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When Andrew Kerr collapsed in his kitchen in 2022, his blood pressure was so high that even his wristwatch knew he was in trouble.

“They put a monitor on me to check because my [smart] watch started going off … saying [there was] a fibrillation or something,” the family man …

Vodafone “unjustly enriched” itself at the expense of scores of vulnerable small business owners by slashing commissions to franchisees running the mobile phone group’s high street stores, according to allegations filed on Tuesday in the high court.

A group of 62 of about 150 Vodafone franchise operators – some of …

Harrods workers from cleaners to shop floor and restaurant staff are set to strike in Christmas week, including during the upmarket department store’s key Boxing Day sales, in a dispute over pay and perks.

The United Voice of the World (UVW) independent union said 95% of its members at the …

A man described by police as a “heinous child predator” has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to 130 charges of sexual abuse in a court in Northern Ireland.

David John Andrews, 55, was told he could serve a minimum of 13 and a half years …

Paul McCartney has backed calls for laws to stop mass copyright theft by companies building generative artificial intelligence, warning AI “could just take over”.

The former Beatle said it would be “a very sad thing indeed” if young composers and writers could not protect their intellectual property from the rise …

More than 150 competitors representing 20 countries descended on a hotel on the outskirts of Granada last month to battle it out at the Spanish World Scrabble Championships.

Now, weeks after the letter tiles were meticulously placed and the points tallied, news of the tournament’s winner, Nigel Richards, has made …

The UN would consider taking the Syrian rebel group that toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad off its designated terrorist list if it passes the key test of forming a truly inclusive transitional government, according to a senior official at the world body.

Geir Pedersen, UN special envoy for Syria, …

The EU’s new competition chief has signalled a shake-up of anti-trust rules to make it easier for innovative firms to merge, as well as a relaxation of state aid policy to spur the green transition.

In her first major speech since taking office last week, Teresa Ribera said EU merger …

A leading academic publisher is reviewing its decision to publish research papers by the late British professor Richard Lynn, an influential figure in the discredited field of “race science” who argued western civilisation was threatened by genetically inferior ethnic groups.

Elsevier provides access to more than 100 papers by Lynn, …

You could get it ridin’, you could get it slidin’. And it usually came on at about four.

The words immortalised by John Meillon that became an affectionate and oft-parodied incantation for generations of beer drinkers is among the 10 iconic sounds of Australia preserved for posterity under the National …