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Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in fire-and-rehire plan after union talks break down
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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on UK trains soar to record high
Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled When a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on Monday, rail staff leapt to one conclusion: there had been a violent incident on board. “Someone will have kicked off,” one staff member said. “It happens all the time. My boss got head-butted recently.” Continue reading...
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Costa’s coffee shops return to profit with iced drinks and matcha on the menu
Costa Limited reports operating profit of £20m in year to 31 December 2025 after losses of £13.5m in 2024 Costa’s main coffee shop arm has returned to the black after revamping its high street outlets and broadening its menu with iced drinks, matcha and fresher pastries. The chain, which has 2,700 outlets in the UK and Ireland, out of 4,000 globally, and employs about 20,000 people, also opened a net 50 new outlets in the UK last year – its first net increase in several years. Continue reading...
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Berkshire buys more Lennar shares, but pace of purchases slows
Berkshire Hathaway added to its bet on Lennar this week, raising its stake in the homebuilder to 11.2%, although the pace of its buying appears to be slowing.
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Trump taps Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as AI czar
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will lead the administration's AI policy.
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Own a mobile phone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah
A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and chair of the parliamentary science, innovation and technology committee Debates around big tech and digital regulation can sometimes feel distant from the everyday concerns of voters. But the power that a small number of global tech companies hold over our lives goes far beyond what most people realise. As chair of the parliamentary science, innovation and technology committee, I have spent years raising concerns about this: from the data they harvest and the digital “twins” they build of us, to the algorithms that decide what our children see. Continue reading...
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Lack of inspections at fish slaughterhouses a ‘disgrace’, says Animal Equality UK
Charity calls for faster progress on humane slaughter laws for farmed fish in England and Wales Up to 77m fish are slaughtered each year in the UK but there are no routine or mandatory inspections of fish slaughterhouses in England and Wales, it can be revealed. Concerns within government about the way fish are slaughtered date back decades but all of the official bodies responsible for animal welfare and food standards in England and Wales said they do not undertake regular inspections. Continue reading...