2 h. ago Whales and dolphins keep washing up dead in Southern California — scientists say this is responsible

Sea lions, dolphins, whales and other animals have been struck down

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3 h. ago Buchanan High School pupils enjoy trip to Viridor's Bargeddie Visitor Centre

S4 students at the Coatbridge school who are studying national science attended the facility, which accepts residual waste from five local authorities.

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3 h. ago One in three hospitality workers want to start their own business in the sector

Limited access to funding and lack of training and mentorship cited as biggest barriers

Economics

3 h. ago BlackRock’s billions and signs of a fall in interest rates show it’s not all gloom for UK business

Awful April might just be closing with reason to face May and beyond with a more careful measure of optimism, as Karl Matchett reports

Economics

4 h. ago Amanda Holden reveals her controversial relationship advice and the VERY cheeky way husband Chris Hughes keeps their spark alive

Amanda revealed she got relationship advice from expert Paul C. Brunson while the pair teamed up to film her new Netflix series, Cheat: Unfinished Business.

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4 h. ago It’s Jeff Bezos vs Elon Musk as Amazon boss gets into the electric car business

New Slate EV is a pick-up that can morph into an SUV – at a fraction of the cost of a Tesla Cybertruck

Economics

4 h. ago I'd never been sick or taken medicine and was fit and active. Then I found blood in the worst place possible

Until just two years ago, Marcus Wendling, a 48-year-old small business owner and Ironman champion, had never been sick. But in 2023, he noticed blood in his stool.

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4 h. ago Trade links across the Atlantic will survive the tariff storms

But a more innovative, business-friendly attitude would not go amiss in the UK

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4 h. ago Fire plea after Birmingham resident burns recycling inside home amid bin strike

Rubbish has been piling up in the streets since hundreds of bin workers walked out on March 11 in a dispute with Birmingham City Council.

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4 h. ago 'Cowardly' businessman tried to save nephew’s skin after he killed much loved dad in horror crash

Suaiel Haider and Faizaan Haider have both been jailed

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4 h. ago Fact check: Shipped liquid gas is more carbon intensive than UK gas

Additional emissions come from the energy required to chill the gas into liquid form and to ship it across the oceans.

Politics

4 h. ago Stunned resignation and foreboding: a week in Trump’s shadow at IMF

Few policymakers mention US president by name, but his tariffs dominate IMF-World Bank meetingBusiness live – latest updatesKristalina Georgieva’s favourite film, the International Monetary Fund boss told the audience at a packed panel event in Washington on Thursday, is Tom Hanks’s cold war romp Bridge of Spies.In one of the stranger digressions in a frequently strange week, Georgieva recalled the moment when Hanks’s character, a US lawyer, tells the Soviet spy he has been appointed to defend that he will probably be executed. “You don’t seem alarmed,” Hanks says to him; to which the spy – played by Mark Rylance – replies, “Would it help?” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona

Experts hope vessel’s old timbers and nails will help shed light on how boats were built during medieval periodArchaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or 600 years ago.The area, which is being dug up in order to build a new centre dedicated to biomedicine and biodiversity, has already yielded finds ranging from a Spanish civil war air-raid shelter to traces of the old market and of the city’s 18th-century history. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘Bring it on’: Miliband tells net zero critics Government is ‘not for bending’

The Energy Secretary was speaking at the end of an international energy security summit in London.

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5 h. ago Trade war fears trigger biggest slide in US consumer expectations since 1990 recession – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsXi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade warEuropean stock markets are rising this morning, amid hopes that China is relaxing some of its tariffs.In London, the FTSE 100 index is up 12 points or 0.13%, at 8417 points. Engineering companies are among the top risers, with aerospare manufacturers Melrose up 3.6%, and Rolls-Royce up 2%, after Safran reported that tariffs on aircraft parts have been lifted.“We learned last night that China has taken the decision not to tax engines or landing gear or nacelles - in other words a certain number of aerospace equipment parts.”“It demonstrates that the situation is very fluid.” Continue reading...

Economics

5 h. ago Your next jacket could be made from a DINOSAUR: Scientists are using fossilised collagen to create the world's first T.Rex leather

Most fashionistas like to try and stay ahead of the curve. But a new style involves going quite far the other way - around 70 million years back in time.

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6 h. ago M&S halts all online orders as fallout from cyber attack continues

Shares for Marks and Spencer declined even further after the cyber incident over Easter weekend

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6 h. ago UK banks set to reassure households as tariffs ‘watershed’ moment for economy

Some of the country’s biggest high street lenders will publish their latest financial results next week.

Economics

6 h. ago Toyosi Olusanya deal for St Mirren is a 'great bit of business' says club legend

The Englishman moved from the Buddies to MLS side Houston Dynamo on the American club's transfer deadline day.

Economics

7 h. ago Direct train services between Newcastle and Brighton planned

Arriva Group said the trains would run under its Grand Central brand and call at stations such as York, Birmingham New Street and Gatwick airport.

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