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Onshore Windfarm Applications Hit Decade High Following Labour’s Renewable Energy Policy Shift
England’s onshore windfarm sector is experiencing a significant expansion, with applications reaching their highest levels in over a decade following the Labour government’s reversal of the Conservative-era de facto ban
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Onshore windfarms surge as North Sea oil woes and bus strikes hit Britain
Windfarm applications hit a ten-year high while North Sea decline tests the PM, Arriva bus drivers plan a strike, First Bus curbs under-16 travel, Nevada’s Hawk Fire prompts a state of emergency, and Lincoln City lose on their Championship return.
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Manchester City agree deal worth up to €100m for Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi
Manchester City have agreed a fee of up to €100m (£85.5m) with Lille for 18-year-old Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, taking the club’s summer transfer outlay to nearly £200m. The move follows the £116m signing of Elliot Anderson earlier in the window and is largely funded by last week’s £65m sale of Rodri to Barcelona, underlining…
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An ultra-rare piece of Microsoft history could be hiding on your shelf
Microsoft veteran engineer Raymond Chen has revealed why some very early boxes of the 1990 Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows carry a Tetris sticker rather than printed Tetris branding, explaining that the licensing deal for the game had not been finalised when the first print run went to press. Rather than scrap the boxes if…
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How ‘frail’ Ariana Grande is cashing in on her London tour by selling £120 hoodies, £60 posters and make-up ahead of an extended break
Ariana Grande’s team is capitalising on her final run of London shows before an announced indefinite hiatus, opening four pop-up stores selling merchandise, beauty products and jewellery alongside her ten-night residency at the O2 Arena. The hiatus was announced amid concern over her health and noticeably slender appearance, and her management is using the farewell…
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‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page
Author Meg Mason explores the “parasocial relationship” that readers can form with favourite writers, prompted by her own teenage bond with novelist Nancy Mitford’s books during a lonely period after moving countries. She examines why this phenomenon, recently named the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year, appears especially strong between readers and authors, drawing on…
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Trump attacks Canada after trade talks collapse amid tariffs
The US-Canada trade dispute has settled into an active tariff war after negotiations collapsed in Washington, with President Trump accusing Canada of wanting “the benefits of being a State, without being one” and rejecting further concessions on farm tariffs. The breakdown, which both sides blame on the other, has seen the US impose 50% tariffs…
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Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart
Bond markets are growing increasingly nervous about the trajectory of US government debt, with Treasury secretary Scott Bessent forced into interventions that critics say betray weakness rather than confidence. Bessent recently pledged to double the rate at which the US Treasury buys up long-dated bonds in an effort to push down yields, following an earlier…
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London bus drivers to strike NEXT WEEK over ‘hot’ working conditions – after last-minute talks to clinch deal break down
More than 1,500 London bus drivers employed by Arriva North London will resume strike action next week after last-minute negotiations with the company collapsed. The Unite union’s members rejected Arriva’s latest offer in a dispute over “hot” working conditions, meaning the previously paused walkouts will restart and continue through until late October, causing significant disruption…