Thousands of Next workers have won an equal pay claim against their employer. An employment tribunal said the mostly female sales consultant floor staff should not be paid less than warehouse staff, the majority of whom are male. It’s the result of a more than six-year legal battle involving 3,540 claimants working at the high
Physicists have recently observed an unexpected phenomenon in a superconducting material, potentially pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in this field. The discovery centres on a material typically known as an electrical insulator. In this insulator, researchers found that electrons could pair up at temperatures as high as minus 123 degrees Celsius (minus 190 degrees
The launch of SpaceX’s four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of its Crew Dragon capsule. The highlight of the five-day mission is expected to come two days
The October budget will be “painful”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, giving the biggest hint yet of tax rises. Speaking from Downing Street, the prime minister said: “I will be honest with you, there is a budget coming in October and it’s going to be painful.” He added: “Just as when I responded to the
Oasis are finally reuniting 15 years after they split, having announced a huge UK tour. The iconic Manchester band’s official social media accounts shared the dates of its 14 UK and Ireland shows, which will take place over July and August next year. Speculation about a reunion grew in the weeks leading up to the
Oasis have confirmed it’s happening – Noel and Liam Gallagher are reuniting, with shows planned for 2025. The announcement comes just ahead of the 30th anniversary of Oasis‘s seminal debut album Definitely Maybe, released on 29 August 1994, and 15 years since the last time the brothers performed together before their infamous fall-out. Both Noel
Israel’s military says it has rescued a hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October. Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, is in a stable medical condition and is being transferred for medical checks at a hospital, the IDF said, following a “complex operation” in southern Gaza. The Hostages Families Forum said in a statement his
The HyperCube utilizes advanced immersion cooling technology. Sustainable Metal Cloud The artificial intelligence boom is ramping up demand for more powerful processors as well as the energy needed to keep data centers cool. That’s an opportunity for data center company Sustainable Metal Cloud, which operates “sustainable AI factories” made up of its HyperCubes in Singapore
On today’s episode of Quick Charge, Michelle Lewis sets the record straight on the fire at the Normal, Illinois Rivian factory, Tesla is churning out adapters, and you can score a sweet deal on a new Acura ZDX electric crossover. We also cover the groundbreaking new electric medium duty commercial truck from Isuzu, and ask ourselves why
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Amazon contract worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York, US, on Monday, April 22, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon aggregators Branded and Heyday plan to merge, CNBC has learned, as a segment of the e-commerce industry
Sir Keir Starmer will vow on Tuesday to “reverse a decade of decline” and to “fix the foundations” of the UK economy. Delivering a much-trailed speech in the gardens of Downing Street ahead of parliament’s return next week, the prime minister will acknowledge the state of the public finances but pledge to “do the hard
Donald Trump has suggested he might back out of a scheduled debate with rival presidential hopeful Kamala Harris – as he says the network it is scheduled to be on is “hostile” to Republicans. Speaking inside a Vietnamese restaurant in Virginia, Trump said he watched ABC’s This Week on Sunday and did not like how
A man who believed he was being cut out of his mother’s will and did not want to move out of her home, has shot dead four members of his own family before taking his own life, police in the US have said. Joseph DeLucia Jr killed his three siblings, Joanne Kearns, Frank DeLucia and
At least 30 people have been killed after a dam collapsed in Sudan, with the homes of 50,000 residents destroyed, the UN has said. People are trapped in vehicles in the floodwater, which has hit 20 villages, one local told Al Jazeera. “There were seven lorries carrying families, elderly and children,” Ali Issa said. “We
The leading contender to buy Everton Football Club is preparing to launch within days a plan to take his sports and technology holding company public at a valuation of over $2bn. Sky News has learnt that John Textor, an American businessman, is to file documents with US regulators that will see Eagle Football Holdings become
It all began in front of 20 people at a club called The Boardwalk. Tickets were £3 each. It was a modest debut for what became one of the biggest bands in British music history. The news that Oasis is expected to return to the stage 34 years after that first gig in Manchester has