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UK flight cancellations top 2,000 as pressure grows on air traffic control boss on second day of travel chaos – business live
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Technical issue at Nats resolved but flights to and from UK airports still disrupted; oil prices hit $100 a barrel for first time since July and gas prices also jump Tell us: how have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption? Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel for first time since July as Iran war escalates In total, more 1,900 flights had been cancelled by 5am today, according to the aviation analytics compan…
Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel for first time since July as Iran war escalates
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Brent crude up by more than 2% after latest fire between US and Iran in Gulf and Houthi attacks on Saudi cities Business live – latest updates The price of oil has risen above $100 a barrel for the first time since July as the escalating conflict in the Middle East threatens further disruption to global supplies. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose 2.1% past the milestone after tensions incr…
Supercar maker McLaren to create 1,000 UK jobs as part of £450m tech investment
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New roles at Woking-based manufacturer will include positions for indirect and agency workers The British supercar manufacturer McLaren is to create 1,000 jobs in a welcome boost to the UK’s struggling automotive industry. The carmaker is creating the jobs as part of a £450m investment in its technology centre in Woking, near to the plant where it manufactures all of its vehicles. Continue reading...
UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds
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Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says Datacentres in the UK will create just a quarter of the jobs predicted by the tech sector, while consuming vast amounts of energy, according to new research. Environmental thinktank Verdant predicts that all the datacentres currently planned are likely to directly employ 10,400 workers – compared with the more than…
Burnham urged to tackle inequality with policies including wealth tax
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Key thinkers suggest other radical measures in Compass report such as free personal social care and abolishing Lords Andy Burnham should tackle inequality in the UK by introducing a wealth tax, universal free personal social care and bringing gas and electricity networks under public ownership, according to a report from more than a dozen influential thinkers. In the lead-up to the first budget of the chancellor, Joh…
CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks
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UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced Wednesday a $20 million B extension round, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million.
Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds
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Key regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems Babies born to mothers with anaemia have smaller brains, particularly in key regions linked to movement, learning and the regulation of emotion, according to a study. Researchers said the differences, first detected at the age of one, could lead to cognitive problems when children started school. Contin…
White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game after the Tetris Company complains
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The Trump administration's short-lived arcade game "Build the Wall" is now nowhere to be found after the Tetris Company posted that it takes "copyright infringement very seriously."
Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia
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US-Israel war on Iran and political instability in Somalia lead to pirates targeting cargo ships off Horn of Africa The scourge of Somali piracy targeting cargo ships and smaller dhows off the Horn of Africa has returned to levels not seen in a decade, driven by a convergence of factors including disruptions to the shipping industry caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran and a resurgence of political instability i…
Weather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east China
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Torrential rain causes widespread damage; while north-west South Africa hit by thunderstorms and central-southern US faces oppressive heat Typhoon Saudel brought days of torrential rain to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces in south-east China last week. The city of Putian, in Fujian province, recorded 416.5mm of rain in a 24-hour period between Thursday and Friday, with surrounding villages recording…
Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime
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Sarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffic drugs An Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official media reported on Saturday. The presenter, Sarah Khalifa, 39, is best known for her programme Mission Impossible, which dealt with issues concerning security a…
UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
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Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. In a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired the 16th-century Mercator…