Business & Entrepreneurship
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Thames Water apologises after blunder sees £145,000 taken from customer’s account
Teacher Adam Bainbridge discovered early on Thursday morning that a payment of £145,562 to Thames Water had been debited from his bank account
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Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site
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Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This
Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.
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Trump team is looking to see if DOJ committed misconduct in investigating Watergate
A burglary at the Watergate complex in June 1972 would ultimately lead to a corruption scandal in Washington and the resignation of President Richard Nixon
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Prince William opens up on past job selling CDs at ‘dodgy car boot sale’
William spoke about helping out at a country fair when a former customer reminded him of his efforts
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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
The Justice Department says a Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
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Massachusetts man charged with cyberstalking podcaster and former Trump official Katie Miller
A Massachusetts man has been arrested in a federal case alleging he cyberstalked conservative podcaster and former Trump administration official Katie Miller
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Mapped: Britain’s ‘10 most and least affordable’ places to buy a home
Lloyds says the average UK home costs about 7.3 times average earnings, the lowest it has been since 2015
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‘The era of the agentic enterprise isn't coming, it's here’: Snowflake lays out what is business needs to be truly agentic
Are you ready to be an agentic enterprise?
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007 First Light's first free 'Extended Operations' DLC arrives with all-new content, including the Valhalla Protocol activity and Jungle Heist mission, alongside 'over 700 fixes and improvements to the game'
007 First Light's first major free downloadable content (DLC) has been released, offering all-new playable content and huge improvements across the board.
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EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as activists sue over alleged migrant abuses
European Union officials are meeting to strengthen border controls and curb migration
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Go ahead for new venture in medieval building from established York retailer
An established York retailer's new venture in a medieval building has been given the green light.
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UK in talks with EU partners to release strategic fuel reserves if needed, BBC understands
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US.
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Staff owed £117,000 as North Yorkshire firm is liquidated
Staff were left unpaid at a Whitby construction company that has entered into liquidation owing almost £200,000.
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Councillors considering refusing permission to build 230 homes warned of “multiple six figures” for wrong decision
Councillors considering refusing a developer permission to build 230 homes were warned by a planning chief it could cost the authority “multiple six figures” if they get their decision wrong.
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York set for new direct trains to Brighton and Gatwick under Grand Central plans
Grand Central has secured four additional trains for its proposed new direct rail service between Newcastle and Brighton, which could run up to five times a day in each direction.
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Carney pitches oil pipeline as a response to US-Canada trade war
A west coast pipeline project is the first to be fast-tracked and will be a major test of Carney's promise to global investors.
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Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ AI ‘Accord,’ the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.
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Renew Holdings: Yorkshire-based engineering services firm set for record profits
Yorkshire-based engineering services group Renew Holdings has said it expects to achieve record revenue and profits for the year.
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Independent Knaresborough High Street Business Marks Two Decades of Trading
Aimes Health & Beauty is marking its 20th year of business in Knaresborough this month, reflecting a broader trend of resilience among independent service
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Crack cocaine and cannabis found after raid at Bradford home - man charged
A man has been charged following the seizure of a large quantity of Class A drugs.
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Bradford Council set to sell assets in Ilkley, Addingham and Guiseley
Council plans to sell Ilkley, Addingham and Guiseley assets in bid to balance books.
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Lyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlement
More than $237m will be distributed to drivers over firm labeling them independent contractors and not employees
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Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of ‘cannibalisation’ of news
Maker of Claude claims AI could transform economy but ABC and SBS say the technology should be subject to media regulations
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‘Total class act’: Marie-France van Heel is poised to be a very different PM’s wife
The former marketing executive is expected to play a big role in promoting the UK and could be the most influential spouse in No 10 in years
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Report: New data centers could create more than 120K Illinois jobs, though mostly temporary
A new report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and University of Illinois Project for Middle Class Renewal projects $57 billion in new data center developments over the next decade to generate thousands of jobs and millions in property tax revenues in Illinois
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Man City not 'above the rules', says No 10 after backlash to Burnham remarks
The prime minister said he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners sell up after Premier League rule breaches.
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AI data centers are using the same Texas permit category as dry cleaners, and the numbers are staggering
AI data centers are becoming power plants, and Texas regulations are struggling to keep up
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Darlington step closer to direct Brighton rail link as deal secured
Darlington has moved a step closer to gaining a direct rail link with the South Coast after Grand Central secured trains for its Newcastle to Brighton service.
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Million-dollar public servants: 11 staff at Australia’s Future Fund paid significantly more than the PM
One executive received a $1.5m package last year, while 10 other staff received remuneration exceeding $1m each
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Household item sold on Amazon and TikTok could explode and start fires
Fake devices that are said to save energy are dangerous as they could explode and cause fires and electric shocks.
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Taxpayers have spent $49M to feed the National Guard members stationed around in DC
One contract, worth $15.6 million, covered ‘catered breakfast, lunch and dinner and midnight meals for service members’
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California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking
State attorney general issues subpoena to OpenAI as part of broader inquiry into potential security vulnerabilities
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Tips for getting a professional headshot that feels authentic and conveys the image you want
Professional headshots are like virtual handshakes: They introduce people to to a vast audience for their ideas as well as potential clients, collaborators or employers
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York and North Yorkshire bus system branded ‘broken’ as £3.5m reform plan advances
BUS transport in North Yorkshire is “broken”, the county’s mayor has said, ahead of a proposed £3.5 million investment in developing a full bus franchising assessment.
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Trump takes his taxpayer funded ads to the airwaves of hated rivals CNN and MS NOW
The Trump administration has shelled out upwards of $2.87 million on the controversial ads
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First Intel Panther Lake mini PC cooled with solid-state AirJet tech operates at less than 21 dBA — Aaeon claims its fanless Up Xtreme PTL Edge Air is also slimmer, lighter than actively-cooled rivals
An enterprise specialty system with up to a Core Ultra X7 358H processor.
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This Head Start center teaches in two languages. A Trump overhaul would require one: English
Head Start preschools are bracing for changes proposed by the Trump administration that would require all education to be conducted in English
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Micron projects tightening RAM shortages through 2028 as it generates record profit — record 86.25% gross margin drives over $53 billion in quarterly profit
“We do not have line of sight to when supply and demand will return to balance.”
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Israel’s Shin Bet ‘had security concerns about UAE airports weeks before hijacking’
Israeli officials said the attacker's motive aboard flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv remained under investigation
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Middlesbrough hub's newest street food trader serving up 'gorgeous' loaded potatoes
A new food trader has joined STACK Middlesbrough in Exchange Square, serving loaded jacket potatoes with a variety of hearty toppings.
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Antisemitic messages attributed to French far-right leader published
In a second wave of revelations around Jordan Bardella, investigative outlet Mediapart has published new screenshots of antisemitic messages attributed to the RN leader, who denies writing them. #EuropeNews
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Why we are ploughing on with expansion plans - by Harrogate Spring Water's managing director
Many opinions have been raised in this historic spa town since Harrogate Spring Water first revealed its expansion plans in 2017.
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Tributes paid to popular award-winning North Yorkshire butcher
TRIBUTES have been paid to an award-winning popular butcher.
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Asus, Lenovo, and HP are selling cheap AMD Athlon Silver 10 laptops — for your own sake, do not spend your money on inferior e-waste
Laptop shopping under $500? If the listing says Athlon Silver 10, keep scrolling
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Nearly 400 workers to lose jobs in proposed Grangemouth closure
A chemical manufacturer said it planned to cease all operations at the Falkirk site.
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Staff owed £117,000 as North Yorkshire firm is liquidated
Staff were left unpaid at a Whitby construction company that has entered into liquidation owing almost £200,000.
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Crude oil exports from strait of Hormuz largely return to pre-war levels
Alternative ways being used to move fuel out of Gulf region, but flows of refined products such as diesel still constrained
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DeepSeek and Huawei release open-source Ascend AI programming tools to reduce reliance on Nvidia CUDA ecosystem — tools include compute and communication libraries, as well as Ascend support for TileLang
The tools build on Huawei's existing CANN software platform.
