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Oil price approaches $100 a barrel after attacks on Saudi oil facilities – business live
Oil prices climbed towards $100 a barrel as Brent crude settled at its highest level since 24 July, after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels struck energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Aramco sites in Jizan, home to one of the kingdom’s largest refineries. The attacks halted operations at some facilities and wounded more than 70…
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Goodbye, Colin From Accounts: how TV’s loveliest comedy stuck the landing
The Guardian’s television critic reflects on the finale of Colin From Accounts, the Australian romantic comedy created by and starring real-life couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer, praising how the series avoided the well-worn clichés of streaming-era will-they-won’t-they romances. The show, which began in 2022 with the pair’s characters, pub owner Gordon and med student…
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ANDREW NEIL: With the bond markets on one side and the Left on the other, even Harry Houdini couldn’t escape the bind that Healey is in
In his first major speech as Chancellor, John Healey struck an upbeat tone, praising Britain’s “huge latent potential” and pledging to cut the “thicket” of consultation, litigation and regulation holding back economic growth, in contrast to the gloom cultivated by his predecessor Rachel Reeves. However, columnist Andrew Neil argues Healey’s positive rhetoric was undercut both…
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Venice Horizons Winner Anuparna Roy Returns to Lido With Mumbai Story of Migrants, Desire and Belonging ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’
Indian director Anuparna Roy returns to the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons competition with “Lovers in the Blue Night,” a year after becoming the first Indian filmmaker to win the section’s best director prize for her debut, “Songs of Forgotten Trees.” The new film, sold internationally by Parallax, follows four migrants navigating desire and belonging in…
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Newcastle admit they started planning for Eddie Howe’s exit at start of year
Newcastle United’s sporting director, Ross Wilson, has revealed the club had been quietly planning for Eddie Howe’s exit for eight or nine months before the manager stepped down in late July, meaning the switch to Matthias Jaissle could be executed swiftly despite the surprise timing just weeks before the new season. Wilson said the process…
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I paid my Ulez charge, but I am still receiving threats from TfL
A Guardian Money reader in his 80s was fined £90 by Transport for London (TfL) for non-payment of the Ulez charge, despite having paid the £12.50 fee on his American Express card within hours of driving into the zone. TfL had failed to actually collect the payment from his card, then rejected his appeal and…
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Secret warning to Jim Chalmers that negative gearing and capital gains tax changes will push up rents and drive down house prices is exposed
Treasury privately warned Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers that the government’s changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax would push up rents and lower house prices, according to a Cabinet document obtained under freedom of information laws. The warning came ahead of the May budget, in which Labor scrapped negative gearing for new builds and…
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UK retailers to create 100,000 placements for young people out of work
UK retailers have joined forces with the Department for Work and Pensions to create up to 100,000 short-term work placements over the next three years for young people who are not in employment, education or training (Neet). The scheme, called Opening Shift, aims to give 18- to 24-year-olds a foothold in the job market by…
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Swansea’s golden boot winner yet to kick start season
Swansea City’s leading scorer from last season, Zan Vipotnik, has yet to open his account this campaign despite the Championship leaders making an unbeaten start to the season. The Slovenian striker, who won last term’s second-tier golden boot with 23 league goals, has largely been left out of the starting XI, raising questions about his…