57 h. ago Rise in US job openings offers hope of labour market stabilisation

October ‘Jolts’ figures unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates on Wednesday

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8 d. ago Woman slowly suffocated after being buried alive when first date went very wrong

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT One woman thought she was finally meeting a future partner after months of talking until the evening took a disastrous turn

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2 w. ago I'm 24 and last year, full of hope, I voted Labour for the first time. Now I feel so betrayed... and sure as hell won't back Starmer again: CHARLOTTE AMBROSE

Last summer, I walked into the rugby club of my hometown in the Cotswolds - not to watch a game or enjoy a pint, but to vote in the General Election.

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2 w. ago UK Budget 2025: Why Chancellor Rachel Reeves' surprisingly confident performance offers fresh hope for Labour

Rachel Reeves performed stolidly but well, and may have laid the groundwork for feel-good Budgets ahead of the next election

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2 w. ago Reeves braced for major Budget clash with businesses over minimum wage and tax rises

The chancellor is set to use her Budget to pin Labour’s hopes on tackling the cost of living while balancing the books by targeting the wealthy

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2 w. ago UK Budget 2025: Labour's economic policies are unravelling much like COP30's hopes of ending oil and gas

After the COP30 climate summit ends with a whimper, Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ second Budget may not fare much better

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3 w. ago Media mogul's horror kidnap and death after being buried alive in a box

In 1987, a media heir was buried in a plywood box before he suffocated and died when his kidnappers failed to make contact with his wealthy family for a $1m ransom

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3 w. ago Dad's horror death after being buried alive in tiny wooden box in woods

Stephen Small was a media mogul and the grandson of Len Small, who served as the governor of Illinois between 1921 and 1929 - but his life was cut tragically short after a kidnapping plot

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3 w. ago Media tycoon's gruesome death after being buried alive in tiny box in botched kidnapping

Stephen Small was a media mogul who was kidnapped and buried alive in a 6ft box by a drug dealer who demanded a $1million ransom - but the killer has now walked free

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3 w. ago The man who buried himself alive for 61 days: Irish labourer hoped to make a fortune by breaking world record... but never made a penny

In 1968, penniless, but determined, Mick Meaney vowed to become the greatest 'burial artist' on the planet by staying entombed underground longer than anyone else.

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3 w. ago Incredible story of Irish labourer buried alive in coffin for 61 days told in new documentary

Mick Meaney made global headlines when he beat world record in 1968, but returned to Ireland pennilessThey were known as burial artists – people who had themselves buried alive in macabre feats of endurance – and Mick Meaney resolved to be the best there ever was.It was 1968 and the Irish labourer had barely a pound to his name but he believed that if he stayed underground in a coffin longer than anyone else the world would remember his name. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour's Budget 'circus' has crushed growth hopes, former BoE chief warns as markets get jitters over Chancellor's income tax hike U

Andy Haldane, who was chief economist at the Bank, delivered a scathing verdict on the shambolic process after the Chancellor's humiliating U-turn on hiking income tax.

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3 w. ago The UK Budget must make life easier for working people by lowering energy bills

Writing for the Record, the Scottish Labour leader sets out what he hopes to see from Rachel Reeves' Budget statement later this month.

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4 w. ago Sydney ‘fortune teller’ allegedly ran $70m fraud by telling clients she saw a billionaire in their future

Anya Phan, 53, who also claimed to be a feng shui master, allegedly exploited vulnerable clients who took out loans based on her predictionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA self-proclaimed fortune teller and feng shui master who allegedly orchestrated a highly sophisticated $70m money laundering syndicate across Sydney has been charged.New South Wales police arrested two women, Anya Phan, 53, and a 25-year-old, at a property in Dover Heights in Sydney’s east on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Woman 'almost eaten by bear' as it mauls and scalps her before burying her alive

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A woman out walking in the woods with a friend was savagely attacked by a bear, believed to have been killed, yet miraculously she was later found buried alive

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