9 h. ago The berry packed with antioxidants that could shorten your winter cold

Americans spent $175 million on these teas, jams and other products in 2024

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30 h. ago The ancient wellness elixir that could shorten your winter cold

Americans spent $175 million on these teas, jams and other products in 2024

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36 h. ago Millions to be spent on ‘access’ business case for massive Northern Gateway employment park

Preliminary work will continueon a 'western access' to the park in the Pilsworth area of Bury

Economics

40 h. ago ‘Holy crap, this is insane’: mineworkers describe being caught in huge outback dust storm

Massive cloud over Tanami desert in Northern Territory reminiscent of Uluru, onlookers sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Marchant and his colleagues were driving their golf buggies back to their shed when they saw the earth sweeping towards them.“It reminded us of Uluru, the sheer size and width of this thing,” Marchant said. “It was just rolling at us.” Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Top UK accountancy group to create 200 jobs with push into Scotland

“Businesses want senior access, transparency and a partner that supports rather than absorbs them” – Steven Fraser

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5 d. ago At least 200 border patrol agents to flood New Orleans in coming weeks, report says

Local businesses have posted signs that prohibit ‘ICE Access’ in their buildings amid reports that federal immigration agents are heading to New Orleans

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7 d. ago Trump’s golf trips have cost taxpayers $71M since January and could eventually top staggering $300M, report says

President spent $151.5 million in taxpayer-funded golf travel and security in his first presidential term

Economics

9 d. ago Perth and Kinross health chiefs drive down use of bank and agency nurses by 85 per cent

The Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership spent £2 million less on bank/agency nurses in 2024/25 than it did in 2023/24.

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1 week ago Man Utd players' training ground behaviour speaks volumes about club's £50m investment

Manchester United spent millions on their new training centre and the players are spending an increased amount of time at the facility, which now has a number of benefits

Economics

1 week ago ‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch

In India’s Mizoram state, people have an intricate system of harvesting and consuming the pungent and nutritious bugsEvery few years when Udonga montana, a bamboo-feeding stink bug, erupts in massive swarms, the people of the Mizo community in northern India don’t reach for pesticides. Instead, they look for baskets.Locally, this small brown stink bug is called thangnang. Outsiders see them as an infestation but in the bamboo forests of Mizoram state this small brown bug has long been woven into the food culture. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why it’s time more firms embraced fractional and interim appointments

Small businesses with plans to grow can get access to highly skilled individuals they might otherwise be unable to afford, writes Derek Lauder

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2 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council's new supply housing programme delivering investment in local economy

It is also empowering local communities to put forward projects and increasing access for businesses to contract opportunities.

Economics

2 w. ago YouTuber nicked for evading tax on £300k Ferrari he 'set on fire for views'

Popular YouTuber Cody Detwiler spent almost half a million dollars on a Ferrari which then engulfed in a fireball as he filmed a video of him driving it. Now he's been charged with tax evasion on it

Economics

2 w. ago 'I bought £40k toy train set with £1m lotto win – recent valuation left me stunned'

Lottery winner Neil Leighton spent £40,000 of his £1 million prize fund on memorabilia from the beloved children’s classic – a collection now worth a huge amount

Economics

3 w. ago Millions to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts in bizarre bid to cut Scotland's addiction death toll

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts - in a bid to cut the addiction death toll.

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3 w. ago After hundreds of millions spent on players, what was Liverpool’s plan?

The defending Premier League champions spent big over the summer, but it’s hard to see how the new players fitSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereWhat was it supposed to look like? Amid all the talk around Liverpool and their disappointing form at the start of this season, that is perhaps the hardest question of all to answer. What were they trying to do? If it had worked, how would this team have played?The champions spent £424m (about $550m) on new signings in the summer, but if all had gone well, they would have spent an additional £40m ($53m) to land Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guéhi. The England international would, at the very least, have given an extra option at the back (the injury to Giovanni Leoni has diminished their defensive options further), allowing Arne Slot to rest Ibrahima Konaté, whose poor form continued in the 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday. An early City penalty was a direct result of Konaté getting in Conor Bradley’s way as Jérémy Doku cut...

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3 w. ago After hundreds of millions spent on players, what was Liverpool’s plan? | Jonathan Wilson

The defending Premier League champions spent big over the summer, but it’s hard to see how the new players fitSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereWhat was it supposed to look like? Amid all the talk around Liverpool and their disappointing form at the start of this season, that is perhaps the hardest question of all to answer. What were they trying to do? If it had worked, how would this team have played?The champions spent £424m (about $550m) on new signings in the summer, but if all had gone well, they would have spent an additional £40m ($53m) to land the Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guéhi. The England international would, at the very least, have given an extra option at the back (the injury to Giovanni Leoni has diminished their defensive options further), allowing Arne Slot to rest Ibrahima Konaté, whose poor form continued in the 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday. An early City penalty was a direct result of Konaté getting in Conor Bradley’s way as Jérémy Doku...

Economics

last month Rumors over who Trump plans to pardon next have turned into six

Bettors have spent over $1 million guessing whom the president will pardon next

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