43 h. ago Fresh Covid warning as new coronavirus wave hits UK with cases surging

It has been more than five years since the virus saw the UK - and the world - grind to a halt, but it still hasn't disappeared.

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3 d. ago French prisons hit by wave of attacks after clampdown on drug traffickers

Terrorism office launches investigation into assaults including gunmen opening fire on entrance to Toulon jailFrance’s national terrorism office has launched an investigation into a wave of apparently coordinated attacks at multiple prisons across the country believed to be linked to a government clampdown on drug traffickers.Gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire on the entrance to Toulon prison in southern France in the early hours of Tuesday, while in recent days cars have been set alight outside four other jails, and in Marseille a residential building housing prison guards was attacked. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The rise of the digital fishmonger: how Covid helped customers buy fresh from the boat

Britain’s traditional retailers were in decline for years. Then the pandemic changed how we buy food and boosted the fishing industryThe seafood chef and restaurateur Mitch Tonks recalls the moment things for him changed dramatically. It was March 2020, the start of Covid, when a local fishing boat skipper called him in a panic. “Nick was having a tough time; nobody was buying his catch, so I emailed our customer network,” he says.Tonks asked people to bring cash and containers. The next morning, Nick landed his boat at Brixham, the south Devon port that is England’s largest fish market by value of catch sold. “About 150 people turned up to buy his fish. Many asked ‘why can’t we just buy fish straight off boats like this normally?’” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Man arrested on suspicion of FOURTEEN offences after crime wave hits Bolton neighbourhood

Police say there could be other victims

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1 week ago Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, including 104% against China, take effect – business live

Stock markets down from Australia to Japan and Taiwan as Trump presses ahead with plans to hit China with huge retaliatory tariffsFull report: Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs Dispatch: The view from Yiwu, China’s biggest wholesale marketToday’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend.US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday. Today’s measures are higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago FTSE 100 rebounds after Donald Trump tariffs wiped £7trillion off global shares

Financial markets in Asia and Europe have staged a partial recovery despite China hitting back at a fresh wave of threatened import tariffs by China.

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1 week ago Loch Ness Monster hunter refuses to sell souvenirs to US tourists over Trump trade war

One brave Loch Ness Monster business owner has hit back at Donald Trump after the US President launched a wave of shocking tariffs - sparking fears of a recession in countries across the globe

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's tariffs could cost at least 25,000 jobs in UK amid Liberation Day carnage

The UK car industry is among those poised for a big hit from President Trump's latest wave of trade tariffs with a report warning that UK car plans should brace for an "extreme" hit

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2 w. ago Trump tariff wars: British firms warned to brace for 'very big hit' from wave of US import levies

Ministers failed to get the US president to agree to a last-minute deal to exempt the UK from tariffs

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2 w. ago Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

From misogynist content creators such as Andrew Tate to the ubiquity of pornography, boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experienceThe release of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence this month has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys. Keir Starmer said the UK “may have a problem with boys and young men”, while parents began worried conversations about their children’s online lives. But how true to life is it?Michael Conroy, who has been going into schools to train teachers and professionals about boys’ personal development for years, says he has seen a shift in what he hears about. “Just 10 years ago, we didn’t have young men speaking in very sexualised ways to female teachers, quite a few in the same school.” He sees the ubiquity of pornography as a huge factor, with boys as young as 11 using it obsessively. “I’m getting invited to work with primary schools now.” The knock-on effect, he says, is an unrealistic a...

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3 w. ago Croydon bus stop murder victim Elianne Andam's family hit by 'fresh wave of grief'

Elianne Andam's aunt, Marian Addow, today called for an overhaul of legislation and tougher sentences for teen offenders in a bid to act as a deterent

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