Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Tesla stock (NYSE: TSLA) is trading sharply higher in early US price action today after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings and provided upbeat guidance for the next year. Today’s price action is […]
Getty Images Scabies can lead to secondary skin infections, if not treated. People are being told not to ignore an itchy rash, with GPs in England reporting a spike in scabies – the highly infectious skin infestation. The condition is caused by a mite which burrows under the skin to lay eggs and is spread […]
Pubs face widespread closures unless the chancellor announces an extension to business rates relief in next week’s Budget, the UK’s biggest pub company has warned. David McDowall, boss of Stonegate Group, whose pubs include Slug & Lettuce, Yates’s and Walkabout, said thousands of landlords currently make just 12p of profit for every pint of beer […]
We must change the way we measure debt, says Rachel Reeves The government will change its self-imposed debt rules in order to free up billions for infrastructure spending, the chancellor has told the BBC. Rachel Reeves said that she would make a technical change to the way debt is measured which will allow it to […]
Oct 24, 2024, 11:22 AM ET Borussia Dortmund’s capitulation at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish capital on Tuesday somehow seems in keeping with the wildly out-of-balance nature of the Schwarzgelben in their current guise. It was a reunion on multiple levels: a meeting with the team that defeated them in the UEFA […]
USGS In a warming Arctic, polar bears are spending more of their time on land As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed. In a study that has provided clues about how polar […]
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Drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales have hit the highest level in 30 years, fuelled by a 30% rise in fatalities involving cocaine. The highest rate of drug deaths is still among men in “Generation X”, particularly those aged 40-49, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Cocaine deaths were nearly 10 times higher in […]
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The government plans to introduce legislation to ban the sale of disposable vapes from 1 June 2025 The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in England from June next year, the government has confirmed. Ministers say the move is intended to prevent environmental damage and protect children’s health. Similar bans are expected to […]
Rachel Reeves will announce at the International Monetary Fund a plan to change Britain’s debt rules that will open the door for the government to spend up to £50bn extra on infrastructure projects. After weeks of speculation, the chancellor will confirm at the fund’s annual meetings in Washington on Thursday that next week’s budget will […]