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Oura pulls $15bn stock market listing days after announcement
Oura, a Finnish-founded smart ring manufacturer, has withdrawn its planned flotation on the US stock market just days after announcing plans that would have valued the company at $15bn (£11.3bn). The company cited uncertainty in the Initial Public Offering market as the reason for postponing the flotation, becoming the latest business to delay going public.…
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Barclays softens return-to-office plans for UK staff after backlash
Barclays has softened its return-to-office plans following significant staff backlash. The bank initially announced that its 45,000 UK employees would need to be in the office at least three days a week from 5 October 2026 (with senior staff required four days), up from the current two-day requirement. However, after thousands of staff signed an…
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Labour Reels Over Pensions as Burnham Gambles on Social Care
Prime Minister Burnham signals a potential reversal of Labour’s manifesto commitment on the state pension triple lock, to fund a major social care overhaul. In the US, Tennessee prepares its first execution of a woman in two centuries.
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Lady A singer Charles Kelley reveals multiple myeloma diagnosis
Charles Kelley, singer of the Grammy-winning band Lady A, has revealed his diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer discovered following a hospital visit for rib fractures. Kelley has approached his condition with optimism, publicly discussing how openness about his diagnosis and recent sobriety journey has been empowering, and he remains committed to continuing…
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Student, 21, was dancing on couch when she fell out eighth floor window into courtyard… but now a ‘miracle’ has happened
A 21-year-old University of Georgia student miraculously survived a fall from an eighth-storey window at her apartment building in Athens on Saturday evening. Kristin Sargent fell whilst dancing on a couch near an open window and landed on a metal pool chair with a cushion, which broke her fall and likely saved her life. She…
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Eiffel Tower chief to leave after women staff were kept from Hindu delegation
The head of the Eiffel Tower Operating Company, Patrick Branco Ruivo, is stepping down at the end of 2026 following a controversy in which female staff were ordered to remain out of sight during a visit by a Hindu religious group in September. The incident sparked a one-day staff strike and widespread outrage because it…
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Schneider gives datacenter switchgear the software-defined treatment
Schneider Electric is piloting software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an Equinix colocation facility. The system uses standardised hardware configured through software, which Schneider says could speed datacentre construction and let operators add capabilities through remote updates. Medium-voltage switchgear bridges the grid connection and the lower-voltage supplies to server racks, and large, increasingly complex datacentre campuses can…
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Erika Kirk shares extraordinary detail of what Charlie’s body looked like after his murder… and reveals why she wore THAT gold sequined pantsuit
Erika Kirk has described seeing her husband Charlie’s body after he was shot at Utah Valley University on 10 September 2025. She said she chose to see him despite a police officer’s warning, wanting to say goodbye, and recalled his half-open eyes and slight smile. The account comes as she faces public scrutiny over her…
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Officer says he would repeat force used on 92-year-old care home resident
PC Stephen Smith told a disciplinary hearing that he would not have acted differently when he used pepper spray and a baton on 92-year-old Donald Burgess at a care home in East Sussex. Smith said he took an authoritative approach because it had worked in past incidents, though he accepted he had not asked staff…
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Double-parked car blocks FedEx truck, snarling downtown Boston traffic
A double-parked white car on a narrow road in downtown Boston left a FedEx truck unable to complete a turn, backing up traffic on Monday evening. The incident drew attention to the city’s wider congestion problem, although people responding to a video of the jam disagreed over whether the car, truck or other drivers were…