Britain’s cheapest cafe serves all-day breakfast for less than a quid – but would YOU eat it? Nadine Grant, owner of Tastee in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, has vowed to support her poor customers by keeping prices low, even though she can’t make a profit from it. For just 99p, visitors can order a hot breakfast … Read more
“We eat for value, not pleasure,” Sarah Bowmer tells me when we meet on the high street in her hometown of Bakewell, Derbyshire. It’s a sunny day and tourists have flocked to this picturesque market town in the heart of the Peak District. Day trippers browse the gift shop and queues form to buy the … Read more
By Emily Hawkins Updated: 17:02 EDT, June 27, 2024 Boots faces an increasingly uncertain future as the crisis engulfing its American owner deepens. In a somber update for Wall Street investors, Walgreens Boots Alliance yesterday announced plans to close a large number of stores in the U.S. due to problems at its pharmacy there. Shares … Read more
The first flight of the new Ariane 6 heavy-lift launch vehicle is expected on July 9, four years later than the original schedule, finally putting an end to recurring development delays and industrial setbacks. Meanwhile, with no domestic launch vehicles available, Europe has had to rely on US rival SpaceX to launch its scientific and … Read more
The existing ban on gas boilers in favor of heat pumps will be scrapped if the Labor Party wins the general election, Shadow Energy Minister Ed Miliband has said. Heat pumps are considered a viable option to reduce energy bills and achieve Net Zero targets. Currently, the Conservative-led government has pledged to phase out traditional … Read more
By Dominic Yeatman for Dailymail.Com 05:32 June 22, 2024, updated 06:11 June 22, 2024 America’s status as the world’s greatest power will end for the same reason its predecessors did: crushed by a mountain of debt that politicians can easily ignore, historians warn. And the United States’ century at the top could come to an … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. France’s finance minister has warned that the country could face a debt crisis similar to the turmoil in the British government bond market under former Prime Minister Liz Truss if the far-right Rassemblement National wins … Read more
After overcoming in-flight failures of Boeing’s commercial spacecraft, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally reached the safety of the International Space Station on Thursday. Ten years in the making, Wednesday’s Cape Canaveral launch was Boeing’s third attempt after aborting two previous launches, partly due to helium leaks in the service module of its … Read more
More than 200,000 players have now signed the petition for Valve to address the ‘Bot Crisis’. Additionally, players have started rating Bomb Team Fortress 2 on Steam, dropping the game’s recent review score to ‘Mostly Negative’. What you need to know Team Fortress 2 (TF2), Valve’s 2007 class-based shooter that remains very popular today, has … Read more
PwC is facing a crisis in China as partners brace for fines over the audit of bankrupt property developer Evergrande and some clients reconsider their relationships with the accounting firm. China’s securities regulator ruled in March that Evergrande had inflated its mainland revenues by nearly $80 billion in the two years before the developer defaulted … Read more