42 m. ago UK manufacturing downturn continues as new orders slide; Trump’s attack on Fed is ‘a serious danger’ – business live

Weak market conditions, US tariffs and downbeat client confidence blamed for drop in factory ordersOuch! The UK manufacturing sector shrank again last month, as factories were hit by weaker demand at home and abroad.The latest monthly poll of purchasing managers across Britain’s manufacturing sector found that new orders and new export business both fell at quicker rates in August, leading to another drop in production volumes.“Production volumes are still showing resilience in the face of global geopolitical uncertainty and US tariff policies, with both July and August having seen only slight contractions that were milder than those suffered earlier in the year. Business confidence has also lifted to a sixmonth high, reflecting hopes that the trading environment is starting to settle down.However, August also saw a steep drop in UK manufacturers’ new orders, with total order books and overseas demand both falling at some of the fastest rates seen over the past two years. Weak marke...

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46 m. ago Clarkson's Farm beauty halts new career move after suffering farm crisis

Harriet Cowan, who shot to fame on Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon Prime show Clarkson's Farm, has been forced to delay the launch of her new YouTube channel due to a farming emergency

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51 m. ago Reform plots to cut council tax bills by £350 a year with shake

Deputy leader Richard Tice used a press conference this morning to unveil plans to improve the performance of pension funds, claiming it is costing taxpayers up to £10billion a year.

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63 m. ago Sex trafficking PE teacher found dead days after arrest for meeting minor

Thad Olson, 58, was one of five men busted by cops as part of a human trafficking investigation in Illinois in the US on August 21 and was found dead just days later

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66 m. ago Trump aide Nevarro asks why Modi is ‘getting into bed’ with Putin and Xi

Peter Navarro says Brahmins are profiteering at the expense of the Indian people

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68 m. ago Leaving the ECHR 'is NOT a threat to Good Friday Agreement' as pressure mounts for overhaul of asylum rules

Supporters of the Strasbourg court have long claimed that quitting the ECHR would undermine the landmark agreement that brought an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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68 m. ago 3p hot drink could lower your blood pressure and cholesterol

You may even already have it in your kitchen

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72 m. ago Teen driver in Rudy Giuliani car crash identified after former NYC mayor seriously injured

President Trump’s former lawyer suffered multiple injuries including fractured spine in collision Saturday

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87 m. ago Rylan Clark is 'smitten' with fairground worker boyfriend who has dedicated his life to supporting children with special needs

The sixth-generation showman is a director at Billy Bates & Sons Fun Fair - which regularly hosts SEN friendly session for guests with Special Educational Needs.

Society

1 hour ago Human rights group Amnesty International backs former Humza Yousaf's calls for Palestine Action exemption

Humza Yousaf’s intervention comes after senior prosecutor chides ‘unhelpful’ politicians calling for law not to be enforced

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1 hour ago Peer who fled Nazis as child warns summer 'disaster' for human rights amid asylum row

Lord Alf Dubs, who fled Prague in 1939 as part of the Kindertransport, said many of the people fleeing for safety in the UK are 'escaping the most terrible of situations'

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1 hour ago A downturn in international travel to the U.S. may last beyond summer, experts warn

A decline in foreign visitors traveling to the United States has stretched well into the summer

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2 h. ago I’m obsessed with deep sea sharks: their bioluminescent spots are just visible in the pitch black environment they live in

Most of these little-known but already endangered fish have never been seen alive in their natural habitat, but are under threat from bottom trawling and deep-sea miningThree years ago I was running a research project from a bottom trawler off Namibia about deep-sea sharks – all of which live under enormous water pressure, close to the seafloor and are rarely seen by humans.These sharks were being brought up in the trawler’s nets. By the time they were brought to the surface, they had experienced such a dramatic change in pressure that they had undergone barotrauma, so they were internally damaged and unlikely to survive. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK Government to address the nation after weekend of fury across country

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will address MPs this afternoon about Labour's plans to deal with immigration as one minister hinted at reforming the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

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2 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake live: more than 800 dead after shallow quake strikes country’s east, state media reports

Several villages in Kunar province ‘completely destroyed’, says ministry for public health, as rescue operations take placeAt least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near JalalabadHow have you been affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan?One resident in Afghanistan’s Nurgal district, one of the worst-affected areas in Kunar, said almost the entire village had collapsed under the force of the earthquake. “Children are under the rubble. The elderly are under the rubble. Young people are under the rubble,” the villager, who did not give his name, told the Associated Press.“We need help here,” he pleaded. “We need people to come here and join us. Let us pull out the people who are buried. There is no one who can come and remove dead bodies from under the rubble.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump’s Gaza plan involves ‘voluntary’ relocation of Palestinians – and giving them $5,000 each: report

Proposals reportedly being considered by White House would see six to eight ‘dynamic, modern and AI-powered smart planned cities’ erected on land torn apart by two years of war

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2 h. ago Gaza 'will be turned into tourism resort with entire two million population "voluntarily" moved to another country under plan circulating within Trump staff'

The Palestinian territory would turn into a trusteeship administered by the U.S. for the next 10 years, becoming a hub of high-tech manufacturing and technology.

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2 h. ago Why is Rylan Clark not hosting ITV’s This Morning today? Reason explained

This Morning’s regular presenters will return to the ITV show this week 🚨📺

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2 h. ago Trump investigator Robert Mueller diagnosed with Parkinson’s, family says

The 81-year-old’s diagnosis led to the House Oversight Committee withdrawing its subpoena for the former FBI director in the Jeffrey Epstein probe

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2 h. ago Two men due in court after £500,000 cannabis farm discovered in Lanarkshire

A total of 874 plants were recovered in Merry Street with an estimated street value of £522,000.

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