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Poolbeg Pharma to test the treatment in NHS hospitals and says it is also developing a GLP-1 weight loss pillA London-based startup is about to trial a drug at six NHS hospitals that could stop people...
After falling for a scam call, ‘The Tech Chap’ host Tom Honeyands realised he’d given away vital details in social media postsWhen Tom Honeyands realised he had been defrauded out of £70,000 he was fu...
Kate Dearden says reforms such as enhanced sick pay simply bring UK into line with other big economiesLabour’s radical workers’ rights reforms have simply put the UK on a “level playing field” with ot...
Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EUAs the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote approaches, the verdict on Britain’s economic performa...
Convenience store employee Eileen Fox, 56, said suspect ‘banged into metal stand’ but no one was injured in incident• Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggsA conven...
A medical issue can send quotes for cover soaring but it is not worth risking going abroad without a policy ‘I nearly fell over when I saw the travel insurance quote,” says the retiree Bernie Lawrenc...
Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will workOwnership of the commanding heights of the AI economy is a political...
Plans for new event at the Secret Garden Party site and Womad Glasgow are dashed, but others remain optimisticHosting Scotland’s first Womad festival seemed like an easy sell for Glasgow, the country’...
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor ‘serious’ about taking over ‘essentials of life’ if he becomes PM, a move critics say could cost taxpayer billions A decade-long project to bring water and energy i...
Change in viewing habits offered by match times at 2026 tournament could mean using cheaper off-peak powerWatching late-night or early hours football could provide UK households with a practical oppor...
Other western acts have attempted to crack country’s music scene since singer’s breakout success in 2018One week after announcing she was “cancer free”, the British pop star Jessie J did what any reco...
Brent crude falls as optimism rises that strait of Hormuz could reopen over the weekendGlobal oil prices fell on Friday to lows not seen since the first week of the Iran crisis after Donald Trump clai...
While venues could stay open until 2am, rising costs remain a far bigger concern for many landlords Picture the scene: it’s 1am on a sultry July night and Jude Bellingham has just scored the decisive...
Starmer shows no will to pursue the main options for rising commitments: spending cuts, tax rises or borrowingWhen Keir Starmer wanted to promise Donald Trump that the UK would increase defence spendi...
High street bank to buy UK business from US fintech company Acorns as it targets young peopleBarclays is to buy an app designed to help children understand and manage their money, as it targets young...
Gambling business, which also owns Betfair, to focus on New York in latest high-profile blow to UK stock marketThe gambling group that owns Paddy Power and Betfair is to scrap its listing on the Londo...
GDP hit by higher energy prices caused by Middle East conflict, after 0.3% rise in MarchThe UK economy contracted by 0.1% in April as the Iran war began to take its toll on growth, official figures sh...
Report says confidence among 16- to 21-year-olds has fallen sharply as they doubt hard work will be rewardedYoung people in England are increasingly “losing faith in their futures” according to a repo...
Mike Ashley’s retail group has made near-€2bn bid for the German fashion house, in which it holds a 26% stakeBusiness live – latest updatesShares in Hugo Boss jumped nearly 10% on Thursday after the c...
Allison Kirkby pocketed the payment after BT’s share price surged nearly 80% The chief executive of BT saw her pay and bonus package more than double last year to £5.6m, the biggest pay award to a bos...