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AstraZeneca’s U-turn on £450m Speke expansion ‘deeply disappointing’, says minister
The UK’s science minister, Chris Bryant, has described AstraZeneca’s decision to scrap plans for a £450m expansion of its vaccine plant in Merseyside as “deeply disappointing”.
that it was axing the planned expansion of its factory in the Liverpool suburb of …Merz doubles down on gambit with German far right in combative speech
The German conservative opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, whose party is widely tipped to win this month’s general election, defended his hardline migration proposals after a
accused him of breaching the time-honoured “firewall” between the far right and centrists.In an uncompromising speech to a …
Starmer’s EU dinner date a big moment in tricky tightrope act
Six ways to fix England women’s cricket after another Ashes series debacle | Raf Nicholson
England have just lost the Women’s Ashes 16-0. Assuming money is no object, what should they do to ensure they are competitive when they next face Australia in 2027? Here are six suggestions …
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Give the job to Edwards
Girl, 14, guilty of attempted murder for blade attack at south Wales school
A 14-year-old schoolgirl has been found guilty of attempted murder after attacking two teachers and another pupil with a bladed multitool at a school in south Wales.
The teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and a pupil who cannot be named, were treated in hospital after being stabbed at Ysgol …
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‘Free pint when Forest score!’: pub loses £1,500 after seven-goal rampage
It had seemed like the perfect promotion to get a few more punters through the door on a Saturday afternoon – give away a free pint for every goal scored by Nottingham Forest that day.
But seven goals and £1,500 worth of pints later, Nottinghamshire pub landlady Beccy Webster realised …
Earlier today I set two puzzles involving prime numbers – in particular 3, 7 and 11. Primes are on this month’s cultural radar thanks to the Apple TV+ thriller Prime Target, which stars hunk
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Leo Woodall (above.)Here they are again with solutions.
1. Prime power
…Thousands of Asda workers win latest stage in decade-long equal pay case
Thousands of Asda workers have won the latest stage in a decade-long equal pay case against the supermarket that could lead to a payout worth £1.2bn.
The GMB union said the workers were on “the cusp of justice” after Manchester employment tribunal ruled that 12 out of 14 lead claimants …
An omega-3 dose a day could slow ageing process, ‘healthspan’ trial finds
A daily dose of omega-3 oils may slow the ageing process, according to a major clinical trial of interventions that aim to extend humans’ healthspan – the number of years spent in good health before a decline in old age.
Healthy older people who took one gram of the essential …