9 h. ago UK arms makers sound alarm over orders as spending fears mount

Tory defence spokesman James Cartlidge said it was the 'direct result of Keir Starmer's decision to prioritise higher welfare spending over properly funding defence'.

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5 d. ago Businesses sound the alarm over the 'devastating' impact of Labour's tax hikes and soaring energy bills

As confidence collapses to the lowest level since the pandemic, the financial squeeze means jobs are being cut and investment plans have stalled, a poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said.

Economics

7 d. ago Celtic sound title alarm to Hearts and Rangers as Martin O'Neill returns with an almighty bang – 5 talking points

Martin O'Neill got his third spell in the dugout underway after Wilfried Nancy was axed after eight games

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1 week ago Experts sound alarm as report reveals more than 40 million Americans turn to ChaptGPT for medical advice

One in eight Americans turn to ChatGPT every day for medical advice, leaving them prone to potentially dangerous misinformation and incorrect diagnosis, health experts have warned.

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1 week ago Freedom Pass to be reviewed as councillors sound alarm over soaring cost of £372m travel freebie

Exclusive: London Councils to examine likely impact of increasing qualifying age and limiting it to a free bus pass

Economics

2 w. ago The Louvre is the pride of France – and it’s on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time? | Agnès Poirier

From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, it’s been a dire year for the world’s most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament Long before Versailles dazzled the world, the Louvre rose from the banks of the Seine as a royal residence. Charles V kept his celebrated library here; Henri IV installed his cabinets of paintings, objets d’art and arms, and created within its walls a veritable city of artists, where cabinetmakers, tapestry-makers, painters and armourers lived and worked. Under Louis XIII, coins, medals and the Louvre’s printing press were added; under Louis XIV came casts, antiquities and the academies of architecture, the arts and the sciences.The Enlightenment demanded that the masterpieces of the art world be made public; the revolution answered. On 8 November 1793, ordinary citizens were admitted to the Louvre’s Salon Carré and Grande Galerie for the first time, transforming a royal palace into a national art museum. Continually evolving through r...

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3 w. ago Dying dad spends perfect 'last Christmas' with little daughter after visa red tape row

DJ Adrian O’Grady, who has stage four colon cancer, previously told the Record how he feared having to spend what could be his last Christmas away from his wife and four-year-old daughter.

Economics