Thames Water has secured a £3bn injection to avoid running out of cash. There were fears the UK’s biggest water supplier, which serves 16 million customers, could have run out of money by Christmas. But the cash injection secures its financial future for at least the next year, or possibly until the end of May
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A study has now given us a glimpse into the genetics of modern roses, revealing how human intervention shaped their development over time. Roses have been cherished for centuries as ornamental plants, but much of their genetic background has remained unclear. Researchers now know how roses from Eastern and Western species combined. This research has
Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has warned Donald Trump wants to be an “American tyrant” as he backed Kamala Harris in the race to the White House. Performing at a rally for the Democratic candidate, Springsteen used time between his numbers to argue Ms Harris will protect democracy and fight for women’s reproductive rights. He said
The chancellor will need to spend an extra £20bn by the end of the parliament to maintain public investment at its present levels. Rachel Reeves has promised to unveil a “budget for investment” next week, while reversing the “years of underinvestment” overseen by the previous Conservative government. However, this would involve taking on billions of
This set-piece speech was the most important moment of the King’s trip. It is his first meeting of Commonwealth leaders as head of the Commonwealth. But although the theme of this year’s meeting in Samoa talks of a “common future”, there are deepening divisions within the Commonwealth. Reparations for the slave trade remain an issue
A political strategist who worked on Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign has explained how she went to the US to share “lessons learned” with the Democrats following Labour’s election victory. This week, the Trump campaign accused Labour of illegal interference after the party’s head of operations, Sofia Patel, posted on LinkedIn she was coordinating nearly 100
Newly elected MPs are struggling to set up offices in their constituencies due to fears for their safety and spiralling rents, Sky News has learnt. Several MPs who spoke to Sky News said they believed landlords were becoming increasingly reluctant to have them as tenants due to the perceived risks that came with the job
Kia sees an opportunity with its first electric PBV van launching next year. Although they are not even out yet, Kia is already finding new uses for the upcoming fit-for-purpose EV vans. We got our first look at the upcoming electric vans after Kia revealed its Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) business at the 2024 Consumer
The Stripe logo on a smartphone with U.S. dollar banknotes in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images In March 2022, venture capitalist Chris Ahn was pushing to get into a hot crypto startup that was trying to make it easy for businesses to transact using digital currencies. The company
Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at possible tax rises for those who own shares and assets, saying they do not fit his definition of “working people”. The prime minister was asked to share his definition of a “working” person after Labour’s election-winning manifesto promised “not increase taxes on working people” – but who exactly that
Who counts as a working person will matter a lot next week when the new Labour government unveils what is being billed as a historic budget. Sir Keir Starmer used the phrase “working people” repeatedly in the general election as he sought to reassure voters he wasn’t going to raise their taxes. But as this
In this article DXCM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kevin Sayer, CEO, Dexcom Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Dexcom fell 9% in extended trading on Thursday after the company released third-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations but showed a decline in U.S. revenue year over year. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per
Oct 24, 2024, 11:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Borussia Dortmund‘s capitulation at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish capital on Tuesday somehow seems in keeping with the wildly out-of-balance nature of the Schwarzgelben in their current guise. It was a reunion on multiple levels: a meeting with the team that defeated them
High energy dance track Bang Bang! by Swedish electronic act Galantis kicks off with the lyrics, “You know I hate sometimes, my mind can run, faster than a bullet from a gun”. Subtitled My Neurodivergent Anthem, it’s now getting a video game remake with an ADHD character at the centre of the action. Image: Galantis’s
Two brothers who were convicted of killing their parents and featured in Netflix shows could be freed early after 34 years behind bars. Lyle Menendez, 56, and his 53-year-old brother Erik are serving life in prison without parole for the shotgun murders of their father and mother – Jose and Kitty Menendez – in 1989.
Scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have gotten the evidence that traumatic brain injuries (TBI) could heighten the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This study had involved both animal models and human brain tissue. It sheds light on how TBIs may trigger harmful protein build-ups in the brain, leading to cognitive issues
Banksy prints, handwritten notes, a pair of trainers – and even a collection of “burner phones” – are among scores of items set to be auctioned from “the most definitive archive” of his early work. Steve Lazarides, the anonymous street artist’s former agent and photographer, is auctioning artwork and other mementos amassed over more than
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn. Speaking to Sky News in Washington DC, the chancellor said that the self-imposed rule under which borrowing must be falling by the fifth year of economic forecasts will be redefined from
The chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is “virtually zero” on current trends, according to the UN’s environment body. This year’s Emissions Gap Report finds that emissions of greenhouse gasses in 2023 were the highest on record. More concerning, the rate of growth since 2022 was nearly twice as fast as in the decade
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