Business & Entrepreneurship
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York couple celebrating 60 years of marriage
Doris and William Redhead, of Acomb, York, are marking their diamond wedding anniversary in the company of their family at a city centre restaurant.
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EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner
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Families could get a huge inheritance tax break under new £1 million plan
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to slash inheritance tax and let couples pass on an extra £1m tax-free under a new Conservative plan.
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NHS radiographer struck off over earthquake insult aimed at admin worker
Kyle Harris branded an admin worker a 'pillock' before making the cruel earthquake remark
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UK flooring company closes after 48 years as it enters administration
A flooring firm has ceased trading after 48 years having fallen into administration.
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Finance leaders unite in North East to build 'stronger, more resilient communities'
UNEP FI’s first UK & Ireland Community of Practice event in Newcastle explored collaboration on finance, warmer homes, energy transition and resilient communities.
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Over 700 jobs to be created as 57 sites of major UK restaurant chain to reopen
A total of 57 former Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, and Cookhouse sites are set to be bought by Common Table Group, a new hospitality company.
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Plan to convert warehouse into parade of shops is refused over parking concerns
PROPOSALS to turn the ground floor of a warehouse into a parade of shops have been refused by Bradford Council.
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Toshiba is chasing a bigger slice of the AI storage boom
Toshiba is betting big on hard drives as AI pushes storage demand into years of future supply commitments
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Amazon's Prime Day Sale Ends Tonight. Here Are the 119 Best Deals to Shop Before They're Gone
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days are here, and we’ve tracked down the best discounts on all the gear our team recommends.
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£2,000 grants available for sports clubs across Skipton and Ripon
Community sports clubs across Skipton are being encouraged to apply for thousands of pounds in funding through the Cash4Clubs programme.
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£1m rail investment at risk if major Station Gateway plans are rejected
A £1 million investment in Scarborough’s railway station could be jeopardised if a planned redevelopment is refused, councillors have been warned.
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Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN
At a recent event for security firm NordVPN, NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal revealed that he got hacked—and warned the public about the need to “have control of their own information.”
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'Yes, we will make that change': Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will be renamed — but AI's 'Super Intelligence' rebrand is running ahead of the technology
Trump wants America to stop saying “AI,” and Elon Musk is already on board
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Developer bets $183 million on a downtown 20-story data center
Developers are tired of data centers swallowing huge plots of land, so one team came up with a weird workaround.
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Nevada mom convicted of manslaughter for miscarriage awarded $1.6m in settlement
Patience Rousseau was convicted under an arcane 1911 statute ‘that was on the books before women were even allowed to vote in Nevada,’ her attorney said
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'Stop throwing shade' - the woman trying to stop firms leaving the UK
British people need more incentives to invest in big firms listed in the UK, Dame Julia Hoggett, boss of the London Stock Exchange, says.
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Think you could contain a rogue AI? Prove it
OpenAI and Anthropic have huge teams working on this stuff. You’ve got six questions and your cybersecurity instincts. Could you keep a rogue AI contained?
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Subaru Crosstrek Touring: rugged all-weather SUV trades power for go-anywhere grip
The Subaru Crosstrek Touring is a rugged, go-anywhere compact SUV that trades outright performance for genuine all-weather capability and Subaru’s trademark reliability.
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Leon Botstein resigns from Bard roles as key Democrat demands investigation into Epstein links
Jamie Raskin says ‘startling’ email asked whether young woman was ‘for me, or are you keeping her for yourself’
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Who else can match Samsung's end-to-end $1bn AI infrastructure bet?
Samsung’s $1 billion AI infrastructure gamble puts pressure on Huawei and SoftBank to match its unusually broad capabilities
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Meet the Vendors Selling ‘Cornell Seven’ Merch
Brands, influencers, and Etsy sellers claim they're hawking T-shirts, mugs, and buttons out of solidarity with the woman who accused seven male classmates of sexual assault. Some say it’s shameless.
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Foreign workers building US consulate in Milan sign compensation deals over alleged abuses
Foreign workers building the new U.S. consulate in Milan have signed agreements securing payouts for alleged labor abuses
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Russia dismisses transparency calls amid reports of second plague case
Rospotrebnadzor said nearly 5,000 tests found no dangerous pathogens and saw "no epidemic risk," while the Kremlin called most media reporting "false" and said it had no knowledge of a US demarche formally requesting additional information.
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First 30 customers at new supermarket get free gift on opening day
THE FIRST customers at a new supermarket opening at new store in Ryedale tomorrow (Thursday) will relieve a free gift.
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Boots sold to Canada's Weston family in £6.7 billion takeover deal
The landmark agreement was announced on Wednesday afternoon
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Fraudster jailed over multi-million pound PPE scam
Craig Morris was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Northampton Crown Court.
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£1m rail investment at risk if Station Gateway plans are rejected
A £1 million investment in Scarborough’s railway station could be jeopardised if a planned redevelopment is refused, councillors have been warned.
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Ripon Tinsel Tractor Run targets £10,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research
The Ripon Tinsel Tractor Run is aiming to raise £10,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research this year, as the festive event continues to grow.
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy
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Election deniers are helping ICE investigate voter registration groups, docs reveal
Newly published internal documents reveal Trump administration is targeting nonprofits in massive voter fraud probe
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34 Prime Day bargains under £50 — Lego, Blink, Oral-B, Samsung, Ninja, and more cheap deals I'd buy
Some standout treats and basket-fillers from the sale
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Amazon’s entire Fire tablet line is on sale for Prime Day, but a far more capable model could be landing soon — here’s what you need to know before buying one of these deals
Amazon's Fire tablets are cheaper than usual right now thanks to Prime Day, but they might also soon be superseded.
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First 30 customers at new supermarket get free gift on opening day
THE FIRST customers at a new supermarket opening at new store in Ryedale tomorrow (Thursday) will relieve a free gift.
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Arizona court hack leads to theft of over 1 million American's data
Someone "clicked on a link in an email" and unwillingly enabled the theft of sensitive data.
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Microsoft and Nvidia launch Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark — RTX Spark preorders live now, coinciding with major Windows 11 changes for agentic AI
The company also highlighted "hundreds" of games, including Call of Duty.
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Man arrested for posing as ICE agent to intimidate voters at polling station
Danilo Alves Silva claimed he had bought ‘prop costume’ on Amazon
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Tees Valley bids for £1.3bn transport overhaul as town centres set for £24m boost
Town centres across Tees Valley could receive a major transport boost under plans worth more than £1.3 billion that have been submitted to the Government.
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Spygate: Southampton manager Tonda Eckert given suspended ban
Tonda Eckert is free to continue as Southampton manager after being given a suspended ban for his role in Spygate.
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Two Holyrood committees to ‘dig into the details’ behind planned AI data centres
MSPs on both the Climate Action Committee and the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee are to conduct investigations.
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Nostalgia: Harrogate's role in early years of aviation will be revealed at event next week
The untold but remarkable story of the role of Harrogate in the early years of aviation will be revealed next week.
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Google signs billion dollar deal to expand nuclear power capacity at multiple US plants
Google's 20-year commitment will allow Constellation Energy to uprate existing nuclear plants, supplying 13 states and 67 million Americans.
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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European stocks slump as bond sell-off resumes
Bonds fell once more, and yields soared, amid worries in Europe and the Middle East.
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ESPN's Super Bowl 61 broadcast to also stream on Disney+
ESPN announced on Tuesday that its broadcast of Super Bowl 61 will also be streamed on Disney+
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5 tricked into transferring £30,000 after calls from 'bank fraud investigator'
Five victims, aged between 69 and 84, were tricked into transferring more than £30,000 from their accounts.
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Stock Up on the Best Prime Day Deals on Phone Accessories
Just bought a new phone or looking to enhance an existing one? Prime Day is the time to save on accessories like batteries, chargers, and more.
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£1m rail investment at risk if Station Gateway plans are rejected
A £1 million investment in Scarborough’s railway station could be jeopardised if a planned redevelopment is refused, councillors have been warned.
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Firm snaps up former Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites - with promise of 700 new jobs
A hospitality group has snapped up nearly 60 restaurant sites following a major closure.