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Almost no progress made on UK regional household income divide in 30 years, report finds
A new report from the Resolution Foundation finds that Britain’s regional divide in household income has barely narrowed in nearly 30 years, despite repeated pledges by successive governments to close the gap. The findings matter because they underline the scale of the challenge facing prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham, who has made rebalancing prosperity across the…
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‘More public control’: what will Burnham do about water and energy?
As Andy Burnham prepares to be confirmed as prime minister, attention has turned to what he might do about Britain’s troubled water and energy utilities. Advisers in his camp favour renewed public ownership of regional monopolies, and insiders suggest he is weighing a 10-year programme to take control of “the essentials of life”. This matters…
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As Telstra melts down, telco’s ‘$6.7million-a-year’ CEO Vicki Brady is on holidays overseas… so will she rush back to her lavish five-bedroom mansion with pool to handle the crisis?
Australia’s largest telecommunications company, Telstra, suffered a major nationwide outage on the morning of Wednesday 8 July 2026, leaving millions of customers unable to make calls, use mobile data or process electronic payments. The failure — attributed to a technical fault involving timers at the company’s Sydney and Melbourne data centres — also caused widespread…
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Plans for multi-storey car park at Meadowhall Park & Ride which is full by 8am
“We want to hear from everyone – whether you already use the Park & Ride or you’ve never set foot on one”
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Mamamia breaks its silence as axed podcast host Claire Murphy promises to spill ‘tea’: The claim that made the company respond: INSIDE MAIL
Australian women’s media company Mamamia has issued a rare public statement after Claire Murphy, the former host of its podcast The Quicky, teased a forthcoming project promising to reveal inside “tea” about her old workplace. Murphy, who was made redundant in May after seven years, has framed the venture in the style of a dramatic…
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8 Best Horror Movies of 2026 So Far
Collider list writer Daniel Boyer has published a ranking of the eight best horror films of 2026 so far, arguing that the year has already surpassed 2025 to become the most impactful for the genre this century. The piece frames the 2020s as a new “golden age” for horror, citing box-office success, critical acclaim and…
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Royals implode with 3 errors as Mets’ Carson Benge scores Little League home run to open game vs KC
Three errors on one ground ball gave the Mets three unearned runs as the Kansas City Royals committed a historic defensive meltdown Tuesday night.