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‘Mistrust’ of Palantir may affect NHS research, says health minister
James Frith says patients may be less willing to share data as new figures show a rise in opt-outs
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French winemakers forecast 30-year low harvest after severe drought and heat
Estimates suggest drop in production with vineyards also concerned ‘smoke taint’ from wildfires may affect quality
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Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns
Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company
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Federal investigators search for cause of Amazon cargo jet crash that killed five
Theories begin to emerge that plane may have landed too fast and too far down the runway to be able to stop in time
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Jaguar Land Rover confirms plan to cut 4,000 jobs over two years
Decision by carmaker, which is battling Trump tariffs and fallout from cyber-attack, labelled a ‘body blow for workers’
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John Healey backs growth but says Labour must be honest on spending
Chancellor ducks questions on whether he will have to raise taxes but says he will stick firmly to fiscal rules
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Next overturns equal pay ruling that raised basic wages for shop staff
Retailer wins appeal against 2024 decision forcing it to pay shop workers the same as warehouse employees
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Oasis recordings up for auction despite band’s objections
Guide price of archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations between £1.2m and £1.6m
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Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status
US-owned dating app allegedly allowed ad firms access to private information in breach of UK law
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Why are so many people stealing from restaurants?
About a quarter of British adults admit to having pilfered something from a pub or restaurant. Is it an Insta-fuelled craze, or just old-fashioned greed?
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Jaguar Land Rover job cuts: £500,000 package to help workers facing threat of redundancy – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as JLR plans to cut almost one in 10 workers UK house prices fall for first time in nearly three years, says Lloyds The rise in mortgage rates could cool…
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Labour’s new powers for water customers are a ‘stitch-up’, say campaigners
Exclusive: Documents reveal water firms have been allowed to advise on how they wish to be held to account
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UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund
Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHS
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UK house prices fall for first time since 2023, led by London and south-east
Average property cost £298,468 in August, down by 0.4% year on year amid higher interest rates, says Lloyds
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England’s housing courts at breaking point as renters battle no-fault evictions
Courts said to be ‘overloaded’ as landlords sell properties and tenants with nowhere to go try to delay evictions
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Tiny cash buffers leave small UK TV firms at risk of going bust, analysis finds
Median £42,000 in reserve not enough to cover filming overrun or delay to series, industry body warns
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Ukraine seeks to seize water company owned by billionaire family of British theatre mogul
Dispute centres on stake held by Patarkatsishvili family in bottled water firm it jointly owns with Russian oligarch
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Designers should not fear being replaced by AI, industry leaders say
Firms are more likely to use technology as ‘the intern in the office’ than as a replacement for skilled staff
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Chancellor to argue UK economy can ‘turn corner’ despite bond market turmoil
John Healey speech on Monday will stress links between fiscal discipline and growth amid concerns his cautious approach jars with Burnham’s radical plans
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At least five dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport
FAA confirms crash and airport operations brought to a halt as videos show heavy plumes of smoke surrounding aircraft
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Woman laid to rest in coffin made from mushrooms in Australian first
The casket, grown from mycelium and hemp fibres, takes just 45 days to break down, enriching the soil in the process
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EU faces 300,000 factory job cuts as China ‘colonises’ supply chains, industry warns
Protest using 10 coffins to symbolise struggling manufacturing industry to take place in Brussels
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Editorial: Vital accountability mechanisms have withered as English devolution has evolved. The government should take note
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