41 h. ago Private refuse collector fined £2,000 after he simply left piles of clients' rubbish among his own bins instead of proper sites

Daniel Morgan, 34, charged people to take away their old furniture, ripped-out kitchens and tyres.

Economics

64 h. ago Legendary Scottish pit stop marks 60 years with rare whisky sale including £35,000 bottle

The pit-stop is celebrating 60 years by selling over £200,000 worth of rare Scotch from one man’s private collection.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker prize

Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 awardHeart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won this year’s International Booker prize for translated fiction, becoming the first short story collection to take the award. The stories were originally written in Kannada, the official language of the state of Karnataka in southern India.Described by the author and chair of judges Max Porter as “something genuinely new for English readers: a radical translation” of “beautiful, busy, life-affirming stories”, Heart Lamp’s 12 tales chronicle the lives of women in patriarchal communities in southern India. They were selected as well as translated by Bhasthi, the first Indian translator to win the award. She chose them from around 50 stories in six collections written by Mushtaq over a 30-year-period. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The King's new wheels! Monarch combines his love for cars and the environment and 'splashes £160,000 on an EV' for his collection

The monarch, famed for his passion for the environment, is reportedly set to splash out a staggering £160,000 on a brand-new Lotus Eletre - an all-electric 'hyper-SUV'.

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5 d. ago Rare 50p coin of Queen Elizabeth is selling at over £100,000 on eBay as collectors scramble to buy it

The item, which was listed on the online marketplace last week by a seller in Leicester, was described as a 'coveted piece' from the Beatrix Potter collection.

Economics

1 week ago Nissan to shut seven factories, cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide

Carmaker slumps to £3.4bn loss after talks over Honda merger collapse and US and China sales fallBusiness live – latest updatesNissan is to close seven factories with the loss of 20,000 jobs around the world, after a tumultuous year for the Japanese carmaker.As it slims down production, Nissan will make a further 11,000 job cuts, after 9,000 job losses announced in November, collectively reducing its workforce by 15%. They will affect staff and contractor jobs across manufacturing, sales and administration, as well as research and development. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Festival goers' urine to be collected for brewing beer by the bucket load this summer

Around 20,000 litres of urine is being collected from festival Portaloos this summer and used by climate scientists to help brew brand new environmentally friendly beer

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3 w. ago The British teen 'Scattered Spider' hackers 'behind M&S cyber attack' as experts tell customers to change passwords and issue warning over 'ransomware' threat to UK retailers

The shadowy collective is thought to have an army of 1,000 hackers worldwide and has been linked with major heists that have seen firms blackmailed for millions.

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3 w. ago Birmingham bin strikes laid bare as refuse collectors to lose up to £8,000 each year

Unite says Birmingham City Council has "been playing games" after the union found the authority - declared bankrupt in 2023 - has decided to now cut bin lorry drivers' pay

Economics

3 w. ago These 8 albums could be worth up to £8,000 – time to check your CD collection

The nostalgia trend has created a yarning for physical media like CDs, VHS and vinyl records among certain demographics as collector editions of some albums can fetch over £1,100 each

Economics

4 w. ago Dutch Town Hall accidentally chucked out an Andy Warhol print with the rubbish

The town hall said the works, including a 1980s Warhol silkscreen print of then Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands valued at £13,000, were part of a collection

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4 w. ago ‘Nervous wees’ of London Marathon runners to be put to good use

The initiative aims to collect approximately 1,000 litres of urine

Politics

4 w. ago Urine from London Marathon runners to be turned into fertiliser

The initiative aims to collect approximately 1,000 litres of urine

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