11 h. ago Downtown San Francisco mall beleaguered by crime and stores shuttering is set to close for good next week

The San Francisco Center downtown will close its doors for good on January 26

Sport

19 h. ago Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to people with money in a savings account

A new inflation busting one-year fixed savings rate launched last week and is likely to close soon due to demand.

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29 h. ago Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super

Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influenceNearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence.An open letter, released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls on global leaders attending this week’s conference to close the widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else. Continue reading...

Economics

34 h. ago Ring a Republican: Payphones linking San Francisco and Texas aim to bridge US political divides

A Matter Neuroscience project lets callers in liberal San Francisco and conservative Abilene speak across party linesTwo experimental payphones – one placed in San Francisco and the other in Abilene, Texas – are connecting strangers across party lines, allowing callers to speak directly with Democrats and Republicans in two of the US’s most ideologically opposed cities.The project is the work of Matter Neuroscience, a Boulder, Colorado-based biotech company and is fashioned out of old payphones bought off Facebook. One phone sits outside Black Serum Tattoo parlor in San Francisco’s Mission District – and the other is in downtown Abilene by the bookstore Seven and One Books. Each phone is marked with a sign explaining that callers will be connected to someone from the opposite end of the political spectrum. Continue reading...

Politics

58 h. ago M60 and M62 among motorways and two major Greater Manchester A

We've compiled a full list of the roads set to close this week so you can plan ahead

Politics

3 d. ago The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial

Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up It is true that science is self-correcting. Over the long term this means that we can generally trust its results – but up close, correction can be a messy process. The Guardian reported last week that 20 recent studies measuring the amount of micro- and nanoplastics in the human body have been criticised in the scientific literature for methodological issues, calling their results into question. In one sense this is the usual process playing out as it should. However, the scale of the potential error – one scientist estimates that half the high-impact papers in the field are affected – suggests a systemic problem that should have been prevented.The risk is that in a febrile political atmosphere in which trust in science is being actively eroded on issues from climate change to vaccinations, even minor scientific conflicts can be used to sow further doubt. Given that there...

Politics

3 d. ago Poundland closes UK store today as six more branches to shut within days

UK budget high street chain Poundland is set to close more stores in England and Scotland this week in its latest wave of closures following over 50 shutting shop for good back in September last year

Politics

8 d. ago Sacha Lord condemns Rachel Reeves as being 'worse for pubs than Covid' as landlords say rescue package is not enough to save them after Chancellor's hammer

The Treasury signalled a major U-turn on business rate hikes for pubs last week amid warnings hundreds could be forced to close.

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9 d. ago Rachel Reeves refuses to bail out hospitality venues as 2,000 face closure after major U

The Treasury signalled a major U-turn on pubs last week following warnings hundreds could be forced to close after a big hike in rates.

Politics

2 w. ago Vital UK motorway is shutting in BOTH directions every night this week sparking chaos for millions of drivers

MILLIONS of drivers may be forced to plan their journeys ahead of time this week as a major motorway is to close overnight for the duration. A section of the M4 will be closed in both directions between Junction 18 (Bath) and Junction 19 (M32) as workers lay down the finishing touches to the A432...

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2 w. ago Six Greater Manchester motorways to close next week with parts of M60, M62, and M66 shut night City and United play

The planned closures mean drivers need to plan ahead

Politics

2 w. ago Labour to reach 1m Scots a week as Anas Sarwar tries to close polling gap with SNP

Labour will have deep pockets in a contest that currently sees them trailing the SNP and Reform UK.

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2 w. ago BREAKING: Anthony Joshua returns to UK to attend funeral after fatal car crash

Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria last week, in which two of his close friends lost their lives.

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2 w. ago Anthony Joshua returns to UK to attend funeral after fatal car crash

Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria last week, in which two of his close friends lost their lives.

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3 w. ago Anthony Joshua horror crash leads to police manhunt as truck driver 'goes on the run'

Anthony Joshua was injured in a horror car crash in Nigeria this week, with two of his close friends killed in the collision as their car crashed into an illegally parked truck.

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3 w. ago Havertz near to Arsenal return with Arteta hoping for ‘different dimension’ in attack

Forward underwent knee surgery in AugustArteta: ‘It will be a matter of days, not weeks’Mikel Arteta hopes Kai Havertz is ready to return from a long-term knee injury and has predicted the German will bring “a different dimension” to Arsenal’s attack.Havertz has been sidelined since undergoing knee surgery in August and had been expected back at the start of December before a setback in his rehabilitation. The 26-year-old was Arsenal’s top scorer in the Premier League last season with nine goals despite missing several months with a hamstring issue. He was pictured training this week and Arteta revealed Havertz had been “quite close” to being considered for the Carabao Cup quarter-final win over Crystal Palace on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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