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Squash down: smaller pumpkins expected this Halloween after drought in England
Data shows 2026 could be worst harvest on record, as growers suggest painting faces on vegetables instead of carvingIn the lead-up to Halloween, front porches across the country f…
Stinky business: south London bike shop hit by ‘unbearable’ stench from Thames Water sewer
Owner and mechanics fear for their health and future of the Herne Hill shop with no date for fixing problemThe leafy south London neighbourhood of Herne Hill is a haven for cyclis…
Despite a $500 million net worth, Shaq’s on his 5th college degree—and tells Gen Z that AI can’t replace sitting across people smarter than you
Shaquille O’Neal promised his mom he’d finish college when he left for the NBA in 1992. Now, the basketball legend has a bachelor’s, an MBA, an Ed.D., and a master’s.
Lagarde says euro-area economy is resilient, digital euro imminent
“The digital euro will further stimulate innovation and competition in retail payments,” according to the ECB president.
Bitget to discontinue services for some users in one-off exercise
Bitget says user funds are safe and exchange will continue to operate during the change.
Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England
Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisisEmployers in England are to be forced to pay more to train an older worker th…
‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible, the Spectator, …
‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its …
Call for more food funding due to high living cost
Deputy Louise Doublet does not think the cost of living was considered in the ending of a trial.
Charity reflects on changing needs over 25 years
Help a Guernsey Child says it has provided in excess of £1.2m worth of essential support.
Nightclubs are disappearing - and it's affecting young people
One young person said with no nightlife in their town they cannot "let loose and mess around".
UK sees growing demand for help bridging gap between end of work and start of pension
Fixed-term annuities give income for a set period – such as five or 10 years – and an agreed lump sum at the endFinancial firms are reporting growing demand for a product that hel…
Third runway at Heathrow Airport would drive growth, Healey says
It comes after the prime minister refused to say whether he backed expansion.
Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough
Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behi…
Faisal Islam: Why China and AI are worrying global finance bosses
At the IMF meeting in Bangkok this week finance and business leaders grappled with uncertainty.
Players are experiencing safety threats from ‘vitriol’ of prediction market users, 11x WNBA All-Star Nneka Ogwumike warns
“It’s not a safe place for athletes,” Ogwumike, the president of the WNBA Players Association, told Fortune.
ServiceNow CFO says leaders working 14 hours and getting 4 hours of sleep set a ‘terrible example’ for their employees
“Recovery is part of the performance,” ServiceNow president and CFO Gina Mastantuono said.
Boardrooms are no longer rewarded for being right, Lumen CEO says, and it means executive partnerships are more important than ever
“We had to come in with a strong opinion. We had to have all the facts we had to master, and that is just not possible in today's market,” Kate Johnson said.
The $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer and women’s earning power has created a ‘perfect storm’ of opportunity, wealth executives say
Around 53% of women’s assets are currently unmanaged by professional advisors. Wealth management execs say women need to take the reins of their financial futures.
With U.S. debt above $40 trillion, the IMF chief warns that economic growth alone won’t solve the problem
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the U.S. can grow its way out of the debt.
‘He can’t run again’: MAGA merch sellers are closing shop and cutting prices. One sold $63 million but now she’s closed three stores
MAGA merch boomed while Trump was on the ballot, but sellers are closing stores, slashing prices, and wondering if their businesses can outlast him.
Healey backs pro-growth case for Heathrow third runway after Burnham ducks issue
Chancellor says government will study responses to public consultation, with airports being ‘big part of jobs and growth’John Healey has said there is a pro-growth case for going …
Tesla Roadster Rocket Is the Cool 'Flying' Car You Can’t Have
Tesla's new Roadster flips through the air, jumps a row of Teslas and lands on SpaceX thrusters. The Rocket version is invite only, not approved for public roads, and not due unti…
Hackers Jailbreak iPhone 18 Pro on Stage, and It Survives a Reboot
Calif showed an untethered jailbreak on an iPhone 18 Pro running iOS 27.0.1 at Hexacon in Paris. It survived a reboot, but no tool or bug details are public yet.