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Race to clean up billions of plastic ‘nurdles’ that washed up in UK after tanker crash
Clean-up teams are in a race against time to remove billions of plastic pellets that are building up on England’s east coast before they are washed back out to sea.
Interest rate held amid trade war uncertainty
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold as it warned of growing economic uncertainty linked to Donald Trump’s trade war.
Bank of England cautious as inflationary tiger stalks weak economy
The Bank’s decision to hold rates did not come as a surprise but the vote was definitive.
Strong wage growth and some good news for government in official labour data
Wage growth has remained strong, the latest official figures show, as the Bank of England decided to hold interest rates.
Strangers twice as kind as people think, study finds
Strangers are about twice as kind as people think, according to a UN-backed report on global happiness.
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Strong wage growth as Bank of England mulls interest rate decision
Wage growth has remained strong, the latest official figures show, as the Bank of England mulls its interest rate decision.
Defence firms demand ‘patriotic’ banking to support investment push
British banks should abandon outdated ethical standards and increase lending to domestic defence manufacturers in a “patriotic” effort to ensure the UK can meet its security needs, defence suppliers have told Sky News.
Next-Gen AI: Latest Microsoft and NVIDIA Collaboration is a ‘Significant Leap Forward’
With NVIDIA’s GTC 2025 event in full swing, the company’s partnership with Microsoft is in the spotlight for some AI-focused announcements, including integrating Blackwell with Azure.
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record