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UK employment market shows ‘rays of light’ for jobseekers with upturn in pay, study shows – business live
The latest KPMG and Recruitment and Employment Confederation survey points to tentative improvement in the UK jobs market, with pay growth picking up and temporary vacancies rising for the first time in two years as employers favour flexible hiring over permanent staff. The findings matter because they offer early evidence that the prolonged slowdown in…
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Woman questions hosepipe ban while leak not fixed
A resident in Braintree, Essex, has criticised Anglian Water for enforcing a hosepipe ban while leaving a water leak she reported weeks ago unrepaired. Linda Kirby, who works nearby, said the ongoing waste made her “very annoyed” while customers are simultaneously being asked to restrict their own water use amid a drought, and other local…
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Forest funding boost as two million trees planted
A tree-planting initiative in Cornwall has secured £8.7m in additional government funding after passing the milestone of two million trees planted since 2019. The Forest for Cornwall scheme, run with support from Cornwall Council, aims to combat climate change by expanding woodland across communities, farms, schools and streets, and the new funding will help the…
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Work at National Trust site to prevent flooding
A National Trust site in Shropshire is carrying out flood-prevention work aimed at slowing the flow of water into the River Severn and River Tern before it can build up downstream. Rangers and volunteers at Attingham Park in Atcham have been building dams, restoring ponds and planting trees, treating the estate’s land as a “sponge”…
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Ospreys hatch at nature reserve for first time
Ospreys have bred successfully at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria for the first time, with a pair hatching three chicks at the wetland reserve on the Solway Firth. The RSPB has hailed it as a conservation success, as the birds of prey were driven to extinction as a UK breeding species in the early 20th…
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When and where to see the solar eclipse in London
What you need to know about the solar eclipse on 12 August and the best viewing spots in London.
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SNP tuition record under fire as AOC interview, heatwave and Nolan’s billion-dollar Odyssey make headlines
Politics, health, sport, film and tech news: SNP faces free-tuition criticism and AOC draws attention; US Cyclospora fears boost farmers’ markets; Clarkson declares his harvest ruined; London Spirit win The Hundred; The Odyssey tops $1.1bn; Source Foundry lands $400m AI backing.
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British Columbia wildfire prompts 20,000 evacuations amid record Canadian fire season
Reporting on Canada’s record 2026 wildfire season has highlighted how residents in remote and Indigenous communities are increasingly organising their own firefighting responses rather than relying solely on official crews, as authorities struggle to keep pace with hundreds of simultaneous blazes. In British Columbia, wildfire specialist Sonja Leverkus has trained more than 400 residents around…
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China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on Sunday evening, affecting Shanghai and other parts of eastern China.
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Margaret Thatcher backed secret plan to wipe out cocaine crops by unleashing swarms of leaf-eating moths over drug cartel plantations
Newly released government files reveal that Margaret Thatcher’s government secretly backed a plan to destroy South American cocaine crops by releasing swarms of moths whose larvae feed on coca plants. The proposal, discussed at the height of the 1980s “war on drugs”, aimed to use a biological agent to devastate coca plantations run by drug…