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Biggest UK fall in real wages for 100 years looms, warns TUC
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Pay rises could fall behind inflation by almost 8% later this year, marking the biggest fall in real wages for 100 years, according to analysis by the TUC. The TUC said a prediction by the Bank of England that inflati...
Death toll rises to four in California’s biggest wildfire this year
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The death toll from an explosive wildfire raging in northern California has risen to four, after two more bodies were found within the burn zone in the remote Klamath national forest. Search teams discovered two bodie...
The biggest moments from the Jan 6 hearings – video
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The hearings of the House January 6 committee have presented extraordinary testimony about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and his supporters’ deadly assault on the US Capitol. Here are the key mo...
The biggest moments from the Jan 6 hearings – video
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The hearings of the House January 6 committee have presented extraordinary testimony about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and his supporters’ deadly assault on the US Capitol. Here are the key mo...
The biggest moments from the Jan 6 hearings – video
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The hearings of the House January 6 committee have presented extraordinary testimony about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and his supporters’ deadly assault on the US Capitol. Here are the key mo...
Whale sharks are world’s biggest omnivores, study finds
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Researchers have made a surprising discovery about the dining habits of whale sharks, handing the largest fish in the sea another world title. It turns out the ocean giants routinely enjoy a seaweed salad alongside he...
Sunak to promise curbs on China as UK’s ‘biggest long-term threat’
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China is the biggest long-term threat to Britain, Rishi Sunak will say on Monday as he unveils plans to curb the country’s soft power by closing all of its 30 Confucius Institutes, which promote the teaching of Chines...
The biggest moments from the Jan 6 hearings – video
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The hearings of the House January 6 committee have presented extraordinary testimony about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and his supporters’ deadly assault on the US Capitol. Here are the key mo...
Hermann Hauser, founder of Arm: ‘Brexit is the biggest loss of sovereignty since 1066’
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The story of the smartphone revolution might have been very different. Hermann Hauser was enjoying success as a computer entrepreneur in Cambridge in 1985, but his company, Acorn, needed a better chip. Hauser approach...
UK EuroMillions ticket-holder claims £195m, UK’s biggest lottery win
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A EuroMillions ticket-holder from the UK has claimed a record jackpot of £195m, the biggest British lottery win of all time. The claim will undergo a series of checks before the lucky winner, who has not yet gone publ...
Australian households spend $4,500 a year on entertainment, with streaming and gaming taking biggest slice, report says
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Australians are spending more than ever on entertainment, internet access and media, with streaming services such as Netflix and gaming taking up the largest slice of the $45.6bn entertainment pie. Perhaps due to lock...
What do we really know about the Russian roots of America’s biggest cannabis company?
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New Jersey is far from Moscow. But when cannabis sales began in the Garden state on 21 April, one of the lucky seven companies to ring up the first purchases was managing rumors that it was about to be sanctioned foll...
Demand at UK’s biggest pawnbroker at record high amid cost of living crisis
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A record number of people are pawning items to borrow money from Britain’s largest pawnbroker amid an escalating cost of living crisis. H&T Group said “pledge lending” – lending secured against a customer’s valuab...
Salmonella halts production at world’s biggest chocolate factory
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Production has been halted in the world’s biggest chocolate plant, run by the Swiss group Barry Callebaut in Wieze, Belgium, after salmonella contaminations were found. A company spokesman said production had been pro...