The owners of a kebab shop in Wales gave more than 50 of their customers food poisoning, with 11 of them hospitalized after being served contaminated food. The outbreak occurred in February 2023 when customers ate food contaminated with shigella bacteria at Abergavenny’s Marmaris Kebab House in Wales. The Shigella bacteria is extremely contagious and … Read more
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Construction is still largely manual work Item information Author, Emma Woollacott Role, Technology reporter May 24, 2024 According to Sam O’Gorman, if you took a worker from a 1920s construction site to a contemporary project, they wouldn’t be all that surprised by what they saw. “On the whole, stuff … Read more
Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc and Barclays Plc are ordering more executives to report to the company’s offices five days a week as regulatory changes make it harder for Wall Street to allow working from home. Citigroup will need about 600 U.S. employees previously eligible to work remotely to commute to the company’s offices full-time, … Read more
By Sophie Foster, deputy travel editor for Mailonline 10:17 May 24, 2024, updated 10:35 May 24, 2024 Share or comment on this article: Budget airline easyJet, which operates 1,950 flights daily during the high season, opened its brand new Integrated Control Center (ICC) this week – and we got a sneak peek behind the doors. … Read more
The push could increase if the Labor Party takes action potentially less than six weeks after taking power. When Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt proposed an IHT cut in the run-up to the election earlier this year, Labor leader Keir Starmer said he was “fundamentally opposed” and would reverse any cut as Prime Minister. Many within … Read more
Experts have unveiled a 12-point plan to boost the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the UK. ChargeUK, Britain’s electric vehicle market leader, has published its election manifesto, calling on the next government to accelerate plans to install more EV chargers. ChargeUK has publicly committed to investing more than £6 billion by 2030 to … Read more
We spend more than a third of our lives in… workAnd let’s face it: very few people have achieved the holy grail of work-life balance. That is a distant dream for most of us. That’s why millennials are taking matters into their own hands. You’ve probably heard the term ‘stop quietly,” which is already a … Read more
Research has shown that pints and wines are usually under-consumed as drinkers are urged to demand refills at the bar. Around 70 per cent of orders are less than the prescribed quantity required by the Weights and Measures Order for pints, half-pints and 175ml glasses of wine, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) research shows. … Read more
Butlin’s is coming to North Wales to consider bringing the brand back to the region, but there’s one problem. The holiday giant left the area in the 1990s after decades at Butlin’s Pwllheli, which was sold to Haven in 1999. Vale of Clwyd MP Dr. James Davies has been in discussions with Butlin’s about taking … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. In March of this year something remarkable happened. For the first time, the fossil fuel-rich state of Texas generated more electricity from solar energy than from coal. Perhaps even more striking, Texas briefly reached 19.1 … Read more