your boat? What music, films, clothes, art, books – anything, really – do you actually like? Do you find these questions more difficult to answer than you would have done 10 years ago? How…
Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’
Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans
UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company
Some fighters will receive bonuses in ‘stablecoins’ issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial
Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace | Heather Stewart
While D4YRL’s tricks were exemplary, the august organisation decided “he” did not engage the audience’s emotions as a flesh-and-blood performer would.
‘People start connecting the dots’: why an investment fund is rewilding a North Yorkshire estate
From a high point on the hill, the North Yorkshire landscape unrolls below. The moorland above gives way to grassland, trees and then pasture, divided by the region’s traditional dry stone walls.
‘Labour had their chance – they flopped.’ Two days in Makerfield show me the scale of Burnham’s task | John Harris
Keir Starmer teeters. The defence secretary exits, and thereby seems to confirm the prime minister’s demise. Andy Burnham scents a final, belated breakthrough, while most of the national talk is of violence, a country i…
‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
After falling for a scam call, ‘The Tech Chap’ host Tom Honeyands realised he’d given away vital details in social media posts
‘It’s going to be extremely hot’: workers imperiled as sweltering World Cup temperatures are forecast
It could top 90F in several cities hosting World Cup games – and workers could pay the price with their health
British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in Channel
Keir Starmer says operation involving UK armed forces has delivered ‘yet another blow’ to Russia and Putin
Trial of 12mph bike lane speed limit grinds gears of Dutch cyclists
As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h).
Minister defends changes to UK workers’ rights against costs backlash
Labour’s radical workers’ rights reforms have simply put the UK on a “level playing field” with other big economies, the employment minister, Kate Dearden, has said.
As Donald Trump turns 80, he faces a foe he can never defeat: Father Time. That’s a problem for us all
The main Nuremberg trial ended, Winston Churchill warned of an iron curtain descending across Europe, It’s a Wonderful Life received its premiere and, at Jamaica hospital in the borough of Queens, New York, Donald John …
Why the US economy keeps defying the odds
In Dresden, in east Germany late last year, the final car rolled off the assembly line at Volkswagen's "Transparent Factory", built to showcase the pinnacle of European industrial power. Thousands of miles away in Spart…
Bran flakes could be classed as junk food under new healthy eating guidelines
Bran flakes may be classed as junk food under new government reforms designed to promote healthy eating.
One Stop shop worker sacked after trying to tackle suspected shoplifter
A convenience store worker was sacked after trying to tackle a woman who she suspected was shoplifting bacon.
UK and Japan set to agree investment deal worth £18bn
The UK and Japan are set to agree £18bn worth of investment, creating tens of thousands of jobs.
MPs call for end to real estate event over fear it pushes sale of Israeli settlements
More than 100 UK lawmakers urge government to cancel London event, warning it is linked to land ‘stolen from Palestinians’
The case for Labour to introduce a wealth tax has never been stronger | Phillip Inman
A 2% levy on fortunes above £100m – with no exemptions – could begin to reverse decades of rising inequality
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin says it will fly again this year after explosion. Nasa needs it to
The company’s response to the launchpad blast has become a key test for Artemis III
UK sets out AI infrastructure push at London Tech Week – how does it stack up?
Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will work